Paying it Forward With a Book
So this is really cool… I pre-ordered Seth Godin‘s new book Tribes through Amazon. It’s not supposed to come out until October 16th, but I received the book in the mail today. Odd. Folded inside the book was a letter thanking me for pre-ordering his book on faith. This book, the one I received today, [...]
Some Good Reading
Unfortunately, I don’t read as much as I used to–at least not books. I actually spend most of my time reading, but that’s mostly on the web–techie stuff, blogs, news, and millions of emails. I don’t get much of a chance to read fiction just for fun except in my, uh, “office”. Lately I’ve been [...]
Charlie Don’t Blog
But NewsComa does, and she has a post about some new evidence coming to light against Manson after all these years, along with something lots of us can relate to… I remember thinking, when I was a child, that this was one of the most terrifying things I’d ever heard of. I was a child [...]
Sort The Viewers, Not The Movies
My buddy IB sent this article to me…very interesting. Netflix is running a contest for data crunchers and offering $1M to anyone (or any team) that can beat their current recommendation system by 10%. One of the leaders is a psychologist working by himself who is looking less at raw data and more at human [...]
Why and How Ron Paul Will Run Third Party
Justin at Donklephant criticizes him for staying in the Republican race, but I don’t think he sees the full picture. But no, keep chasing a GOP nomination that you have no hopes of winning. Throw good money at a losing cause. Good luck with that. If I were Ron Paul, I’d be thinking just the [...]
Luckily, We Have The Fed
Admittedly, I am more stupider than a lot of people when it comes to finances.  So someone please tell me how the stock market really works. See, I thought the stock market reacted to what is going on in the economy. I didn’t realize it was the economy.  Apparently, I was wrong, because the Federal Reserve has announced an emergency [...]
My Homies Shakespeare and Tupac
Taylor’s right. Shakespeare kicks serious ass. I would say he kicks more ass than Tupac, but he didn’t continue to publish works after his death, so I can’t go that far. But she has an interesting point–lots of kids aren’t into Shakespeare mostly because they aren’t into their teachers. So, if you’re a high schooler [...]
My 2007 Year in Review
Unlike everyone else, I slacked off and waited until 2008 was officially here to do my review. 2007 was my first year of full on blogging. I’d messed around here and there with different blogs before, but 2007 was the year I drank the Kool Aid and went at it for real. I’ll keep this [...]
Television That Is Better Than Most Books
From the looks of its ratings, there’s a good chance you’ve never watched HBO’s “The Wire”, and that’s okay. You probably haven’t heard much about it. It’s not the kind of show most of the people you work with will stand around and talk about. Honestly, it’s not the kind of show most of the [...]
Amazon’s Kindle — I Don’t Get It (Yet)
Amazon launched its new ebook reader this week, and while I can definitely see the value in owning one, I think I have to pass for now. The big obstacle for me? The price. $400 is pretty expensive, even though the gadget is cool. Amazon is footing the bill for their reader’s connectivity to the [...]
