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kaching

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

I had been playing with a fun stock market simulator/investing application on Facebook until yesterday. It was called kaching (now defunct). The authors decided to focus their efforts on their for-pay service, kaching.com, and drop the free app on facebook. That’s all well and good – folks making money does not bother me. What does [...]

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irony

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

About 2 years ago, I wrote about the problem of holding onto electronic stuff just because storage was cheap. It wasn’t until I met my fiancee that I realized I did the same thing with “real” stuff – holding onto it just because it was there. I’m no where near a candidate for Hoarding: Buried [...]

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john stossel’s show last night

Friday, April 23, 2010
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want to reduce gas consumption?

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Buy better tires. I referenced Seth Godin earlier today in regards to investment in developing countries. Why is it, then, that a marketing blogger would talk about wanting to reduce fuel consumption? I think it’s because it’s easier to relate to than streamlining other processes you may have in your business or development cycles. It’s [...]

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store brands are sometimes better

Thursday, January 22, 2009

I shop at various grocery stores, and the cashiers generally look at my purchases a little askance: clementines, milk, ice cream, pot pies, beer, Ensure – they seem to get confused when I checkout with my selections. I was raised with a thrifty mindset, but am not afraid to spend money for better quality. For [...]

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the best middle name. ever.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

While I typically don’t repost, Seth Godin’s post was awesome. “The best middle name ever It’s not Warren or Susan or Otis or Samuel or Tricia. It’s “The.” As in Attila The Hun or Alexander The Great or Zorba The Greek. When your middle name is ‘The’, it means you’re it. The only one. The [...]

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nucleation – the secret to maintaining a good head?

Saturday, November 22, 2008

I had a Beck’s this evening with dinner. The special Beck’s glass, like the Samuel Admas Perfect Pint Glass, has a small segment at the bottom that forces the dissolved CO2 to form bubbles, and yields a [near] constant head on the beer. For those of you that saw the Mythbusters episode dealing with Mentos [...]

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kelly johnson’s 14 rules of management

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Johnson’s famed ‘down-to-brass-tacks’ management style was summed up by his motto, “Be quick, be quiet, and be on time.” He ran Lockheed’s Skunk Works by these 14 rules. Kelly’s 14 Rules: The Skunk Works manager must be delegated practically complete control of his program in all aspects. He should report to a division president or [...]

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please stay home next week tuesday

Monday, October 27, 2008

if you’re undecided. If by now, with a week left, you haven’t picked who you’re going to vote for as President (and I almost don’t care who you pick [I do, but that's another story]), don’t vote. I’d like to tell you to vote for the guy I want to win, but I don’t like [...]

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i love traveling

Sunday, June 15, 2008

I hate not being home. I travel for a living now, performing site installations, upgrades, customizations, and on-site support for our customers. The travel’s a blast – see new places, try new food, drive different car. But not being home except weekends does kinda cut into one’s social activities. At this point, I wouldn’t trade [...]

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