December 2009
3 posts
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The real price of free soda to your company
via VentureBeat
““Do you know how much our company is spending on free sodas and snacks?” And to answer her own question she presented the spreadsheet totaling it all up. There were some experienced VC’s in the room and I was waiting for them to “educate” her about startup culture. But my jaw dropped when the board agreed that the “free stuff” had to go. “We’re too big for that now” was...
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How to be an Iconoclast
While Chris Morley’s comment wasn’t meant to be advice on how to be an iconoclast, it is.
Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.
Christopher Morley US author & journalist (1890 - 1957)
Immanuel Kant's Aesthetics Explained Using X-Men
via io9.com
I love Kant. I love X-Men. This is awesome.
November 2009
4 posts
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Visions of Post Apocalyptica
via bldgblog.blogspot.com
via bldgblog.blogspot.com
I love post apocalyptic fiction. I love books that hypothesize how the civilization as we know it will end and what will come next. I read The Road last year and am interested to see how they pull it off as a movie.
These pictures have nothing to do with that except they spark that same line of imagination in me.
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Jack Skellington tshirt
Sent from my brain telepathically with the help of my phone.
I lost a few brain cells thinking about this one
via GigaOm
“Soon It Will Be Cheaper to Compute Than to Cache”
As storage gets cheaper, bandwidth gets better, browsers get faster and computers become more efficient it becomes necessary to store duplicate versions of data (in this case video) in different formats or versions. Basically extending this line of thinking all content will be stored in a common “raw” format,...
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German Cars w/ Lasers vs American's Surfing on an...
The German controlled iPhone car
Versus the American controlled iPhone car
My money’s on the dude with the helmet. Always bet on the crazy guy.
October 2009
26 posts
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I wouldn't even question it.
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Fight Club vs Comfort Eagle. Tyler Durden eats...
via youtube.com
If you didn’t know - I love Flight Club. Seriously my favorite book. Every male member of Gen X should read it and definitely every would be entrepreneur.
And this? This is an amazing fan made music video/mashup. The song is perfect.
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Sometimes I call fax machines to listen to that...
Sometime when I’m feeling nostalgic for the “good old days” of the Web I call fax machines to listen to that harmonic screeching. It reminds me of my old dial up modems.
Why did they ever make those things so loud? What was the point. I bet if they made dial up modems with ring back technology (that’s the music you get when you call some 20 somethings cell phone...
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No way Malin Akerman ever said that!
After a busy year of traveling from one set to the next, I look forward to reconnecting with my family and friends during the holidays and spending quality time together, which is why I’ve joined forces with Crest Whitestrips Advanced Seal to encourage people to share their holiday connection wishes with us,” says Malin Akerman.
via prnewswire.com
File this under...
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Me: son where's your other sock? Son: it got wet...
me: son where’s your other sock? son: it got wet so I put it in the dirty clothes hamper.
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Wet
Wet
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Behold Eraser Head
I found this on the banister and I’m pretty sure I know which of my boys did it.
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Dry
Dry
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The Power of Focused Data: Google Analytics...
via blog.searchenginewatch.com
While most enginerds get really excited about the mountains of data flowing freely across the Web what excites me the most is the the poser of focused data. Data focused on a user or a specific site or even a specific segment is where I think the real interesting stuff is.
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StockTwits Shows the Way for Next Gen Twitter Apps
via irwebreport.com
Great post from IR Web Reports. Such a great example of a network on top of a network. The implications are staggering.
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I love people watching. Now it's even more fun...
I love people watching. Now it’s even more fun with the PhotoShop app.
via SimplyTweet
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Morning in Las Vegas
Morning in Las Vegas #bwe09
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ESPN Innovation Lab Opens Today
October 16, 2009 09:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time
ADDING MULTIMEDIA ESPN Innovation Lab Opens Today at ESPN Wide World of Sports
High-Tech Lab Provides Opportunity to Develop Progressive On-Air Elements for Fans
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—The ESPN Innovation Lab officially opened today at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort. The...
