21 February 2008 – 9:27 pm
I believe that Barack Obama is the best candidate to succeed George W. Bush as President of the United States. I wanted to highlight three recent articles on Barack that I found interesting. (Then again, it’s easy to find an article interesting when it shows “your” candidate in a positive light.)
Vanity Fair recently [...]
17 February 2008 – 6:45 pm
Here is a weekend round-up of stuff I’ve been meaning to blog about for a while. Hope you find it interesting.
Ever wanted to buy or at least ride a Segway? If you don’t want to ride one across the United States like these guys, maybe you should consider building one yourself. Some [...]
4 February 2008 – 11:50 pm
Here are a few notes and links from this week…
I think I’m an 80%’er. From Simple Bits:
[...] I mentioned a fantastic book: Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard. Yvon founded the expensive-but-awesome clothing company, Patagonia.
[...] The book covers the history of the company, Yvon’s philosophy on design, and being a reluctant business [...]
3 February 2008 – 5:06 pm
Ever since his speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, I’ve been a fan of Barack Obama. Even before that famous speech I had known about him, given the chaos and mess of the 2004 Illinois Senate election. He had won the Democratic nomination, a bit of a surprise if I remember right, [...]
2 February 2008 – 10:05 pm
I spent three years on the USS Hartford (SSN-768). It was a fantastic experience, though I always talk about it in Dickensian terms…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…
- A Tale of Two Cities
I recently saw a video that reminded me of some of my more fond memories of [...]
29 January 2008 – 12:06 am
This is a hilarious advert; as soon as I saw it I knew I had to find it on YouTube and blog it!
6 December 2007 – 1:16 am
This guy is both inspirational and a total nutter…
At least he gets to work outside in the fresh air!
19 November 2007 – 3:23 pm
This is hilarious… h/t to Fred Wilson: