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“Entrepreneurship is throwing yourself off a cliff, and building a plane on the way down.” -Reid Hoffman, CEO of LinkedIN.

About 4.5 years ago, my oldest son Jack was born. That summer, I bought a copy of World of Warcraft, or WOW as it has come to be called. And I waited until we were in the hospital after the baby was born to open it and install it.
I had no [...]

If someone “friends” me on facebook, I usually just accept the request and move on. Sometimes people I really don’t know friend me… and I have no idea why. Take this recent facebook chat for example:
Charley: hi
John: hi there
Charley: you not talking to me for a wile
John: not for a long time
Charley: lol
John: [...]

Pretty good movie here that explains a lot about the credit crisis we’re in now:

“I don’t know what’s better getting laid or getting paid … I just know when I’m getting one the other’s getting away” – Kanye West (in “This Way” by Dilated Peoples)

“Today is the best day to do something, if you want something done.” – John Engler, 1/5/2009 in a IM conversation with a friend.

I got this from a friend on Thanksgiving this year. It’s no secret I went to Texas A&M, which has been doing pitifully in College Football lately. I got a good chuckle out of this:
From: Roy Hayhurst
To: John Engler
Subject: Fwd: From a Baylor Fan on How To Cope with being in Last Place….
Date: [...]

Merry Christmas Everybody:

This is priceless:

Did you vote yet? I did.
Go vote.

You’ve gotta see this to believe it:

I miss reading Shel Silverstein. I’m going to have to buy some books of his, to read to the boys. His books encourage the kind of limitless wonder all kids (and adults) should have:
“Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the [...]

This came up on a phone call with a client today:

I don’t know about the rest of you, but if you’re a blogger, you’re likely getting spammed by PR agencies. I know I am…
And so, in celebration of that fact, and hopefully, so I can make some money off the spam I receive, while also letting everyone know what the latest stupid Press Release [...]

My wife was trying to print something the other night, and she was complaining that the printer was broken. I figured out what the problem was for me, so I’m posting this in case others have the same sort of problem (the answers I found on the web weren’t all that readable, and I spent [...]

This is a powerful video:

If I haven’t said it before:
“HDTV rocks”
totally. Izzy Stevens on Grey’s Anatomy is so hot in HDTV. Heck, Callie Torres is hot in HD too.
If you don’t have an HDTV yet, get one. Seriously.

Only Apple can make sleet look fun:

It’s cold outside, rain/ice and sleet is coming down, and it’s been coming down for a good 36 hours now, and is forecast to keep coming down for another 36 hours.
I realize that for those of you that live north of Texas this isn’t a big deal, [...]

I gotta figure out how to use this word spotted in a recent Daring Fireball ‘Jackass of the Week’ article:
frigtard – as in “socially maladjusted frigtards”.
Love it.

Over Labr Day weekend, I went to Tahoe with a buddy to shoot a wedding. It was my first real paid photography gig. Mind you we weren’t getting paid in cash, but we were getting a free 4 day trip to Lake Tahoe over a long weekend. Regardless, the experience was awesome, [...]

It’s funny how many people I know in this situation today:

Courtesy of Hugh McLeod.

Ugh. There’s nothing quite like the feeling of sitting in an airport at 6:05 am, after getting up at 5, so you can get on a plane at 7. I didn’t have any problems going through security this morning with my laptop, digital SLR or iPod, but I don’t have any deodorant or hair gel [...]

I read Michael Bartosh Passes by TUAW today, and I though “man, that sucks.” Back when I helped run MacNN I used to call Michael every month or so, to learn what was new with Apple. At least that’s what I was trying to learn… typically, Michael would tell me he didn’t know, [...]

So life has been keeping me busier than shit lately. Sorry folks, that’s just the truth of it.
I’ve actually got about 4 or 5 good posts about half written, but none ready to post.
Long story short, I’m running a company now, and it’s in an industry that’s new to me, even though I’ve been [...]

Just a note to say I quit my job on Monday. Or at least I gave them two weeks notice.
I start my new job on May 22nd, and will post more then.
I’ll also say that my former company is enforcing my non-compete, which limited the offers I could accept (I had three on the [...]

After spending greater than 5 hours on a plane today, I gotta say this:
I LOVE ROCKETBOOM!
Yes. I do.
I started watching Rocketboom very infrequently about a year ago, then I bought an iPod Video (after losing my iPod nano) and that made it easy to watch videos when I was on the road traveling.
Right now, [...]

I haven’t written a movie review in ages, but since I’m on a plane heading home from Columbus, Ohio (where it was frickin’ cold today, btw) and I just finished watching it… I feel I have to.
This movie kicks ass! Seriously.
I was in the Corps at A&M in college, then spent a few years [...]

Just a note to say that the wife and I are taking a much needed vacation this week. We’ll think of all of you freezing your asses off here in the States, while we’re enjoying ourselves somewhere in the Caribbean (we’ll be on a cruise). If you email me, I won’t reply for [...]

A few weeks ago, I spotted a Rocking Duck from Playsam in Skandinavia (oh the wonders of the internet) and it was on sale (never mind that the shipping cost as much as the duck).
I ordered one on impulse, because it was so damned cute. It arrived today, so I put it [...]

1500 is a great number.
1500 is a number that means a lot to lots of people.
1500 is the designation of Chevy’s standard 1/2 ton pickup truck. A Chevy 1500 is a good truck.
1500 is 3:00 p.m. in the Army. 1500 is a good time to have a meeting in the summer time (it [...]

This story comes from my Father-in-law, and since I’m really short on time to write up content, I’m posting this here. Hope you enjoy, and that you learn something:
The best advice I can give is shop around. Not just for lowest price but also for highest quality. Normally you wont find both [...]

If there is only one article you read this year on investments, read this one from Mark Cuban. It’s the one article I took time to read today…

I’m reminded of the old Dinah Shore and Johnny Mercer tune tonight:

Yes, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside“.
And the funny thing is it’s a lot colder in other parts of the country… like in the single digits in Denver and Chicago… brrrrrr.

If you’re a Queen fan, you should probably check out The Darkness, a Rock and Roll band from Britain that definitely sounds like modern day Queen.
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The iTMS has an exclusive EP for sale, but it’s not available for US iTMS shoppers… the other albums and singles are though.
Totally cool, and a great [...]

I bought a new Rainbird sprinkler system controller a few weeks ago, and I blew the fuse that came with it during installation… but luckily, it came with a spare. So, I used the spare after I got it installed.
Now, two-three weeks later, I came home after a weekend trip out of town, and [...]

My friend, Drew Moynihan launched a new website this week: Loftywords.com. Loftywords.com is a website that’ll follow the loft industry and the loft lifestyle as it progresses across the country…
Congrts to Drew in his new endeavor… pretty cool that he’s hanging his own shingle out there again, and I wish him the best [...]