Denso (and others) Plea Guilty To Price Fixing – Coming soon, “Shame on Denso” signs in front of Alcoa Highway Wal-Mart. Has the Higher-Ed Revolution Begun? – I’ll take advantage of the CS courses, but I’d really love to see a business school offer this type of program. We may have to wait all the way until next year for something like that. What’s Wrong With the Teenage Mind? – Read More ...
I’m Dreaming of a Tight Christmas – “I’m dreaming of disappointing the analysts and economists and politicians who are crossing their fingers in hopes that spending will be up. I would not have us die of consumption. I would have us live, each in his place, each knowing it well and loving it too.” I’m down like four flat tires. How To Write Brief Emails Without Being A Jerk – Read More ...
The 30 Freakiest Commercials of 2009 – I love commercials, and not just because they make LOST free for me to watch. Star Wars/A-Team intro mashup – Seriously? It took us until late 2009 for someone to make this happen? Where is your creativity people? E-Books Beat Regular Books – December 25, 2009 is the day we turned the corner in publishing. Publishers probably thought it would never happen. If Read More ...
I’ve read a lot of stuff about the benefits of barefoot running. I went for my first barefoot run of any real distance (3m) yesterday on the beach. It was definitely more work on the calves, but I’m not sure if that was from being barefoot or from the sand, which I’m not used to running in. One thing that’s really nice about beach running (at least here) are the Read More ...
I have a few friends that are expecting babies soon. Well, their wives are…my friends just look like they are expecting babies soon. I was reminded of this really cool gift a friend gave me. This book basically gives you an idea about what goes on in the human brain as it develops and what to expect behavior-wise based on what’s going on physiologically. Oh wait…first let me tell you Read More ...
It’s been highly recommended by so many people, so I finally broke down and read Outliers: The Story of Success over the weekend. I walked away with one burning question… Why does everyone else get all the breaks while nothing good ever happens for me? Heh…just kidding. It is encouraging to know that I’m good at math despite having to translate my native language to numbers for calculating things in Read More ...
