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  1. Facebook Photos

    This Facebook statistic blows me away: “10278 photos have been uploaded at Colorado today”. That’s just one day! Is it just me or are photos a powerful connector? The ease of the internet means enhanced abilities to share pictures. I think there’s definitely something to that…

    Jan 31, 2006 — 1 Comment

  2. Google and Evil

    I’m starting to hate this Google-China attack fest, lately. Do people forget Google is a company? Do people realize that China is huge? ‘Evil’ is such a relative term, just because you don’t like something doesn’t mean it’s evil. In addition, why do we have double standards? MSN and Yahoo were first to comply and [...]

    Jan 31, 2006 — 1 Comment

  3. Risk Aversion

    Kathy Sierra has a nice post on risk aversion which I especially like because of her awesome ‘USAToday approach’ to explaining concepts (using pretty pictures). If you don’t feel like reading everything she has to say, you can at least loose yourself in a picture of a tree for a few minutes. That point aside, [...]

    Jan 31, 2006 — No Comments

  4. Soft Skills

    Dave points to a great article from Fortune on soft skills: The war for top executive talent. The consulting group I work for actually provides classroom based soft-skill training to large (Fortune 500) companies. Interesting quote: “Ask your company’s best leaders to name the most powerful learning experiences they’ve had.” They will hardly ever mention [...]

    Jan 31, 2006 — No Comments

  5. Mahna Mahna

    Here’s a classic from the Muppet Show, “Mahna Mahna“. There’s some fascinating background on this over at Wikipedia.

    Jan 29, 2006 — No Comments

  6. Spring Break Plans

    Another dual-purpose post. First off, Facebook has added ‘Spring Break Plans’ to profiles so you can let your friends know how cool you are. Personally, I’m tossing around the idea of going to Spain. I have a friend studying in Barcelona and I figure it would fun. Anyway, I hope my friends check my profile [...]

    Jan 29, 2006 — No Comments

  7. Don’t Ever Ask Me Where I Go

    This is a dual-purpose post. First, my song of the day is called ‘Hardcore Days & Softcore Nights’ by Aqueduct. It’s a really neat song but unfortunately the lyrics didn’t turn up on Google at all. I knew I had the song, but couldn’t find it! So, if you’re looking for a catchy indie song [...]

    Jan 28, 2006 — 8 Comments

  8. Interview: Noah Kagan

    Part of the yopo’s mission is to get to know one another and introduce each other to the world. I went ahead and asked Noah Kagan some questions and have gone ahead and posted them at yopos.com.

    Jan 28, 2006 — No Comments

  9. iTrip Stops Broadcasting

    I ran into the weirdest thing the other day and I want to share my experience in the hopes it will help someone else. I drive to school and listen to music with a Griffin iTrip. So, I got to school, disconnected the iTrip and went to class. I came back to the car, hooked [...]

    Jan 28, 2006 — No Comments

  10. Inappropriate Responses

    Scott nails it again: read his inappropriate responses. I often find myself caught in the ‘how are you loop’ or I’ll pull one of these: “Hey Devin, whats up?” “Fine thanks, you?” I almost feel bad at that point but then I remember… most people don’t really care how you are nor want to really [...]

    Jan 28, 2006 — No Comments

  11. Google Video

    You know, of all the negative feedback Google Video has received in the last weeks I just want to say I’ve found something really cool about it: jessica simpson is:forsale

    Jan 27, 2006 — No Comments

  12. Bandwidth Issues

    If you tried to visit earlier today you would have noticed my bandwith had been exceeded. I didn’t realize Wordpress was set to display the ‘last 105 posts’ on the home page. Each page load added up to over 2G pretty quickly. Ooops. Sorry, Brad.

    Jan 26, 2006 — No Comments

  13. DDR

    Another day of coincidences: DDR will be introduced to schools to fight obesity. Any opposition should watch Bryan and notice how un-obese he is. Hah for that matter they could look at skinny ol’ me playing DDR. ;-)

    Jan 26, 2006 — 2 Comments

  14. Biphasic Sleep Update

    I’ve survived week one of my biphasic sleep schedule. Before I started my new routine I would get probably 8 or 9 hours of sleep per night. Last night I settled with 4.5. Here’s how the last 7 days looked: Day Nap Sleep Total 1 8:30-12 2-6 7.5 hours 2 6:30-8 2-8 7.5 hours 3 7:30-10 2-6 6.5 hours 4 8:30-4 * 7.5 hours 5 7-8:30 2-6:30 6.0 hours 6 8:30-10 2-6 5.5 hours 7 1-5:30 * 4.5 hours As you can see I started to get less [...]

    Jan 26, 2006 — 10 Comments

  15. Computers Crash

    Why the hell is it that computers will crash and eff up if and only if you’re in the middle of a pretty important task? Honestly. I was having website issues the other day and then this evening Windows crashed hard (and by hard I mean it rebooted saying it had to do registry recovery, [...]

    Jan 26, 2006 — 1 Comment

  16. Alaska Airlines Sucks

    Between this conversation and this behavior I don’t think I’ll ever (start) flying Alaska Airlines anytime soon.

    Jan 25, 2006 — 6 Comments

  17. Review: Waiting

    If you’re in high school or college, you’ve got to see this movie. Odds are you are, or know someone who is in the restaurant business. From what I’ve been told this movie exposes many of the finer details to handling other people’s food. Oh, wait, it’s not just some dumb movie about some disgruntled waiters. [...]

    Jan 24, 2006 — No Comments

  18. Gum = Dangerous?

    It appears as if Melody is onto something: aspartame is dangerous… and it’s in every pack of gum in my house! I, honest to goodness, wondered why sometimes I felt weird when I chewed a lot of gum (Orbit is my weapon of choice) in a day. I don’t think I can quit all together [...]

    Jan 23, 2006 — 3 Comments

  19. Bad Flight Experience

    The other day I talked about my bad flight experience, but I think as far as ’storyworthiness’ is concerned, Heather’s wins by a mile. Not that it’s a good thing… but it certainly is an interesting coincidence. But seriously… how weird is that story?!

    Jan 23, 2006 — No Comments

  20. PIP Resolution: Working Out

    If you can’t tell I love to be organized and lay everything out. I can be very spur of the moment (let me tell you about the time we went skiing at midnight until 2am, slept in my car, then drove to Vail the next morning…) but in general I like to know what the [...]

    Jan 23, 2006 — No Comments

  21. Badger Badger Badger

    Back in the good ol’ days I had some funny stuff up on my site. I’ve been prompted to bring some of it back because, well, people miss it. So do I. So, to kick off the fun, here’s an oldie (but oh-so-goodie) entitled ‘Badger Badger Badger‘. Happy Almost-Freaking-Monday!

    Jan 22, 2006 — No Comments

  22. Good and Bad News

    Wilson Ng shares a funny joke. Read it before you read the rest of this or I’ll spoil it… yes, I’ll wait… Anyway, the unfunny part about thie joke is I was actually a plane when I heard this announcement. One of our engines failed right after take off, the second while we were out [...]

    Jan 22, 2006 — 3 Comments

  23. Honda Choir

    It looks like not only Nike, but Honda also understands how to advertise. The commercial found on their site (skip the flash, ‘Watch’) is a classic example of something so neat it’ll get passed around very quickly. How do I know? Popular demand has made the ‘making of’ video unavailable.. Honda also gets bonus points [...]

    Jan 22, 2006 — No Comments

  24. Review: Lord of War

    I’ll be brief, this movie was great. Nicholas Cage’s character, Yuri, is the Lord of War. He rubs shoulders with the worst people in the world and supplies them with, as he puts it, a means to defend themselves. This movie exposes you to the most fascinating … facts or fiction? … of [...]

    Jan 21, 2006 — 2 Comments

  25. Highest Lift in N. America

    I went skiing today and would like to point out that I’ve been on the highest chair lift in North America. It brought us to nearly 13,000 feet. The wind was crazy but the view was spectacular. In order to construct it they used a helicopter that could lift up to 10 tons of steel [...]

    Jan 21, 2006 — No Comments