Tendencies of a Recovering Frat Guy

I read lots and lots of articles, and occassionally they hit the nail right on the head. As a dartmouth frat guy (here’s the breakdown of them - try to guess which one is mine), i know people like this and can appreciate this article. It’s scary. This is from a Charlotte paper….
“During [...]

Amazing Story of American Playing in England’s Premiership

This is a great and inspiring story of an American who saved his cash and went to England to try to play soccer. After a few years of earning next to nothing, he’s now, through an amazing series of events, playing for Watford in the Premier League. Here’s the story in Sports Illustrated magazine:
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6 Word Stories (and Captions)

Ernest Hemingway was once prodded to compose a complete story in six words. His answer, personally felt to be his best prose ever, was “For sale: baby shoes, never used.” Some people say it was to settle a bar bet. Others say it was a personal challenge directed at other famous authors.
The same thing is [...]

Universal Studio’s “Welcome” Movie

Back before the South Park guys made South Park, they were just looking to make a buck any way they could. Universal Studios, right after they acquired Seagram Liquors actually hired them to make a video for new employees. Luckily for us, they were still completely crazy and hysterical. Here’s a peak at [...]

Qloud’s Music Search and iTunes Plugin Launches

We launched Qloud yesterday and it’s been a crazy ride.  The response to the idea and the site has been positive.   We were first reported (here) about by a popular technology blog called GigaOm which had a good review by their journalist Liz Gannes.  Then we were reviewed by a very popular social networking site [...]

Why Google Buying YouTube Is A Good Idea

Yesterday, someone sent me an email about the Google/YouTube deal with the note “seems like an absurd amount of money.” Well, i think it was a good deal for Google. Here’s why:

YouTube has critical mass which is VERY hard to get
YouTube (like Google Video) is a complete browser-based system which fits in with google’s [...]

How to Save our Civilization (quote)

Quick quote by Lester Brown who is the author of over 50 books and thought to be “the guru of the environmental movement.”
One of the questions I am frequently asked when I am speaking in various countries is, Given the environmental problems that the world is facing, can we make it? That is, can [...]

And I Thought My Apartment in NY Was Small

So this is the most expensive place on a cost per foot basis i’ve ever seen. Check this out - it’s a home built on the head of a pin. While that’s not super interesting in itself, it has been constructed with ridiculously detail. The artist, Mr. Wigan, said:
I spent 15 hours a [...]

This Trailer Will Blow Your Mind

I loved Sin City. It’s mix of realistic images and animation was very cool and Mickey Rourke’s character was a total badass. Of course, it was a Frank Miller graphic novel moved to the screen. This next trailer of a film called 300 is also a graphic novel by Frank Miller and [...]

New to MySpace? Use Good Etiquette

 

A lot of people i know are jumping on the MySpace train. I read a useful article (here) that lists some simple rules that will help you get and keep friends. Some of my favorites are:
 

• Another thing that might strike a chord with paranoid MySpacers is the mythical MySpace tracker. To put [...]