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Facebook, those were some good years…
Posted on July 12, 2011 | 1 CommentBut now, your reign is over. You are now officially my #2 most useful network. Oh how quickly things change, even when they seem interminable. You had a nice run... -
The Dallas Mavericks, on the eve of game 5
Posted on June 9, 2011 | No CommentsThe 2011 Dallas Mavericks have put together a historic playoff run. As Duke of the Mavs, I feel it my obligation to tell you what’s so exciting about this. Take,... -
The Illustrious Entrepreneurs of Stanford GSB 2010
Posted on March 14, 2011 | No CommentsWe are now at the apex of a trend I have described in my post about finding technical co-founders…a theme that everyone in the Valley knows by heart: ”technical founders win…and all MBAs... -
10 Funfacts about Swine Flu
Posted on September 1, 2009 | No Comments(1) It’s allegedly still safe to eat cooked pigs; we’re just not supposed to kiss living ones. (2) There’s Nothing fun about Swine flu. For me, it entailed a 101.6... -
Corn, Corn, Corn..
Posted on June 10, 2008 | No CommentsEver wondered what’s in a twinkie? Wondered how they produce that wonderful food called ‘Cheeto’? Well, I recently began listening to a shocking book about the food we eat and... -
Not Everyone Believes In Climate Change…
Posted on May 25, 2008 | No CommentsIt’s mostly just scientists and climatologists. So lots of people have come around on this ‘global warming’ and ‘climate change’ thing. Very good development, indeed. Is it too late to... -
Important, Smart Movie About Dignity in the 1935 South – The Great Debaters
Posted on December 29, 2007 | No Comments“Keep the slave physically strong, but psychology weak and dependent on the slave master – keep the body, but take the mind. I…am here to help you find, take back,... -
Petroleum Musings…by Mike Dorsey
Posted on October 8, 2007 | No CommentsI just thought of something… If oil and plastic and rubber all come from non-renewable hydrocarbons that date back 300k years, and we are extracting them from every place we... -
The future seems bright for entrepreneurs…
Posted on October 5, 2007 | No CommentsWell, if you’re thinking you want to be self-employed one day, take heart from this post: The Future Of Web Startups. This article articulates something that I’ve been thinking about... -
Top 16 Movies That Teach Us Something About The World
Posted on July 24, 2007 | No Comments1. Who Killed the Electric Car? – We should be driving them, but corporate capitalism has prevented it. 2. Why We Fight – Military Industrial Complex, we really ought to...