I have been working on creating a home sound environment without investing in Sonos, mainly because it just seemed overpriced. Over the last couple weeks I have built what is essentially a Sonos equivalent without having to invest all that money. I now have a home wireless stereo environment that allows me to stream my […]
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Jumping Rope Without A Rope
There are times when I realize that some of the people responsible for raising the next generation of children have serious issues. I happened across an episode of Real Sports on HBO the other night that made me shake my head in disbelief. Now, most of the time I find Bryant Gumbel to be completely […]
Great video from TED on tribes
Seth Godin gave this presentation at TED. I saw it on a good friend’s blog and found it worthy of sharing. Enjoy
Coldplay is offering their new live album for free
For those of you that are fans of Coldplay, I got a tweet from them this morning about offering their new live recording for free on their site. Here is the link: http://lrlrl.coldplay.com/leftright.html It is really, really good. Grab whilst the grabbing is good.
Nerd humor
Back in March, a bunch of us computer dorks were at a conference in Las Vegas. One of the guys from our office had given us a USB thumbdrive to take with us, and it was formatted with the label ‘Return To Stu.’ Given that our co-worker had gone to such lengths to make sure […]
I wish A-Rod would stay home
Tomorrow marks the return to the Yankees lineup of Alex Rodriguez. I remember talking to a fellow Yankees fan a few years ago when they signed A-Rod. I said at the time that I did not think he was the right fit. At the time, the Yankees were teetering on the brink of the current […]
The difference the right piece of gear can make
About 2 years ago, I was in New York at my niece’s graduation and happened to be in Sam’s Warehouse club with my parents. I wandered by a bin full of Swissgear backpacks, and stopped to take a look. The price on these backpacks was $40, I had been looking for a new backpack, and […]
The Road Ahead For Education
About a year ago I had lunch with Henry Kaestner of Bandwidth.com about micro finance in developing countries. As a part of that lunch, I shared with Henry my ideas around changing education for the better in the next 5-10 years. My ideas during the lunch were based primarily on the book ‘Four Hour Workweek’ […]
Why Congress Should Be Involved in the BCS
I ran across this article on ESPN today about a house subcommittee that is now involved in the BCS and the never-ending debate about BCS vs. playoffs. I came up with the following reasons why Congress should be involved in this issue instead of, oh, not spending all of our kids money, worrying about Iran, […]
I agree with Biden
We have the beginnings of a pandemic with this swine flu thing. Joe Biden got on the air this morning and said he would advise his family to stay home, and not to travel in confined places ( subways, airplanes, trains, whatever ). I thought that was a pretty rational thing to say. But, just […]