• Obama Won, and I Didn’t Even Vote

    I already know that this post is going to get a lot of negative comments like the religion one. And that’s because this “every vote counts” dogma that everyone loves so much shares a lot with religion. It’s a belief that’s held true without a single bit of compelling evidence, and it’s a strong belief.…

  • Solving Non Existent Problems

    A few minutes ago I had a great idea. I’ll set up a super backup system. I’ll put a 16gb SD card into my laptop, and then have it automatically back up my projects and photos in the background. Then I’ll also set it to backup certain things to the internet, and even more to…

  • Fashion

    Today I drove past a store that sells guns and gold. A gun can be a lot of things, one of which is the most useful thing in the world,given the wrong situation. Gold is about survival, especially now. If the economy collapses further, as many economists predict, gold may be a safe place to…

  • Austin State Fair

    “Wooohoo! Here we go Charlie! Don’t touch my beer. I can still see it, Charlie!” I don’t realize that I am, in fact, Charlie, until my new drunk friend starts petting my fleece from the seat behind me. We’re hanging upside down on “Kamikaze”, a fair ride that doesn’t quite live up to its name.…

  • Preparing for 2009?

    We stopped posting here abruptly. I wrote that we came back before Todd had the chance to post about running of the bulls, so it sort of just looks like we disappeared. Time in Austin has been fun and comfortable – too comfortable. The first month or so was easy, but since then we’ve both…

  • Some Useful and Interesting Updates

    Some Useful and Interesting Updates

    Readers First of all, I’m finally over 1000 readers on Feedburner. That’s in addition to the 500-700 readers that just check the site every day. The “missing area” is when I stopped using Feedburner for around a year. I didn’t really have a complete grasp on how RSS worked back then. The second tiny gap…

  • Luck of the Draw

    Do you believe in luck, or do you believe that people make their own? When I was in Chicago I happened to make friends with the guys at Real Social Dynamics. The timing happened to be such that they were about to rent Project Hollywood with Mystery and Style, and needed an extra roommate. I…

  • How to Avoid Getting a Speeding Ticket

    I’ve been thinking about writing this post for a while, but I wanted to have some concrete proof that the technique is what has been getting the results, not just my boyish good looks and my “give me a citation and I might hunt down your family” demeanor. Yesterday was that day. I’ve been stopped…

  • Shortroping

    Shortroping

    I’m beginning to think that my speaking engagement at UK was partially a ploy to get me to come on an adventure with Luke, the guy who arranged it, and his friends. If that’s the case, I hope that I’m involved in many more ploys. My flight was diverted, delayed, rescheduled, and rerouted. In the…

  • Come See Me in Kentucky!

    Come See Me in Kentucky!

    A couple weeks ago I woke up to a strange e-mail. The subject said “Speaking Opportunity”, which I immediately thought must be spam. But it wasn’t. A guy named Luke, who has been reading my site for a while, just happens to be the president of the Entrepreneur’s Club at the University of Kentucky. His…