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After years of waiting, I’ve gotten the Chevy Volt. I’ll be doing a more thorough review shortly after I’ve had more time to evaluate it.
Bailey and her mother Hara and 8 siblings.
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Our newest family edition. Bailey. Our Entlebucher.</p
Every time I announce to family and friends what noon kooky thing I’m going to try, people assume that I’ll grow tired of it and quit doing it. My poor wife, however, knows differently and has gone from being supportive to dread when I start brain storming some hair brained thing I’d like to try. I think the bees were the tipping point where she realized that once I pick up a hobby, I’ll stick to it. Obviously there’s finite time in the day so hobbies to displace other
I do a lot of interviews. But I’m doing fewer and fewer of them as time goes on because it seems like the odds it’ll create negative PR increases as our company becomes more successful. If you do an hour long interview, you provide a lot of potential fodder. How it is used often depends on the “narrative” that the journalist is trying to get your interview to fit. That is, often there is a headline that the journalist is looking for and will scour your words to find something that can
Has anyone ever noticed that people, with pride, will often say that they would choose X over Y even if it were easier to get rich (or richer) if they chose Y but when they read about someone else doing the same they’re shocked?
For those of us who greatly enjoy participating in online communities it can be a shock to discover that the people you associate with are not what they seem. Over the years, I’ve seen many instances where people were shocked to discover that a “regular” turned out to be a terrible person in “real life” as news would surface that some long time participant was arrested or did something pretty awful offline. The biggest shock I ever had to deal with was the discovery that membe
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Why is IE9 so ugly?
One has to wonder what’s going through Charlie Sheens mind. But I suspect that I’m not the only person who’s wondered how often the mega successful think “Why should I put up with crap? I’m rich!” The problem is, that place only leads to ruin. As tempting as it is to lash out at your critics and demonstrate your capacity to operate without restraint, no man is an island. When my son was younger, he asked me why certain words were considered “dirty”. I told him that these
The Internet is full of haters. Haters hate. Nothing you can do. But what has surprised me over the years is seeing cliques of haters. That is, specific groups of people who are friends who get off on trying make someone else miserable. It’s a stunning thing to see on message boards I lurk on from time to time. I’m on the plane now lurking on various gaming and tech forums and I just feel disgusted when I see what is a reasonably organized effort to harm some other forum goer f
It’s called Aerotitus. And it sucks. Every time I fly I get vertigo. Every time. When I was a kid, I had a lot of ear infections and is messed up my Eustachian tubes. So when the plane takes off or lands, my ears plug up and I get vertigo. Over the years, I’ve tried pretty much everything to address it. Gum chewing. Pinching my nose and blowing air. Yawning. Decongestants. Nasal Sprays. Ear plugs. Patches. Ginger. Asperin. You name it. They all
As I mentioned last month, I started monitoring our energy usage very closely. It turned out we had two key areas that were running away with power. The first was keeping the pool room warm. That was costing us a fortune. And by warm I mean like 80 degrees (it’s supposed to be about the same temp as the water). The other was the recirculating hot water which was using a lot o
When things are tough, what are your sources for coping? Here’s a brief list of mine. My wife My kids My sister-in-law The people I work with Learning new “Tech” Internet Communities Learning new things Helping others Passing on skills to others Reading a good book.
I play MP online and I hate to say it but it sometimes brings out the worst in me. I am a big believer in being a good sport but if someone’s being nasty enough online and they’re winning, I know how to drag it out a very…very…long time.
You hear about executive producers sending “notes” down to the director or producer of a movie. That’s what I’m doing these days. “Maybe we should have robots in this scene instead of a dragon?” I’m leaving the dream. I assume a lot of
As some of you know, I’m a kook. As I get more time, I intend to indulge in this further but with life being so busy, I only get to do the smash and grab type of kookiness. This past year I got into supplements and I’ve managed to stick with that. The big ones I recommend are: 1. CQ10 if you’re on a Statin drug (which I’m on to control cholesterol). These reduce those general “aches and pains” people get as they get older. 2. Fish oil pills in general. T
I’ve mentioned before that I’m a creature of the Internet. Some people are “private people”. I’m not. I like sharing stuff with other people because, frankly, I do believe that people are inherently good. I believe this because I’m a believer of natural selection. People who can’t play well with others have tended not to be as likely to pass on their genes. There are clearly exceptions to that but all in all, most people I interact with fall well into the “good” category.
Over the years I’ve found out what I’m good at: Business. At the same time, I know what I like to do: Software and game design. For awhile, I held the conceit that I was pretty decent at game design. But since hiring Derek (Kael) Paxton and Jon Shafer, I’ve come to realize that my skills at a game designer are much like my skills at graphics design or software development – I can do it in a pinch but I’m out of my league compared to a specialist. It’s a bit of a bummer
The Energy Detective is a kit that you can purchase online that lets people monitor how much power their house is using in real-time. While there are newer kits that work with your power meter, many advanced power meters (such as what I have) won’t work with them. The way TED works is as follows: The measuring “donuts” hook up inside your electrical panel. These donuts then are connected (and powered) by one of the breakers. The electrical line connected to the breaker i
Twenty years ago, if you wanted to make a real game you made it for the PC. The toughest choice was to support either an Adlib card or a Sound Blaster card. Now, game developers have to decide between PC, High End Consoles (Xbox/Playstation), Family consoles Wii), Handhelds, iOS, Android, or Web. My answer remains the same: It depends on the type of game you want to make. And the type of game you want to make should also consider how much money you have available
As we enter the New Year, 2011 has some hope in front of it but I’m not ready to predict anything too exciting. For business owners, interest rates remain very low which makes capital for those with good credit ratings readily available. 3.25% interest rates are not uncommon right now for those who know how to obtain it. Thus, it becomes a question of how certain you are to generate net revenue that exceeds what you borrow at the going interest rate. Historically,
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