Archive for September, 2008

One Big ASS Boat September 30, 2008 1 Comment

Thanks to my friend Sumanth for the hit on this post and the “Berderp” blog for the post.
This boat is nuts – the “Maltese Falcon” I guess it’s called.  Owned by Tom Perkins (Hewlett-Packard, Kleiner, Perkins fame), the boat is 289 feet and absolutely dwrafs other boats around it easily measuring 40-50 feet.  Under sail [...]

Family Guy Season Premiere No Comments

I wasn’t sure you could embed Hulu videos, but this obviously proves the fact.  Rad.

Data, Worldview and…Progress! – They’re connected! September 25, 2008 No Comments

Seth Godin writes in his blog a very interesting article that revolves around the way that people make decisions and form opinions.  He states that people make decisions by processing the data that they have at hand, combined with their existing worldview on things.  He continues by stating that if people make bad decisions, it [...]

“The Fresh Dish” goes live September 22, 2008 1 Comment

Late last night, Taylor and I launched a new food site/blog called “The Fresh Dish“.  The concept for the site revolved around the fact that so many of our friends love food – so we decided to provide a portal for them to write about it.  So far the response from who we considered our [...]

A problem with the “accessible” news in America September 16, 2008 No Comments

Today more than ever, we Americans are affected by what’s happening in other countries.  Foreign policy is a paramount issue in today’s politics, we are at war in Iraq and Afghanistan and our economy will increasingly compete against the growing prowess of nations such as China and India.  While all of this interest stirs, our [...]

A couple of interesting interviews with the candidates September 12, 2008 No Comments

Here are a couple of interesting interviews with the presidential candidates.  First is an interesting interview with Senator McCain from the ABC affiliate in Maine (yeah Maine baby).  The interviewer definitely asks some tough questions that I haven’t really seen McCain get put to very much, though unfortunately the interview is based primarily around the [...]

Images: The strongest storms in the world September 9, 2008 1 Comment

I came across some pretty awesome photos of hurricanes taken from space on boston.com’s great photo news journal: “The Big Picture.”  Especially impressive were the shots of the storm eyes – incredible clarity.  Here are some examples: