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This blew my socks off earlier today (thanks to @guykawasaki for the link): This guy is autistic and is nicknamed ‘The Living Camera’. What he can do is simple incredible – here’s a quick description of the video and then you should just watch it for yourself:
Stephen Wiltshire has been called the “Human Camera.” [...]

I’m headed to the Bay Area this weekend to see Aimee’s family and have a little engagement party shindig, so I thought I’d share a few of the excellent talks from the TED conference that I consider inspiring and if nothing else, totally interesting. The first one is the famous Malcolm Gladwell ’spaghetti [...]

I first wanted to wish my sister Elise a happy birthday today, and as I think about her and the rest of my family, I realize that the family that helped raise me (my 2 sisters), as well as my new fiancee Aimee are all teachers. Teaching and education is certainly something that has [...]

So between Unbiasd and NYTExplorer, I tend to consume a lot of news in a given day.  Both this week and last, I’ve been surprised and downright excited to see certain signs that we are indeed on the road to recovery, and the dire economic downturn isn’t going to hold us down forever.  To be [...]

Facebook is free, Twitter is free, Wordpress is free. Doesn’t this bother anyone else? Instead of charging their customers a nominal dollar or two or five to use these services on a monthly basis, VC’s flood them with investment money that, psychologically, lets these guys “worry about the business plan later.” Doesn’t THIS [...]

I’ve been interested in robotic technology since college, when a class with Professor Vaughn taught me some of the basics of what is possible using sensors and software to enable machinery to act on its own. I was blown away to see how far some of this robotic technology has come since then – [...]

A Canadian soldier writes about his experiences over a few tours of duty in Afghanistan and the experience of working with troops from many different countries.  He goes on to give a great review of the way American troops handle themselves, which is certainly nice to hear.  But enough from me, here’s the article:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/17/f-vp-storring.html