For Christmas, my mom and dad got me "The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember." Kevin Rose just tweeted about the video above. "In 1969 the US Senate had a hearing on funding the newly developed Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The proposed endowment was $20 million, but President Nixon wanted it cut in half because of the spending going on in the Vietnam War. This is a video clip of the exchange...
A little reminder for everyone all the time, but especially after the holidays going into New Year's resolutions time...
For instance, I know a lot of people were up in arms about Google Street View. If you are not familiar with Google Street View, it is basically a car with a camera that drives down streets and takes 360 degree images of everything. So if you go to Google Maps you can type in the address of your home, and you may have a Google Street view of your entire street/community, which I thought...
My AT&T contract was finally up, so I went to Best Buy yesterday and got myself an iPhone. While I'm still in the learning phase, I can already tell this device is going to fundamentally change how I interact with technology. Case in point: Last night I needed to visit a new location. I had printed directions to use with my car's GPS, but in my rush, I left them at home. No problem! I...
Hey everyone, I'm back in the Bay Area after visiting Portland for the last few days for Christmas, and let me tell you it was quite a trip! I woke up this morning at 3:30am and left with my dad and Tyler to the airport at around 4:20am for our 6:45am flight so I could get Tyler back to Lana for Christmas. My dad heard the main roads had cleared up, so he took the...
Dear 2008 we have now spent 31,556,926 seconds together (give or take a few thousand at the time of writing you this). We shared seconds I wish could have lasted forever, and seconds I wish I could give back to you that will remain with me forever. In the same year, I saw my son walk his first steps and my marriage walk its last. We have shared deep sadness, betrayal, shock, anger, hate, frustration,...