I watched The Human Experience tonight, and I have to say it was a truly beautiful documentary. If the footage of the children in Peru in particular doesn't move you, chances are you aren't alive inside. Within the first 30 seconds of the documentary starting, I could tell I was going to love it, and I'll go so far as to say it was life-changing and powerful. If you endure corporate politics all day, after...
I changed the header images on the site a few weeks ago, which included a more professional picture of me. I wanted to give you some background on it. At work, I was talking to Brian about a new project which we thought may require employee avatars. I showed him my avatar on LinkedIn and Twitter, and he said something like "yeah you like that picture, you've had that for a long time now" so...
Today we went to the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte. From their website the Whitewater Center is "home to the world’s largest man-made recirculating river, the USNWC provides exciting rafting adventures on Class II, III, and IV whitewater rapids. All raft trips include a professional guide, a short trip talk on the fundamentals of rafting and essential safety information and all the technical equipment needed." OK so that all sounds fine and dandy. When...
I did the Richard Petty Driving Experience today at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Well truth be told I sat in a car with someone who really knows how to drive. Even though there wasn't a speedometer in the car he said we went 165 and when I asked how he knew he said "I just do". I was going to take video of the ride but he said I wouldn't be able to hold my...
Humans as Routers The Future of Free Communication Two very important quotes in this article which may have forever changed the way I think about the Internet and communications. To give you context in case you don't know, routers control Internet traffic throughout the world (which is why Cisco became a dot com darling). Because we are still dependent on routers, dictators can kill communication in their country by telling ISPs to shut down. Give...
"Chuck Cirino gives us a short history lesson on how marijuana became illegal in the US. The November 2nd ballot in California includes Proposition 19, which if passed would legalize various marijuana related activities in California." Via @LaughingSquid. Now I haven't given this topic much thought but I found the history interesting, especially the part about racism. I couldn't find anything on Wikipedia on this but you can Google around and find the same quotes. ...