I was asked recently, on a scale of 1-10 how excited I was for the opportunity that I was going after. My answer was a 7 or an 8. My reasoning, at least to me, was sound. You can stand on the edge of a cliff for as long as you want, but jumping is [...]
READ MORE »3 Songs…
Wiki Answers says that the average length of a pop song on the radio today is between 3 and 3 1/2 minutes long. Lately, I have started going back to the gym. Trying to push myself to do it more often. A little because I feel I should, but mostly because I really do feel better [...]
READ MORE »The Online Music Conundrum
There is no shortage of (legal) online music services in the world today and with the recent launch of Spotify in the United States, I began to think. Would I ever consider paying a service like Spotify? I started with Napster, I was given a free 6 month trial from Best Buy and figured I [...]
READ MORE »Customer Service is not dead!?
All over the internet, you hear stories of how companies provide their customers with poor customer service. A simple Google Search yields millions of images, videos, blog posts and new stories about the subject. Some coworkers and I have a discussion about this very subject on a semi-regular basis. Our simple question always comes down [...]
READ MORE »Half a year down…
… half a year to go. At the beginning of the year, I set out with what I thought was a reasonable set of goals for the year. If you want to read about it, you can see it here. So far this year I have not even made a dent in the miles I [...]
READ MORE »Yes, I bought an iPad2
When Apple first announced the specs for the iPad2, I said to many people that I wanted one. After they were released, I could have ordered one and probably gotten it quicker than I ended up waiting, but that was not the point. I couldn’t really justify it in my head in any other way [...]
READ MORE »Random Night Pics
Late last night I noted on Twitter that my neighborhood was incredibly calm in the early morning hours, and that it might be cool to take some pictures. These are what came of my short adventure out in the cold: ~Mark
READ MORE »A New Year, A New Start
“Few players recall big pots they have won, strange as it seems, but every player can remember with remarkable accuracy the outstanding tough beats of his career.” – Jack King, Confessions of a Winning Poker Player That about sums it up. I don’t know about you, but I have been thinking a lot about 2010. [...]
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