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If you only listen to one podcast on Healthcare….

me — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:09:55 +0000

If you only listen to one podcast on Healthcare let this be it: This American Life’s – More is Less 391: More Is Less An hour explaining the American health care system, specifically, why it is that costs keep rising. One story looks at the doctors, one at the patients and one at the insurance [...]

Amateur Hour @ 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

me — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:27:39 +0000

Regardless of your political affiliation, the mistakes being made at 1600 Pennsylvania are enough to make Jed Bartlett blush with embarrassment. Poor president Obama can't catch a break from the left or the right.

If Facebook were a country, it would be the 4th largest

me — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:13:28 +0000

Think that this “social media” thing is a fad? Check out this video from Socialnomics.net: My personal theory/equation: (number of recently unemployed people * cheap/free technology (google apps, Amazon Ec2, WordPress, etc) + the ability to communicate your product service and listen to customers (facebook, twitter, blogs, etc.) = a new way of doing business, [...]

Fox News: Truth Telling or Show Business?

me — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:49:41 +0000

Bernd Debusman has written an op ed piece titled “The lucrative business of Obama bashing” that is worth a quick read. He takes on the recent Obama vs. Fox News story and tries to dissect the reason for the feud. You should read the whole story, but this quote is what got under my skin: [...]

Gentlemen, start your vacuums

me — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:05:31 +0000

According to a new study and this Wall Street Journal article, Housework Pays Off Between the Sheets, husbands might want to start helping out around the house a little more. Excerpts: Many husbands and wives I interviewed offered an additional explanation—that housework may be a proxy for a general willingness to invest in shared interests, [...]

iPhone App Must Have – Pano for iPhone

me — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:45:56 +0000

Pano for iPhone provides the ability to take wide angle pictures from your iPhone like the one below (click picture for full size): The program allows you to take several photos and then “stiches” them together for a panoramic photo. If you look closely you can see where the image gets a little blurred, that [...]

Website you should visit: My Parents Were Awesome

me — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:48:59 +0000

What a great idea. The My Parents Were Awesome website is dedicated to photographs of parents and grandparents from an earlier time. “Before the fanny packs and Andrea Bocelli concerts, your parents (and grandparents) were once free-wheeling, fashion-forward, and super awesome.” From these pictures we clearly had some cool parents (click for gallery): Okay, [...]

Best Saturday Morning Pancake Ever

me — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:35:14 +0000

Over at Making Roma Roma Lara has blogged about one of my favorite Saturday morning rituals; The Dutch Baby Pancake. Although I am a big fan of Roma Roma, I think the original recipe at Gourmet, with vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg adds that extra punch to the Saturday morning ritual. The process of making this [...]

Dear Congress, this isn’t working out.

me — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:41:24 +0000

Dear Congress, I hate what is happening to us. We used to be so happy. Remember when we first met and made that deal; I would vote for you and you would represent me? I trusted you and you worked hard to make sure that I was not being taken advantage of or lied to. [...]

Seriously New York Times? This is Ridiculous

me — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:29:27 +0000

Dear New York Times, I am deeply appreciative your ability to convey complex issues and show all sides of the issues much more that some in the country, but your article, “In Polanski Case, ’70s Culture Collides With Today”, is simply incorrigible. I get that you want to paint a picture of the society in [...]