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Last Updated: 6/21/2009

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Age: 35
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City: Marina Del Rey
State: CALIFORNIA
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 
Sunday, March 08, 2009 


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/jobs/08bosses.ht...

Suffering from “hallucinogenic optimism,” the C.E.O. of Twitter started off by watching what other entrepreneurs were doing and trying to play along.

Yeah - This means a farm kid from Virginia can make it too!

Sunday, March 01, 2009 


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/business/01maris...

Marissa Mayer, who is Google Employee No. 20, is the rare executive who has become a celebrity.

Saturday, February 28, 2009 


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123583201127300963...

Warren+Buffett%27s+Berkshire+Hathaway+on+Saturday+released+its+annual+shareholders+letter%2C+known+well+for+its+folksy+writing+and+wit.+Here+are+some+of+the+highlights.

Friday, February 27, 2009 

Category: Dreams and the Supernatural
They are all from TED and I suggest you watch in this order (but watch as you please):



David Merrill: Siftables, the toy blocks that think -
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_merrill_demos_siftables_the_smart_blocks.html

MIT grad student David Merrill demos Siftables -- cookie-sized,
computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These
future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too. Is
this the next thing in hands-on learning?

Barry Schwartz: The real crisis? We stopped being wise - http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_our_loss_of_wisdom.html

DESCRIPTION: Barry Schwartz makes a passionate call for "practical
wisdom" as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy. He
argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire,
and practical, everyday wisdom will help rebuild our world.

Elizabeth Gilbert: A different way to think about creative genius -  http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html

DESCRIPTION: Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect
from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead
of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a
funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.

 Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight -
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html

Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would
wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions
-- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An
astonishing story.

 Bill Gates: How I'm trying to change the world now - http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_unplugged.html

Bill Gates hopes to solve some of the world's biggest problems using a
new kind of philanthropy. In a passionate and, yes, funny 18 minutes,
he asks us to consider two big questions and how we might answer them.


Friday, February 27, 2009 
Friday, February 27, 2009 
Monday, February 23, 2009 
Monday, February 23, 2009 
The Multi-Principal OS Construction of the Gazelle Web Browser http://bit.ly/WXP3i
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 
Sunday, February 15, 2009 


http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.vie...

As the Obama administration pushes through Congress its $800 billion deficit-spending economic stimulus plan, the American public is largely unaware that the true deficit of the federal government already is measured in trillions of dollars, and in fact its $65.5 trillion in total obligations exceeds the world's gross domestic product ...

Sunday, February 08, 2009 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKnXmq5v4OY

Singularity ... :) From the master ...

Saturday, February 07, 2009 
Thursday, February 05, 2009 


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123378027003448977...

Russia+is+reasserting+its+role+in+Central+Asia+with+a+push+to+eject+the+U.S.+from+a+vital+air+base%2C+along+with+a+Moscow-led+pact+to+form+an+international+military+force+to+rival+NATO.

Monday, February 02, 2009