• The gods

    Yesterday, I was playing the Risk computer game with my 4 year old son Ethan. Like the board game you roll dice and the higher dice rolls win. The layout on the computer screen has our dice on the left and the opponents dice on the right. So there is…

  • MSN Search Design

    MSN Search has a new revamped minimalist look. I like it alot actually. Makes me wonder. Is it the design of google that I like or is it the search results. I think its the design. Im going to try this search engine for a while and see.

  • Statistics and Love

    The number of people on earth is over 6 Billion. Lets say roughly half of those people are eligable as potential “soul mates”. Thats 3 billion. Think about how many of those people you have personally met. How many will you EVER meet? A few thousand tops? Its such a…

  • Fuel Cells

    Im excited for fuel cells. Wouldnt it be cool if we didnt pollute the air and depend on the Suadi Arabian aristocracy for oil? Source: News.com Story

  • Moving

    Im excited to be moving. It will take 3 more months to actually move in, but Im still excited. Home ownership is truly the American Dream. See the house in progress. Ours is in the middle. See here to find out more about the neighborhood plans.

  • Bill Clinton at Cody’s Books

    Bill Clinton is visiting Cody’s Books in Berkeley on June 29. (See link). The question is: Should I go? I would have to buy his 950 page book. Am I going to read it? I dont know. I can’t imagine its well written. Is it honest? Will it get me…

  • Book – Critical Chain

    Just started reading another book my boss gave me called Critical Chain. Same author who wrote The Goal. Its such a clever technique to write a novel to teach a scientific theory. However, I wonder how to apply this to my current job. I think I need to read a…

  • Wisdom

    I’ve decided. My life’s ambition is to gain wisdom. Intelligence is illusory. I can read all the books in the world and know all the facts, but where does one find wisdom? Im not sure where I will find it, but it’s my Goal. I think it’s important to have…

  • Misleading Media

    The title of this article says: Court dismisses pledge suit. Just reading that title you might think the Supreme court said something about whether the words “under God” should be in the pledge of allegiance. They, in fact, did not. They said the plantiff was not the legal guardian of…

  • FTP

    Why do I always have so much trouble with FTP? Now, Ive got a Sonicwall Tele3 which is working fine. But then I upgraded the firmware. And now the FTP is screwed. FTP PASV Bounce Attack being dropped every time I try to FTP. What a pain in the ass.…

  • From Ben

    Click here for a laugh.

  • Katie’s got a funny hat

    Katie always gets the funniest hats. Which hat do you think she should get next? Look at these.

  • The Goal

    Shortly after I wrote the previous blog, my boss gave me The Goal to read. Its a business book, but its written like a novel. Not bad so far. Should go quick. It states that every business can only have one goal. If your life had only one goal, what…

  • John Kerry Vice President

    The best vice presidential candidate for John Kerry would be John Madden. He has gravitas and is loved by kids (Madden 2004 game players) and adults (Monday Night Football and Tough Actin Tinactin!). Pass it along. Does anyone know Kerry personally? Let him know.