Psychology is sometimes obvious, yet people make the same psychological mistakes over and over again. Last year, the Jets acquired Tim Tebow from Denver. Although Tim is a poor quarterback, he is a “winner” and helped Denver go far in the playoffs. The Jets started the first game using Tebow effectively, putting him during short…
When I was a kid, a million dollar house was a mansion. People in million dollar houses were rich, very rich. Now, a million dollar house (in the SF Bay Area) is nothing. It’s a 3 bedroom, 1,700 sq ft house in San Mateo. San Mateo is not a rich neighborhood at all. Someone owning…
I don’t like getting a ton of tweets, so I don’t follow anyone. For a while I followed Brittany from Glee. She was hilarious. My favorite tweet from her: This two shall past. — Brittany (@BrittanyGLEE) March 6, 2012 Genius. But I was bored. Too few tweets. I need a little more. So I decided to…
Almost everyone with a tennis racquet has pretended it was a guitar. Tennis companies have pioneered the science of materials when it comes to making racquets incredibly stiff and light. Guitars have exactly the same requirement. Yet most guitars are made out of wood. In fact, most electric guitars are kinda heavy and start to…
From School of Rock Song: Over the Mountain by Ozzy Osbourne April 28, 2013 Featuring Jared (11) on drums
WordPress is evolving alot. I am running 3.6 beta 1. The new add post page has all these “formats”. I don’t quite understand them, but the icons look great. (I wonder what they do!?) I suppose I will try them over the next few weeks. I also upgraded to the built in Twenty-Thirteen theme. I…
It’s all so clear to me. This is the year that everyone will have perfect hindsight.
I didn’t do well in High School, 2.2 grade point average. In fact, I fell asleep (often) in Math class. I started well, trying to pay attention. However, that didn’t last long. The droning of the teacher saying mindless facts, asking us to rote memorize them so we can parrot them back at test time…
No clicking of mouse, no typing of keyboard = not working. You are probably spacing out, not there or reading a blog article. Lots of typing = Not working. You are writing an email or instant messaging or typing a blog. (This is what I sound like now) Talking in a friendly voice = not working. You…
Last week a 20-year old took hundreds of rounds of ammunition in high density clips and a semi-automatic machine gun into an elementary school in Connecticut. He shot 26 people, mostly 6 year old kids. It’s senseless. It’s insane. It’s an act of mental illness, evil or both. The thing that really drives me nuts is…
Making a decision in a bad headspace is a bad idea. Frustrated Anxious Guilty Sad Angry Frantic / Hurried Fearful Distracted Passionate Hungry Ecstatic These emotions make your brain run hot. They take away valuable CPU power in decision-making. You want to be calm and collected when you make decisions. Cool heads make good decisions.…
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/biweekly Happening every two weeks. Happening twice a week; semiweekly. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biweekly occurring twice a week occurring every two weeks fortnightly http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/biweekly Occurring once every two weeks. Occurring twice a week Here is the bottom line: The prefix bi- applies to the week rather than to the events that occur, therefore giving the sense of “every two…
Microsoft has had a pretty rough time the last few years. Steve Jobs innovated like a mad genius and came up with the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad. That’s alot of ground to cover and Microsoft has not been able to keep up. At best, they tread water. However, Steve Jobs is gone and I…
One day, if I have a hundred million dollars, I am going to fund the following initiative: The Do Your Job Proposition From now on, all California propositions, initiatives and ballot measures will have an additional choice besides Yes and No called “I Don’t Know”. If the measure does not receive 51% of the popular…