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Look Back at My Final Four Picks
Ten days ago I posted my picks for the teams to make it to the NCAA Final Four. Let’s take a look back at those picks and see how they worked out. My Final Four predictions: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) University of Southern California (USC) University of Memphis University of California […]
My New Banner / Logo
Remember my post about Jay from Scribbles and Words? Well he created a very slick 125 x 125 banner / logo for me. Check it out: Quite nice, eh? Jay also touched up my favicon (the little logo in the address bar of your browser) and made it a lot sharper. He’s really good at […]
The Environmentally Damaging City of Boston Recycling Program
Globalization is not a bad idea. In fact, free global trade (which the linked post argues does not currently exist) is a wonderful concept that would improve living conditions for the majority of earth’s inhabitants and is necessary for humans to survive. However, globalization creates oddities such as the below pictures. Everything looks good, right? […]
Going Down to South Park – Free Episodes Online Now!
Following in the footsteps of Hulu, the creators and copyright holders of the animated cartoon South Park have decided to release all South Park episodes online for free of cost but supported by advertisements. In a huge contrast to content interrupting Hulu ads, the advertisements on South Park Studios appear on the site itself, and […]
Casting Call for New Bruce Willis Film, The Surrogates
I just received an e-mail from a good friend about an open casting call for the film The Surrogates, starring Bruce Willis and Rhada Mitchell. The film is a science-fiction story about a futuristic world where humans interact with each other via surrogate robots while every human sits at home in isolation. The film appears […]
Awesome Services from Scribbles and Words
I just found an awesome blog called Scribbles and Words run by the polymathematical Jay. His blog’s design really sticks out for its simplicity and uniqueness. It’s apparent that Jay has tremendous design skills and an ability to write in a captivating yet easy to read way. Jay is offering up these artistic skills to […]
I Hate the Federal Reserve
I just received an e-mail from the Executive Vice President of HSBC Direct informing me that HSBC is once again dropping the interest rate on my online savings account, this time from 3.55% to 3.05%! Aaargh! At least it’s only dropped by .5% but it’s still frustrating, especially considering the savings rate started at 5.05% […]
Gmail Thinks Google Alerts is Spam?!?
Picture says it all. How does Gmail classify a Google Alerts e-mail as a spam message?
Resignation from the State Street Corporation
Yup, that’s right; it is now official, I am no longer employed by the State Street Corporation. Don’t worry, I’m not gonna do what you all think I’m gonna do, which is, you know, FLIP OUT! That Tom Cruise quote from Jerry Maguire is a perfect example of how not to separate yourself from an […]
My Final Four Picks
This post won’t have any insight or analysis, just my Final Four picks for the 2008 college basketball tournament. My Final Four predictions: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) University of Southern California (USC) University of Memphis University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) Then, in the Final Four UNC will beat Memphis […]