Startup Paradox – Get Rich or Die

08.17.2009 Technology

From a Y Combinator dinner talk.  In startups, you get rich if you don’t die. 
What do you have to do to live?
“Whereas if a startup regularly does new deals and releases and either sends us mail or shows up at YC events, they’re probably going to live.”

It’s true, in my career with startups, I’ve [...]

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Apple upgrade to Snow Leopard, to average Mac user, ah hem.

08.17.2009 Mac

Judging by the excellent Crunch Gear review of the forthcoming release of Snow Leopard, the new version of OS/X, this isn’t going to be the kind of release that makes you say “oh wow”.  Sounds like even at the $29 upgrade price, you might wonder what you get for your money.  It’s really is [...]

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Ever been in a Google trance?

08.17.2009 Technology

Seems that the feeling of excitement that you can get from searching and then searching again is wired into our brain.  One researcher called the behavior “seeking”.  It seems “the pictures inside our skulls show that the possibility of a payoff is much more stimulating than actually getting one.” So we just keep Google’ing and [...]

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A little gut has become okay, so sez NYT

08.17.2009 Life skills

Looks like fat is the new thin for guys.  The chiseled abs look is passé.   Blame it on the economy or having a super-president that stays thin, works out, shoots hoops and deals with world problems, making  it too hard for the rest of us to keep up.
Good news for me – I’m in style.
Read [...]

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Very funny anti-smoking commercial from India

08.14.2009 Off-topic

Thanks, Anu!

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Jake goes to 2.0 today

08.12.2009 Off-topic

Happy Birthday, Jake! He’s 2 years old today.
See that happy smile.  He’s Trader Joe’s biggest fan.

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How to use Evernote to store and sync your Google Chrome bookmarks

08.11.2009 How To

I use the Google Chrome browser because it’s fast, clean and light.   Unfortunately because it is fast, clean, light and new it still lacks features you might expect in a browser.  Chrome’s bookmark management is especially lacking.
When I read news, I’m a compulsive ctrl-clicker on links that look interesting and that I want to [...]

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What not to say during an argument

08.08.2009 Life skills

Image by manfred-hartmann via Flickr

Relationships are never easy, right?  Every say things you regret during an argument? I’m a master of this kind of regret.
When I saw this list on Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project site and couldn’t resist republishing it.
Gretchen’s book about her attempt to try the teachings of the ages on how to be [...]

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