Archive for February, 2011

The Most Powerful 10 Minutes of the Last 50 Years

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

I’m preparing to leave on a long overdue vacation. When I return I hope to be back on-form, and to finally get this blog rolling again. I’ll spare you the explanations as to why I’ve been so silent (for now)… but, every day I find more and more reflecting back to this video:

 

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This monologue of James Burke, from the last episode of his original Connections series has had the single most significant impact on my life of anything I’ve ever read, heard, or seen, and it explains so much of the world around us today.

Special Offer from Joyent for Solaris Users

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

I work at Joyent… never the less, I’m really excited that we’re offering a $45/mo 1GB Smart Machine offer. If I weren’t an employee I’d absolutely jump at it.