After Bay to Breakers got boring for me around 1:30pm, I separated from the main group and ran three miles to Planet Granite so I could do some rock climbing. After arriving I climbed for three and a half hours and met a lot of interesting people; two partners who founded a ycombinator startup together, a german couple new to the area and a weird bald guy.… read more “After Bay to Breakers Today”
Author: Joel Gross
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Bay to Breakers
I attended the Bay to Breakers event today in San Francisco with my group of friends. We went as the Street Fighter video game from the 90s and I was Sagat. Pretty fun event with great weather.
Monster
Our dog monster is sick because she ate chocolate and that can cause kidney failure in dogs. Frida is in the hospital now. She should be okay because we pumped her stomach within an hour but she still has elevated levels of bad stiff in her blood. She is in the hospital for three days to try to clean out her kidneys.… read more “Monster”
Epic San Francisco Bike Ride
I went on a really fun bike ride today with my friends Kenny, Brian, Nick and their friends. We started in downtown, went to the beach then made our way across the Golden Gate Bridge. The ride took almost six hours but was a great time. We had perfect clear sunny weather and enjoyed ourselves.
Udacity Offers MS in Computer Science
I think this is awesome. The world is going to continue to become a vastly better place very rapidly as more people have access to to open online courses!
Coalition Basketball Narrow Loss
Once again we lost by 2 points! Argh, so close.
Joel Hang Gliding Video
Video of me hang gliding:
And a video of the overall environment by the hang gliding instructor Fred:
Business Cheat Sheets: Starting Up Your Company
I am going to start a new series of blog posts titled “Business Cheat Sheets”. Each cheat sheet will contain practical tips, advice and how-to’s on a key area of business. Download the Starting Up Your Company PDF here. For my first business cheat sheet, I will be giving some advice on getting started with a new business.… read more “Business Cheat Sheets: Starting Up Your Company”
Hang Gliding at Sylmar
I went hang gliding yesterday and enjoyed it. My flight instructor was a nice older gentleman named Fred. He was a contractor of WindSports. I thought he did a great job of taking me up for a beginner tandem flight. I got a bit of motion sickness but our flight was only around 15 minutes so it wasn’t bad.… read more “Hang Gliding at Sylmar”