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I went to the UW alumni event yesterday with Jeremy at the Jonathan Club in downtown LA. Richard Karn, who played Al Borlin on Home Improvement a show starring Tim Allen I watched growing up, was the guest speaker.

My family of computers:

The newest addition on the right is a Dell laptop with the new i7 processor, 8 gbs of ddr3 ram, 500 gb HD, awesome graphics card and display.

The computer in the middle is my old Dell laptop with a Core 2 duo processor, 2 gbs of ram and 150 gb hard drive.… read more “Family of Computers”

I just received my new pair of Vibram Five Fingers KSO and am looking forward to testing them out!

Wells Fargo bank is terrible to use. They nickel and dime you with a million different fees and then try to upsell you to new accounts every time you deposit checks. Not even to mention the huge amount of junk mail they send.

Our current child support system incentivizes people who are unsuccessful at life to have children while penalizing those who are successful. Child support is currently based on income- the more you make the more you pay.

I suggest changing that to a fixed monthly fee- $1,200 a month no matter who you are.

This will encourage natural selection by codifying it.… read more “Flat Fee Child Support Proposal”

Current systems of taxation are complex, unfair to many groups, expensive to administer, and lead indirectly to much societal damage.

I suggest a much fairer way to operate the government and one which would place natural limits on government size and power:

Change the Constitution to only allow an estate tax of 75% and a personal gift tax of 75% (except for charities which will abide by strict rules).… read more “Simple & Ideal Taxation System Idea”

I just read an interesting ten page article in the NYTimes about a psychologist named Arnett putting forth a new theory adding a stage to the development cycle: emerging adulthood.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Adulthood-t.html?src=me&ref=homepage

Emerging adulthood is supposed to be a new life stage that in modern life comes between adolescence and adulthood. Adulthood has been traditionally defined as obtaining a job, getting married, and having children.… read more “Emerging Adulthood”

Kenny and his greenpeace activist friend discussing rebelling against the evil Australian government.

Headed to the GAP in Santa Monica to redeem the half off Groupon I bought yesterday.

With facebooks new places, they just won the locations race. So simple, easy and fun to use. Good luck gowalla and foursquare.