The big cable companies are trying to get rights to block content that doesn’t pay them money. Essentially, they are trying to regain control of the media for the big media corporations from the current generation of consumer created media.
… read more “Evil Cable Companies Trying To Take Over Internet”
My old college buddy, Kenny Kadar, came up to Seattle this last weekend to hang out with his college friends. Kenny made the mistake of going to the UW-Oklahoma football game where UW got absolutely creamed by the #2 team in the nation, but other than that I think he had a good trip. Unfortunately, I was only able to get one pic of the man (and he is sort of in the background of that lol), but here it is:
I think that photo was taken around 5 am.… read more “Kenny Kadar Visits Seattle”
I hiked up to the top of Mount Si in Snoqualmie, Washington on Saturday September 13th and it was gorgeous.‚ The first time I had climbed up Mt. Si I had stopped at the base of the 300 foot tall “Haystack” (essentially a big rock slab), but this time I climbed all the way up to the top and it was AWESOME.‚ … read more “Mount Si Hike”
No, not the whole company. Yet.
Instead, I bought 5 shares for $439 apiece ($2200 total).
I think that Google is priced lower than it should be, considering the companies current cash flow and future prospects. I think that within the next five years, Google has a good chance of supplanting Microsoft as the dominant software company.… read more “Joel Bought Google”
Happy Birthday Josh Gross! Josh is my studly youngest brother.
Graham WA is a classy place to live and though strange things may happen there, I still gotta love my hometown.
Hospitals can be a scary place… funny video clip that didn’t make it into Knocked Up on what can happen to you at a hospital.
Broadstripe, the cable company, is screwing its customers. Broadstripe purchased the old cable operator I had and now has decided to jack up the prices from $29.99 for basic cable internet to a ridiculously obscene $64 a month. Broadstripe did this without even notifying its customers. I just opened a bill and there was $64 staring me in the face.… read more “Broadstripe Cable Screws Cable Internet Customers”
Where can I buy a robotic beer launcher like the one below?
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/JubaksJournal/feds-bailed-out-china-not-the-us.aspx