that's great...

best friend - your best enemy

Jay — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:14:01 +0000

HBO has this great show discussing the relationship between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. I’ve always known that these are two of the greatest players, ever. However, because of my age, I never saw these games. I am shocked at how much these guys simply wanted to be better than the other… This is a real good example of F. Nietzsche’s concept of your best friend actually being your best enemy. These guys hated, hated… each other. Also, if you want an example of mind over matter, pay close attention to Bird pushing through his back pain, for the love of winning.

continuity game…

Jay — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:58:50 +0000

I was watching the Unbeatable Banzuke on G4, and one of the G4 reporters mentioned this hot game from Sweden, Continuity. Pure genius. Also, not bad background music for a puzzle/strategy game.

I gave it a go, and I’ll say once I hit Level 10, it hit me… Fortunately in level 11, you get a break.
Leave to the Swedes to produce something so simple, yet so beautifully layered.
Yes, I do jealous much… Check it out for yourself - Enjoy!

truly a bohemian rhapsody

Jay — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:19:42 +0000

If I ever had to create a list of songs that would never find their way into a rap song, you know as a sample. Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody would be very high on the list… Yet, someone actually did it, and did a pretty good job of it too.

Checkout the Poor Boy video from Shaun Boothe.

the mosquito…

Jay — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:38:48 +0000

I did a sound test at the ultrasonic ringtones site, and got the results below. Give a try, and see how well you can hear.
For more details into what I’m talking about, check this Wikipedia entry.

You are a dog

Or maybe you are a mosquito, you certainly can’t be human.The highest pitched ultrasonic mosquito ringtone that I can hear is 21.1kHz

Find out which ultrasonic ringtones you can hear!

moving the Prior Lake house…

Jay — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:42:23 +0000

In this video, they’re moving the Prior Lake house. Oh, and it’s freezing out there - 3 degrees!

keeping america great…

Jay — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:06:38 +0000

CNBC had this hour-long special, in a town-hall format, titled, “Keeping America Great“. It was a Q&A with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. Learned a little there. For one, I did not know Warren Buffett was one of the voices in the wilderness shouting against CDOs. I also didn’t know that trains move freight over 400 miles, using just 1 Gallon of Diesel. That tidbit came out when a 1st year student asked why Buffett was buying Burlington Northern.

Overall, it was an hour well spent… Take a look for yourself. Here’s the transcript if ya need it.

single story…

Jay — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:08:31 +0000

Thanks to Markendya, I know about this beautiful story-teller, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. If you get a chance, listen to her reading.

that’s deep…

Jay — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:05:12 +0000

Tic’Tic in 10,000 BC:

A good man draws a circle around himself and cares for those within. His woman, his children.
Other men draw a larger circle and bring within their brothers and sisters.
But some men have a great destiny. They must draw around themselves a circle that includes many, many more.

for the new year - 2010

Jay — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:51:44 +0000

I had this list of goals for the new year, in 2007. Then in 2008, I did very little towards that list.

OK, in this past year, I’ve actually started learning a new language/platform - Grails/Groovy. So that’s one out of four. Most important of all, I have a new goal for the upcoming year, and that is, nothing. By that, I mean, to do less. One of the major reasons I haven’t accomplished my 2007 goals, is a lack of time, or in some cases, trying to do too much. Well, this year, I’m gonna veg-out a lot more. Yeah, that’s gonna be great…

As usual, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours!

kiva team…

Jay — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:54:48 +0000

Brian M. got me to join Kiva. I always knew it was a top-notch form of helping others, but i never really got into it. We started a Kiva team, The Society of the Humane, and it’s pretty awesome (both in name, and membership).

If you’re already a Kiva member, we’d love you to join. If not a member, let either of us know, and we’ll send you an invite.