So yesterday I ran the inaugural Rehoboth Marathon. It was a whirlwind of a time. In the course of 23 hours I drove over 400 miles to get there and back. Minutes before I got to Delware there had been a freak snowstorm and I saw no fewer than 8 accidents over the course of… Continue reading This Year’s Marathon
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The Future Today
Personally, I’ve never really wanted to be Tom Cruise – with the exception of two moments. The first was when he was rocketing around in an F-14 Tomcat in Top Gun. The second was when he got to play with that really cool interface in Minority Report (and yes, I’m aware that this makes me… Continue reading The Future Today
Episode 44: A New Hope
I couldn’t help but notice all the chatter on Facebook today about Barack Obama’s election as the 44th President of the United States. Here are a couple of status updates by my friends (who, it should be mentioned are overwhelmingly in the Obama demographic: highly educated, urban 25-35 year olds-but mostly not American): ABC is… Continue reading Episode 44: A New Hope
Handed Something New
I had an interesting experience the other day while shopping for groceries: I discovered a new fruit. I’m not talking about some mild variation on apples (golden honey crisp granny smith…), rather something mind-blowing that I’d never seen before – the Buddha’s Hand citron. The thing looks like a yellow octopus; here’s a shot of… Continue reading Handed Something New
Interesting Ad
I was going through an old German magazine the other day and came across this ad, which I thought worth sharing: At first it doesn’t look like much. I mean after all, it’s just a train set, right? Actually, it’s a little more subtle than that. It’s called the “Stop-den-castor-start-set” which would translate as “Stop… Continue reading Interesting Ad