I am enjoying the meme on Facebook “25 Random Things About Me”. Writing 10 things about you that people may or may not know is pretty easy, but getting to 25 is much more difficult. Here are the 25 I came up with: 1. By day I work as the EVP of Engineering and Operations ...

I just got an email from Classmates.com that someone has left me a greeting. And if I will pay them money to upgrade to a premium membership, they will tell me who it is. Of course if I pay them I might just learn it is spam. I have a 30 year high school reunion ...

I loved this video of comedian Louis C.K. on Conan O’Brian’s show. He talks about the technology that I grew up with (you had to dial the phone and you had to stand right next to it) and how much cooler the new technology is. But, as he points out, people seem less happy now ...

childhood friends, luang prabhang, lao PDR Originally uploaded by preetamrai My friends over at The Bigg Success Show (yes, who spell worse than I do) talked today about a study on happiness that came out recently. This study looked at the effect on your happiness of being around people who are happy, of having money, ...

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. Arthur C Clarke Watching this video of trick pool shots left me saying things like “I can’t believe it” and “how did he do that?”. We all learned in the Empire Strikes back with ...

My plans for total world domination were accidently revealed on Buzz Out Loud episode 669. Sigh. Now who is going to sell me zombies at wholesale. Buying zombies at retail can cost an arm and a leg. So I am back to the drawing board and having a bit of writer’s block. If you have ...

As I write this blog post I am also watching a movie. It is not that the movie is so bad, in fact it is a movie I like, but I suffer from CPA (Continuous Partial Attention). CPA has struck the nation with the fervor of an epidemic. We talk on cell phones while driving, ...

I have a small white box in my house that is labeled as a “microwave” but is known to my family as a “magic tea machine”. The reason for the re-labeling is that in the winter months it is quite common to open the door to this magic box and find a mug of tea, ...

I was prompted to post the five things that I am thankful for by a post on Startup Princess: How to Start a Gratitude Journal. I am thankful for: My Faith and a country where I can express my thankfulness to God My Family – my wife of almost 26 years and two teenagers that ...

Yes, I have a listing on IMDB but I have not been involved in any movies. It turns out you can also get listed for working on some games.