I have a love/hate relationship with banks… looks like SmartMoney does too…
10 Things Millionaires Won’t Tell You
This article is a good read… and if you haven’t read it yet, everyone should read The Millionaire Next Door
From SmartMoney:
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Inbox Zero
Anybody who thinks they get too much email and has trouble managing it, needs to watch this video… Its an hour long – find some time to sit down and really listen to what he says. I’ve been using his techniques for a couple of years now and they work very well.
Free City Wifi in Houston
Free City Wifi in Houston is now online… check out the locations on their website… w00t!
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Defcon 16 – it’s only been a couple of sessions and I’m already blown away
Posted by richardyoo on Natuba
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I gotta say, flying private is pretty sweet
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Natuba Gets a Mention in the Houston Chronicle
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The upside of hurricanes
I wasn’t familiar with Gulf ‘dead zones’ until this article… I guess there’s some good that comes of hurricanes.
The oxygen-starved “dead zone” that forms every summer in the Gulf of Mexico is a bit smaller than predicted this year because Hurricane Dolly stirred up the water, a scientist reported Monday.
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New! Windows Mojave
When people are told that there’s a new version of Windows called Mojave (ie, Windows Mojave) and people get to play with it, they love it!
The reactions when they find out its actually Vista are priceless…
The “Mojave Experiment” – http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/
Its been a year or so since Vista came out… perhaps its time to try it again.
Most of my complaints stemmed from driver support and application support (ie, iTunes didn’t work in Vista the first few weeks Vista was released, for instance)… did they ever get Synergy working in Vista?
hmm…
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Caloric Restriction
It appears that can make anything into a pill…
Caloric Restriction Comes in a Pill
Scientists have provided the strongest evidence yet that the anti-aging benefits of calorically restricted diets can be duplicated — minus the near-starvation — by a pill.
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Google Maps!
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Houston population growth highest in nation
Houston keeps popping up in the news lately…
The Bayou City added 38,932 new residents between July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, leading the nation in numerical population increase among cities with more than 100,000 residents.
also:
In a press statement, Perry’s office boasts that Texas now has the most Fortune 500 companies when compared to other states and has created 1.2 million jobs in just the past five years.
Twitter Updates for 2008-07-09
- @aaroneous I’ve been using everydns.net for 5 years now. Its anycasted with a web interface. Run by the same people who do opendns #
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Twitter Updates for 2008-07-08
- compiling a linux kernel on an 8-core machine is ridiculously fast… wow! #
- 8-core machine = dual intel E5310 overclocked to 2.0ghz. Its a Dell PowerEdge SC1430 that I bought for $750 online with free shipping. #
- finally got Ubuntu 8.04 with Kernel v2.6 working on a IBM NetVista N2200. Sweet! #
- My new HP iPaq 910 windows mobile 6.1 phone has finally been shipped. My old HTC TyTn was on its last legs. (yes, I have an iphone too). 🙂 #
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Twitter Updates for 2008-07-07
- have I mentioned how awesome it is to have web-based email? Gmail + Firebox=”Da Bomb”! My PC is sooooo much snappier! #
- Rackspace shareholder meeting tomorrow. Im a founder & a shareholder so I feel like I should go but it seems like a waste of time. Thoughts? #
- @craigalberino Yes, Google’s email uploader requires outlook installed (it seems). But you can select which folders to send up, etc.. #
- @maslowbeer is there a way to get the nerf bullets back? or is just a “cost of biz”? 🙂 #
- @vluther Any new good/cool places to in SA? #
- @dshafik Dog & Pony indeed… my fears exactly. #
- @vluther Wow, they finally finished the 510 construction? thats huge! #
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Twitter Updates for 2008-07-02
- the google email uploader is pretty cool for an app only 300k in size #
- I wish the google email uploader would let me upload a branch in a folder tree without forcing me to upload the root as well… #
- popcorn hour a-100 going out to RMA today. $10 to ship it, but at least they’ll fix it for free.. seems like a common problem on the forums. #
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