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Entries from February 2010

Wordpress update and Shelfari

February 28th, 2009 · No Comments

For all of you other bloggers out there, I updated to wordpress 2.7.1 last weekend and am very happy with it. The interface is quite a bit cleaner and there are some cool features for posting and editing quickly.
You may also notice a new page on my blog for books. I shamelessly stole [...]

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Tags: Random Stuff

Cool interactive maps

February 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

Click on the maps to go to interactive source

Source: http://money.cnn.com/

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Tags: The Economy

Most concerning headline?

February 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

The past week has produced a number of headlines that make me cringe.  It’s hard to pick one that is most concerning, but here are a few of my favorites…
‘Two subs, dozens of nuclear warheads, one huge ocean - and a stroke of bad luck - This article reports on the collision between two nuclear [...]

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Tags: Random Stuff · The Economy

Today’s run

February 21st, 2009 · No Comments

I ran today and have improved my time significantly on our 3.5 mile loop around the park.  I’m down to 8:45 per mile which while slow is much better than before.

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Tags: Running

Spring in London

February 21st, 2009 · No Comments

I looked out the kitchen window a few days ago and saw that the once dormant vines that grows along our fence had produced a number of bright green buds signaling the coming of spring.  Melisse and I later witnessed tulips poking up through the ground near one of the trails that we run on [...]

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Tags: Random Stuff · The Move

House Project

February 19th, 2009 · No Comments

When I started my MBA a year ago, I was a little bored with pure academia.  One of the things I did to keep things interesting was invest in a home that was being remodeled by the owner.  The home was a historic home in a good neighborhood.  The owner was an aspiring designer/builder/architect that [...]

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Tags: Random Stuff

Out of shape

February 13th, 2009 · No Comments

My level of fitness has seriously suffered over the past month.  I’ve been trying to get back into running, but the last few runs have been painfully slow and embarrassingly short.  I guess I have to start somewhere and my starting point is 3.5 miles at 9:28 pace.  I’ll try and post the results of [...]

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Tags: Running

25 Random Things

February 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments

For those of you not on Facebook, there is an interesting chain going around where people write 25 random things about themselves, tag their friends, and repeat.  After being tagged a few times, I was sucked into it and posted the following 25 random things.  Enjoy…
1) I believe I’m the luckiest person in the world.
2) I love [...]

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Tags: Random Stuff