Two cool products for CSS coders
Posted on December 29th, 2009 @ 8:43 am
Found a couple of products on Zazzle.com that I thought were funny. If you code CSS, you may (or may not) enjoy these.
Available for purchase here:
Dave Barry comments on August’s Twitter outage
Posted on December 28th, 2009 @ 3:27 pm
I’m not normally a reader of Dave Barry, but when I ran across his recent 2009 in Review, I couldn’t resist reposting this excerpt from the section on August about Twitter’s outage.
In an alarming technological development, hackers shut down Twitter, leaving a desperate and suddenly vulnerable America with no way to find out what the Kardashian sisters are having for lunch. The Federal Emergency Management Agency urges the nation to “remain calm” and “use Facebook if you can.” Twitter service is eventually restored, but most of the estimated 875 million thoughts that went untweeted during the outage will never be recovered, making it the nation’s worst social-networking disaster ever.
Disastrous Starcraft chest bump
Posted on December 23rd, 2009 @ 3:33 am
The two people who read my blog who are also Starcraft fans should enjoy this. The rest of you should skip ignore this post, as it won’t make any sense and is extremely geeky.
Amazing Robot Game
Posted on December 22nd, 2009 @ 10:48 am
This games looks awesome. It definitely has amazing artwork, plus robots are always cool. I’m going to have to buy it sometime soon. Looks like it’s on sale on the Machinarium website right now.
Mentor: The Kid & The CEO
Posted on December 17th, 2009 @ 6:41 pm
Several months back, I was introduced to Tom Pace, the author of Mentor: The Kid & The CEO (shameless affiliate link). Soon after meeting him, I picked up a copy of his book.
I actually sat down to read it one night while Leann was watching Dr. Quinn. I figured I’d read until she finished the episode she’d just started, then watch a show myself. But by the time her episode was done, I was half done with the book, so I just spent another hour and read the whole thing. So it’s definitely a quick read, along with books like The Go-Giver.
The book had a great story, which is based on the real life experiences of Tom Pace. The story was entertaining and compelling, a definite page-turner. The book tells the story of a CEO mentoring a young man in prison, something Tom himself actually does on a regular basis. The events in the book of the CEO influencing the young man, then the young man helping the CEO through a rough patch in his business, really do parallel the experiences Tom himself has had. And the story was very compelling, with each chapter ending in a cliffhanger of sorts.
One of the great things for myself as a reader was the extensive list of other books to read as well. There were a few books listed throughout the story, then the end had a much longer list of recommended books for people looking to improve themselves.
I do recommend the book as a quick read, and it’s definitely a good start if you’re looking to begin building up a library of books on how to improve yourself. And it’s a great book to buy larger quantities of for high school age students, which is something they’re actually trying to promote. You can buy large quantities directly from Mentor Hope, the publisher.
Tags: book review, quick read, Tom Pace
