Archive for September, 2007
buying a new car
We live in a world of craigslist, fatwallet, google, amazon, and digg. Information is abound everywhere, you just have to ask for it. Yet, for some reason, the world of car buying is driven by a total lack of information and even worse, misinformation. I wonder why the power of the internet has not revolutionized [...]
daytrading stocks
So now I have another skill to add to my resume: daytrading. Yup… For the last few days, Trung and I have woken up at 6am and stayed glued to our computer and CNBC hoping to make a quick dollar on market fluctuations. Sad to say, we mostly lose, but I am still up like [...]
iGoogle wasted search space
After spending sometime to optimize the style on my Treo 600 ( during a long car ride ), I got the idea of optimizing my iGoogle homepage. I spent 18 hours a day in front of my computer, and a good amount of that time is spent looking at my iGoogle page. The page is [...]
great ideas inspire
Every once in a while, I hear about a really good idea and it makes me think. One of the recent ideas I heard about is: Kiva – its a site that allows you to make loans to poor people in other countries so they can use that money to start a business, get out [...]
Funny quote
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? – Scott Adams Been so damn busy late, can’t even do any blogging anymore. But here is a funny quote for you.
No Child Left Behind Left Behind
So apparently one of the dudes that co-authored the No Child Left Behind Act is speaking out against it. (Rep. George Miller). This is no surprise to me since my girlfriend has been telling me about the negative effects of this act for a long time now. She said it forces teacher to follow strict [...]
searching for inspiration
I have days like today where I cannot do anything because I am constantly hungry… No, not hungry for food. Hungry for inspiration. Hungry to find something that will make me excited, teach me something new, or confuses the hell out of me. If I don’t find that inspiration, I get very anxious. I get [...]