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El Camino for breakfast

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Business of Happiness

I just finished reading The Business of Happiness by Ted Leonsis. I recommend it! Check out the website to get some background on the author and book. To summarize, Ted grew up in Brooklyn the son of immigrant parents. Through hard work and fortunate timing he was very successful at a young age. But he wasn't happy.  A near death experience opened his eyes to his second chance at life and he decided to dedicate himself to being happy. Ted's theory is to not confuse being successful wi...

I’m done with Facebook

This was a response I posted to a thread on Google Buzz about why I closed my Facebook account: When it comes down to it, I got all of the value I was ever going to get out of Facebook. I connected with people I hadn't seen in 20 years. Beyond that initial rush, Facebook has been a complete waste of time.  Facebook can take much of the blame: Mafia Wars, Farmville etc. Complete junk. Annoying. I'm done. I get more value out of the ~500 people I follow on three Twitter accounts, many of w...

2010 Books update & thoughts on VMware

52 books in 52 weeks may be a bit tougher than expected. I read a lot of non-fiction and technical books which tend to be longer and more dense. Novels are a luxury. That's OK. I'm just acknowledging that fact and will continue to post reviews as I finish books. So...onward.I went to Big Bear last week expecting the opportunity to get some quality snowboarding out of the recent storms in Southern California. Instead we had freezing rain and hail most of the day. As a result I had the opp...