More Proof That Santa Claus is Real

December 25, 2010

A team of researchers at North Carolina State University have been doing Santa research that provides further proof of my belief that Santa is Real. They have been studying some key issues that everyone has questions about. Read it, believe it – There is a Santa Claus. Here are some choice quotes explaining their detailed [...]

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10 Ways to Be a Marketing Genius Like Lady Gaga

October 14, 2010
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How to Live Before You Die by Steve Jobs

October 12, 2010
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Seed Capital vs. VC Money

July 5, 2010

Chris Dixon has an interesting post entitled “It’s not that seed investors are smarter – it’s that entrepreneurs are.“  He’s reacting to a couple of other posts which speculate that there might be a seed fund crash looming and another suggesting that seed funds claim they’re smarter and as a result will outlast the VC’s. [...]

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Deviled Eggs Recipes by Rachel Ray

April 4, 2010

It’s Easter so I went looking for some Deviled Egg Recipes.  Rachael Ray’s various web sites have some good ones to try: Basic Deviled Egg Recipe: Ingredients: 12 large eggs Ice water 6 tablespoons mayonnaise 2 teaspoons mustard 1 pinch cayenne pepper Salt and black pepper Paprika, for dusting Directions: 1.In a large pot, arrange [...]

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This is Genius at Work

March 30, 2010
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New Audiobooks

February 16, 2010

I just added a new feature at Castlibrary to list the new audiobooks. It is now old enough that the new additions are starting to add up to a meaningful amount. Before the new listings were all mixed in with old listings because of the data import. I like the new list. Here’s what’s newest [...]

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Real Health Care Reform

September 3, 2009

David Goldhill, a media exec, has written an excellent article in The Atlantic on what’s really wrong with health care. He does a fantastic job of identifying some of the real underlying problems with our system: A wasteful insurance system; distorted incentives; a bias toward treatment; moral hazard; hidden costs and a lack of transparency; [...]

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Health Care Spending and Results

August 5, 2009

Umair Haque, from Harvard Business, has an excellent post that shows how we spend more and get less for our health care dollar. It’s scary how much more we spend than others. He brings in some other data as well that shows the US having lower life expectancy and infant mortality rates. Although, there is [...]

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Why We Need Health Care Reform That Works

August 2, 2009

This graphic from the NY Times says it all.

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