Monthly Archives: December 2009

Taxing America’s Oil Addiction

We all know the United States is beyond addicted to oil; that’s a known fact. However, who benefits the most from that addiction? BusinessPundit has an article I wanted to highlight here (The Unquenchable Thirst: Taxing America’s Oil Addiction) that says: The government profits even more from our oil addiction than the super-rich oil companies do. Here’s the visual: Honestly, we need to SOMEHOW cut this addiction. The world’s oil supply won’t last forever.

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I’m on a Mac (I’m on a Boat spoof) ft. PC-Pain – SwitchToMac.com

Here’s the latest video from my friend and former colleague Beau Lewis (his company is Seedwell) — “I’m on a Mac (I’m on a Boat spoof) ft. PC-Pain – SwitchToMac.com” And yes, you should check out SwitchtoMac.com!

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Santa is a Motha F__kin Gangsta

My friend sent this video to me and I thought it was worthy of sharing: Santa is a Motha F__kin Gangsta – Watch more Funny Videos Happy Holidays!

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Being on Camera is Not Easy

There aren’t many people I know that like being on camera, let alone are good at it. I’m in that boat; everytime I open my Zillow profile I try to navigate away from it as quickly as I can. It’s not so much that my video is bad — well, maybe it is — but I just don’t like watching myself on video. Why do I bring this up? I recently saw Casey Wilson’s interview on Bloomberg (and if you are reading this Casey – you did an AWESOME AWESOME job). Casey is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wokai, and younger than I am by a year or so, but I thought she nailed that … Continue reading

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What Happens at a Repayment Meeting in the DR

From the Kiva Fellows Blog, here’s a video detailing what happens at a repayment meeting in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic: I went to a Bank of Hope repayment meeting in this exact spot in November of 2008, so very cool to see the video!

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What it takes to be Great

I wanted to bookmark another link (sent to me by Kayla Villnow) for myself so I can easily find it later on — What it takes to be great, an article on CNNMoney published in 2006. At a high level, the message was that research shows that the lack of natural talent is irrelevant to great success. The secret? Painful and demanding practice and hard work.

Think Different

[via Rob Garcia on Twitter]

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