French Open '12 Begins

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• Djokovic vs Nadal in the '12 French Open Final
• Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, David Ferrer and Rafael Nadal Make it to the '12 Roland Garros Men's Singles Semi Finals

Columbia University Janitor Graduates With Honors

First heard this story on NPR over the weekend - a week ago. It really caught my attention and meant to make a note of it - but, big surprise, I forgot :( When the story was repeated this morning, it felt like "it" somehow reminding me that I had forgotten.

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• Columbia University Janitor Graduates With Honors - NPR

Oscar '05

No, Sideways didn't win the Best Picture award :o( I didn't really believe it had a real shot, even a long shot, at winning. But the fact that it WAS nominated had sparked the tiniest of hope in me that maybe, just maybe, an Indy Film would win the coveted Academy Award.

But instead, Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby won it..

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to be heard, you must first listen

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Facebook Acquires instagram for a Billion Dollar

First off, congrats to the "instagram" team. I have been using the app on my iPhone since October '11. As a matter of fact, instagram was one of the reasons I have been wanting to update / upgrade to the new iPhone 4S.

But I have to admit that this is causing me to pause and think. They have developed this app, this most awesome app with about a dozen employees in about a year and a half and has $0 in revenue - all of a sudden they are valued at $1B.

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• my tweet

Love

An irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired

U.S. Presidents

• Barack Obama (Democratic) - Jan 20th 2009 - today
• 2nd Term
• 1st Term
• George W. Bush (Republican) - Jan 20th 2001 - Jan 20th 2009
• 2nd Term
• 1st Term
• Bill Clinton (Democratic) - Jan 20 1993 - Jan 20 2001
• 2nd Term
• 1st Term
• George H. W. Bush (Republican) - Jan 20, 1989 - Jan 20, 1993
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• Ronald Reagan (Republican) - Jan 20, '81 - Jan 20, '89
• 2nd Term
• 1st Term
• Jimmy Carter (Democratic) - Jan 20, '77 - Jan 20, '81
• Vice President
• Gerald Ford (Republican) - Aug 9th 1974 - Jan 20th 1977
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• Richard Nixon (Republican) - Jan 20th 1969 - Aug 9th 1974
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• Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) - November 22nd, 1963 - Jan 20th, 1969
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• John F Kennedy (Democratic) Jan 20th, 1961 - November 22nd, 1963
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• Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) - Jan 20th, 1953 - Jan 20th, 1961
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• Harry S. Truman (Democratic) - April 12th, 1945 - Jan 20th, 1953
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• Franklin D Roosevelt (Democratic) - March 4th, 1933 - April 12 1945
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• Herbert Hoover (Republican) - March 4th, 1929 - March 4th, 1933
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• Calvin Coolidge (Republican) - August 2nd, 1923 - March 4th, 1929
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• Warren G Harding (Republican) - March 4, 1921 - August 2nd, 1923
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• Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) - March 4 1913 - March 4 1921
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• William Howard Taft (Republican) - March 4 1909 - March 4 1913
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• Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) - September 14, 1901 - March 4 1909
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• William McKinley (Republican) - March 4 1897 - September 14 1901
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• Grover Cleveland (Democratic) - March 4 1893 - March 4 1897
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• Benjamin Harrison (Republican) - March 4 1889 - March 4 1893
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• Grover Cleveland (Democratic) - March 4 1885 - March 4 1889
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• Chester A Arthur (Republican) - September 19, 1881 - March 4 1885
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• James A Garfield (Republican) - March 4 1881 - September 19, 1881
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• Rutherford B Hayes (Republican) - March 4 1877 - March 4 1881
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• Ulysses S Grant (Republican) - March 4 1869 - March 4 1877
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• Andrew Johnson (Democratic) - April 15 1865 - March 4 1869
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• Abraham Lincoln (Republican) - March 4 1961 - April 15 1865
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• James Buchanan (Democratic) - March 4 1857 - March 4 1861
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• Franklin Pierce (Democratic) - Mar 4 1853 - March 4 1857
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• Millard Fillmore (Whig) - July 9th 1850 - Mar 4 1853
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• Zachary Taylor (Whig) - March 4th, 1849 - July 9th 1850
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• James K. Polk (Democratic) - Mar 4th 1845 - Mar 4th 1849
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• John Tyler (Whig) - Apr 4th 1841 - Mar 4th 1845
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• William Henry Harrison (Whig) - Mar 4th 1841 - Apr 4th 1841
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• Martin Van Buren (Democratic) - Mar 4th 1837 - Mar 4th 1841
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• Andrew Jackson (Democratic) - Mar 4th 1829 - Mar 4th 1837
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• John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican) - Mar 4th 1825 - Mar 4th 1829
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• James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) - Mar 4th 1817 - Mar 4th 1825
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• Jamaes Madison (Democratic-Republican) - Mar 4th 1809 - Mar 4th 1817
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• Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) - Marth 1801 - Mar 4th 1809
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• John Adams (Federalist) - Mar 4th 1797 - Mar 4th 1801
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• George Washington (no party)- Apr 30th, 1789 - Mar 4th 1797
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• Wikipedia

Earned vs Unearned Income

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End Piracy, Not Liberty

To imagine that anyone would support "Piracy" is quite outrageous. But where exactly is the line to be drawn - that is even more interesting.

Long before the internet came into play people have "copied" copy righted materials to share with their friends. Sure it was illegal to do so back then (as it is today), but for some reason it

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• flickr - Help raise awareness about PIPA & SOPA

Good Bye 2011

Like most years, 2010 had it's good times and bad. But for some reason it feels like '10 had more of the not-so-good ones compared to the good.

In any case, now that it's almost over

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• Good Bye 2010

New Year Tradition

Moved to WORDPRESS.

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A Word

A careless word may kindle strife,
A cruel word may wreck a life,
A bitter word may hate instill;
A brutal word may smite and kill,
A gracious word may smooth the way,
A joyous word may light the day,
A timely word may lessen stress;
A loving word may make it best.

Frustrated

I'm neither happy nor really un-happy - but I am very frustrated.

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Occupy Wall Street

7,000,000,000

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• World Population Wikipedia

Eid-ul-Adha '11

Eid Mubarak!!!

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Steve Jobs

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• Apple Bio
• Wikipedia
• Steve Jobs 1955-2011, Wired Magazeine
• 317 Patents

Don't Ask for Guarantees

Don't Ask for Guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine or library.

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• Farenhiet 451

Short Term Memory

I got in my car forgetting completely about the coffee I put down on the top. Luckily, just as I was about to pull out of the parking spot, I reached for my coffee and found it missing. Took me a few seconds before I recalled where I had left it :o(

2011 U.S. Open Men's Singles Final

Novak Djokovic vs Rafael Nadal - 6-2, 6-4, 6³-7⁷, 6-1

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