I picked up golf when I was 11. In the back corner of the garage sat a dusty old set of Wilson clubs that were at one point my Grandpa’s, but were now my fathers. My dad didn’t golf though, so they just sat in a corner of the garage gathering dust. One day my friend Scott and I grabbed those clubs and we walked down the street to the park and started hitting balls, or at least trying to anyway, towards the sandbox on the other side. As the years went by I got better. I thought I was pretty good, shooting rounds in the mid 90’s. Then when I was in my mid-teens I had a breakthrough and I didn’t know how I did it. I had the perfect round of golf. I didn’t know how I did it that day, but I have since come to learn how I was able to accomplish such a feat. Continue Reading »

Okay, so this is not really a political website, but it is my website.

I’m watching the Vice Presidential Debates right now and they are discussing the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Senator Biden just said that any attack from Al Queda will be coming from Afghanistan, and not Iraq. That’s where we need to focus.

Palin, responded by stating that General Patrais and Al Queda leaders stated the war on terror is in Iraq and finished her statement by saying, “I believe the leaders of Al Queda.” 

My jaw dropped. I’m sorry, I don’t know about you but I will never trust what the leaders of Al Queda say. She does. Of course Al Queda says that Iraq is where the war on terror is. They want to keep us distracted in Iraq while their heart beats stronger every day in Afghanistan.

One heartbeat away has just become a lot scarier.

Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

The most powerful book that I’ve read so far this year was “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch.

Randy Pausch was a Computer Science Professor at Carnegie Mellon when he was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. He was given 3 to 6 months to live. About a month into it he gave his “Last Lecture” and the subject of his lecture Continue Reading »

If you have been following tech news lately, you might have noticed that Motorola is in a world of hurting right now. Motorola had a meteoric rise in 2004 and 2005 with the RAZR. The only problem was, they forgot to back it up with something even better. As a result Motorola’s Mobile Phone Division is hurting, bad.

So bad in fact that the company that invented the mobile phone industry is potentially shopping the struggling division to potential suitors. We’ve heard announcements from companies like LG, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson saying they aren’t interested in acquiring it. This makes complete sense, afterall they are direct competitors and there is no value for them in acquiring something they already have. It would be as logical as Apple acquiring the failing Microsoft Zune division.

What about an acquisition from a large player that is on the sidelines of the mobile phone industry though? There’s Google and there’s Microsoft. Google doesn’t make physical devices, so I wouldn’t think they’d bite. Microsoft, however is perfect. Continue Reading »