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Silicon Valley millionaires who think they are poor
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I read an article on the New York Times late at night yesterday, which discusses how some millionaires in Silicon Valley ‘don’t feel rich’, even when they have a multi-million dollar roof over their heads. The response that the article has gotten is not very surprising, containing a mix of disgust, confusion, and outrage.
It’s no secret that many will feel a twinge of anger to know that millionaires, meaning people with, oh, $2.5 million in the bank, for instance, are still continuously worried about their financial well-being. Part of this stems from jealousy, which is natural, and part of it comes from the fact that you can’t help but feel sorry for these people who continue to work 70-80 hour work weeks even when they can retire to a life of relative comfort.
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Not blogging at Blog Herald anymore
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Just a quick thing, but I’ve stopped blogging at Blog Herald. The posts that I’ve previously written are still accessible, though. I’ve got way too many other things going on these days so I’m trying to prioritize my time - especially with the many Facebook Applications that I’m working on.
I’d like to thank Tony for giving me the opportunity to write there - it’s been a great experience the whole time!
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Year of the Linux Desktop is 2008
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Maximum PC is convinced that 2008 is the “Year of the Linux Desktop”, taking into account the fact that people are moving away from Vista and moving towards a cheaper alternative. I imagine that people are not only moving away from Vista to Linux, but away from Windows to Mac OS X as well.
Personally, I’m still waiting for Mac OS X Leopard!
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It’s easy to forget that the iPhone is USA-only
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It’s nice to read long blog posts talking about the iPhone extensively, such as this one that Walt Mossberg posts today which answers questions asked about the product, but it pains me when the iPhone won’t be available in Canada for at least a couple of years. Doh!
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Ratatouille - one of the best movies of 2007
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I just came back from watching Pixar’s latest movie, Ratatouille. I went in without reading reviews, and after viewing the commercial for the film a few times on television. The only expectations that I had were based on previous movie offerings from Pixar. I was severely disappointed with Pixar’s previous offering, Cars, considering the quality of their previous films, but I was very delighted with Ratatouille and they have won me over once again.
I must say, the television commercial for the move does not do the film justice - this is definitely a movie that cannot be judged based on what their marketing department can conjure up. When living in a world with movies such as “The Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End”, “Shrek 3″, and “Spider-Man 3″, - movies which made nearly a billion dollars, and walking out of the theater feeling ripped off - it’s not difficult to see that the quality of a movie can be vastly different from what the general perception is before walking in to the theater.
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I’ve left b5media
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Well, I’ve left b5media as of last Friday (a week ago today). I blogged about when I joined them way back in January.
First of all, I’d like to thank them for giving me the opportunity to work there. I’ve learned a lot of things, and I take away with me experiences and relationships that I will use for the rest of my life.
In a way, this event is perfect for me. Now that I have more time available to myself, I’ve invested it into my own projects that I have planned for quite some time (most of which are still under wraps!) I also have several projects that I have been working on but had to put on hold because of my work at b5media, so now I can spend more time to focus on them.
Anyways, thanks, muchos gracias, to everyone who has been involved with my experience over at b5media. It’s been fun, but I can only work at the same place for so long!
Plus, I get bored easily, so I try to spice things up by changing the platforms that I work on and such (I primarily used WordPress over at b5media). Which, leads me to my next point… I’m building Facebook Applications now. Read on by clicking here!
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Determining who to remove from my Facebook friends list
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In a similar nature as my previous post regarding cleaning up my list of feeds, I’ve begun to clean up my Facebook friends list.
How do I determine if I should remove someone from my Facebook profile? Well, Facebook nicely reminds me whenever a friend’s birthday is coming up within the next few days. If I would find it awkward if I posted a simple ‘Happy birthday’ message onto a friend’s Facebook profile ‘wall’, then they probably shouldn’t be connected to me on Facebook.
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Relieving my severe addiction to feeds
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“Hi, my name is Gary, and I’m an addict.”
To drugs? No, silly! To feeds! When I counted, yesterday, I had no less than 200 feed subscriptions in Google Reader; according to some people, this is a tiny number and I should continue subscribing to feeds. To me, though, I eventually found it a bit excessive.
The important thing to consider is if you are getting a lot of duplicate content in the feeds, and if you are, then you should start purging feeds that simply echo content that you find in your other feeds. This was the case for me.
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Meeting Rick Mercer, and touring the city for the first time
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The highlight of my day today was meeting Rick Mercer, who is most famous for his Talking to Americans TV segment. He now hosts the The Rick Mercer Report on CBC. I met him at the Communitech 2007 Tech Leadership Conference; I obtained the ticket to the event courtesy of Mark Evans of b5media (where I currently work) because he was a speaker there - thanks!
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Happy birthday to me (and my blog!)
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Just a quick FYI - it’s my birthday today. This is also the first anniversary of my blog! It’s been exactly one year since I made my first post here. I’ve had other revisions of it before, so this one-year anniversary is celebrating its latest reincarnation.
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In the year that my blog has existed thus far, the most popular list of posts include topics such as “I’m joining b5media“, Nintendo Wii + Mac Mini = entertainment paradise“, and “Sanjaya Malakar is eliminated from American Idol“.
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