Brian Smith from Downtown Cartel and I are drinking a few beers at Sara Dornsife’s posh pad right now. An amusing way to pass time? Coming up with pickup lines the way Yoda would say them. Does this make me a geek officially? Oh well. Here they are though:
1.) Tired […]

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People who say that alternate sources of fuel are 10-15 years away crack me up. As someone who worked at BMW for two years who was planning on running an online dealership, I knew what the auto industry had in the pipeline. BMW touted its hydrogen hybrid when I worked there back in […]

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I saw this Tweet from Tara Hunt earlier and was disturbed by it:
Uh oh. GreenDevCamp in trouble again. Needed: sponsors and wifi. Meraki contacted, but sponsors out there? http://moourl.com/i51tq about 11 hours ago from twitterrific
Tara Hunt, a.k.a. Miss Rogue, is one of the few Twitterati I actually follow. […]

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OK, double pings here, I read Connie Reece’s post “Five White Men Talk About Social Media” which was inspired by “X Chromosome Web 2.0 Rock Stars“. Essentially, the observation is that we continually see the same men in the social media world, and although we like these men, we would like to see more […]

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OK, I just watched my first presidential debate in length. I usually keep them running in the background while doing some form of work. Since this one was in Texas, I figured I had to sit and watch.
As you can see in my blogroll, I have three four sites, one of which is […]

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So apparently people want to know why Whurley would post a poll for what presidential candidate is best for open source. If you are too lazy to click on that link, basically open source software helps the small businesses that drive our economy. From a more personal perspective, we use open source […]

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…and they probably won’t come from the Big Three either.
After working at BMW for two years, I became very appreciative and spoiled with good handling and acceleration. Acceleration and handling don’t just make a car more fun to drive–they can help smart drivers avoid accidents (note the word “smart”). As much as I […]

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When I run in the mornings in downtown Austin, I often hear cranes and beeping trucks slapping up some huge building or another. While these buildings are better than the run down shells that used to clutter downtown, I can’t help but wonder if Austin will be able […]

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The Senate just passed a bill that will require all vehicle makes to average 35 miles to the gallon by 2020. U.S. automakers in traditional fashion are opposed to the bill. Chrysler put the cost of meeting these standards at $6700 per vehicle. The question is, should we care?
Let’s do the math. […]

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