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Constantly on the fringe of sanity (or insanity) I often begin to question if my presence in this world is strictly for entertainment. And if it is - why don’t I live in Las Vegas?
For a week I’d been planning to attend a scheduled business meeting at a friends place. The nature of the [...]
Filed by ryanroth at September 29th, 2005 under Life
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The latest update from MIT says that the $100 laptop is for real. Announcements a few months ago left me with a ? and made me eager to learn more. Have no fear, the first detailed update gives immense promise to developing nations on this here earth. Boosting information to these countries via the cell [...]
Filed by ryanroth at September 28th, 2005 under Life
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My insurace company - USAA - is not on my A list as of late. Those clowns have still not gotten their act together on that little lightning strike that rearranged the black and white wires in my car. The lack of a radio or cd player has made for some surprisingly interesting car rides. [...]
Filed by ryanroth at September 27th, 2005 under Life
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I have a roommate who has a thing for a chick at the Verizon Wireless call center. Her call sign is “Erica”. Now, I was sitting here listening to their conversation about mixed up bills and what not when I noticed that there conversation got a little off track (paraphrased for spacial continuity):
Rick: Wow, [...]
Filed by ryanroth at September 25th, 2005 under Mowntins
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So very nice to see you again. I wish it weren’t under these cirumstances. But this will do. Mister Rock, you are always so agressive - and rather unforgiving I must say. Why don’t you give me more space when I drop in? I realize you may have been content with your surroundings when I [...]
Filed by ryanroth at September 24th, 2005 under Moveerevews
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My friend Neil shipped out on August 1 to Burkina Faso, a little known country just north of Ghana. I spoke with him for the first time today since he left on August 1st. 180°. No longer are the extras that we enjoy day to day. No electricity, no running water, hardly any food. Not [...]
Filed by ryanroth at September 19th, 2005 under Mowntins
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I showed up in Eldorado Springs on Saturday morning to volunteer and cheer on the runners at the 1st Annual Eldorado Rattlesnake Ramble. The race started at 8 am. I got there circa 7:35. Within ten minutes Buzz Burrell had talked me into running the race. Without much of a warm up and very little [...]
Filed by ryanroth at September 19th, 2005 under Life
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Snagged this photo over @ planet dan. Apparently our guy G-Dub drank too much punch last night. No worries - it happens to all of us. I passed a note to Justin last night at id345 with the same concerns. It happens. Really, it happens. Thanks Reuters.
Filed by ryanroth at September 15th, 2005 under Life
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1st meeting with id345 last night. There will be at least 422 more. Our projects are going to focus on combining hardware, software, and art to make something unique to the world, perhaps even useful. We decided on our first project, something to provide us a sound base for teamwork and the core competencies that [...]
Filed by ryanroth at September 15th, 2005 under Geke
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Wakes up one morning with a brilliant idea. He makes it. He reels in the dollas. Day by day people give him more and more. They say, “Here, have a 100 bucks and give me practially nothing in return”. He says, “OK”. And that’s that. Day after day his revenues multiply. His site receives more [...]
Filed by ryanroth at September 13th, 2005 under Dijyano
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