In Part I of the Alaskan trip, I wrote about the amazing quantity and quality of fish that we caught. In this version, I am going to include photos of the ridiculous animal viewing experiences that we had. From bears to whales to otters to bald eagles to killer mosquitoes, we saw both a crazy…
I just saw this article from ESPN.com which polled 8 sports bloggers to get their opinion on the NFL’s best fans. While the Steelers were number 1, the Eagles were top 5. They ranked them on the following aspects: Stadium factor (St.): Loud? Great atmosphere? Live and die factor (LDF): Fans take loss hard? (That’s…
I don’t know how many of you actually saw the images that Live Search used from the Olympics as the background to their search page at: http://search.live.com but they were very cool visually and I thought they were a great idea to differentiate the page during the Olympics. If you want to see those images,…
Well, both of my fantasy football team drafts are complete this year and the season begins soon. i can already feel the energy of football season in the air with the buzz of fantasy football being heard everywhere. I am excited about both of my teams this year. The Georgetown team should be fun to…
One of the things about blogging is that when you stop for a while, it is hard to get started again. In addition, when you feel like you have long entries to write, you get writers block. As a result, for the last two weeks I have been trying to write a summary blog entry…
Hey all, If you want to get daily updates from Alaska and the fishing trip, you have to check out the blog that we are writing on Trevor’s blog. Given the time it takes to upload photos, we are just posting one blog entry per day on http://alaskog.blogspot.com Last night we posted pictures of the…
This is the first long (over a week) vacation that I have taken since I started working at Microsoft about 2 years ago, and I have to say that it is going to be amazing. I cant wait to escape from work email and spend some time in nature…. although the lodge does have some…
I play every Tuesday in a weekly co-ed soccer league. Since I seem to upload all of the team pictures from the leagues that I participate in, I am adding this one as well. We won the league championship last season and I am hoping for a repeat this season!
I just read this article this morning about how American Airlines is now charging $15 for the first bag that you check and $25 for the second checked bag. I am actually fine with a cost for the second bag since it might actually mean that people just have to pack more efficiently, but charging…
I just read an article in Business Week which described a year long research project that Nokia just completed in three shantytowns of Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, and Accra (Ghana). Their goal was to understand the technology needs of of people living in those areas. In each locale, Nokia set up booths and asked the…