Here's a photo, these are really nice looking tickets with 4 different images on each ticket. There are 4 in the middle, the rest is supporting information.
More about the game itself later.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
BCS Championship Tickets! - Hook 'Em Horns!
I just received my tickets for the College football championship game (called the Bowl Championship Series or BCS) which features the University of Texas vs. The University of Alabama. It's the Longhorns vs. the Crimson tide at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena CA. and the game will be played on January 7th. Needless to say I am excited!
Here's a photo, these are really nice looking tickets with 4 different images on each ticket. There are 4 in the middle, the rest is supporting information.
Here's a photo, these are really nice looking tickets with 4 different images on each ticket. There are 4 in the middle, the rest is supporting information.
Lucky future!
I just saw this video for this really cool new prototype device for reading and interacting with magazine content on a handheld device. It is completely conceptual and I think it is super cool and represents and exciting new future in the way we will interact with information. It looks like something right out of a movie to me. Enjoy!
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Pictures from my kayaking trip
I am completely remiss! Click here to see pictures from my kayaking trip before Thanksgiving. It was awesome and I have tons of great memories!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=181686&id=578330169&l=0d3c3cbfc9
I know I owe a more detailed account of the trip and will follow up with one as soon as I can.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=181686&id=578330169&l=0d3c3cbfc9
I know I owe a more detailed account of the trip and will follow up with one as soon as I can.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Greg Mortenson - Amazing Man!
Last night Melissa, Julia and I were fortunate enough to go see Greg Mortenson speak at Foothill college in Los Altos. If you are not familiar Greg is the climber turned school builder in central Asia. He is the author of two books, "Three Cups of Tea" and "Stones into Schools" the latter being the sequel and recently released.
Greg is a good speaker and has some of the most amazing stories around his work. In short he believes that by building schools and educating girls he can bring about peace in this very tough region which is a hot bed of extremism. He has built more than 128 schools in extremely remote valleys to try and make a difference.
He is very passionate about his cause and it is hard not to get caught up in it. On our way over to the talk Julia (who has read the young readers edition of three cups of tea) said "I hope some of his light rubs of on me." Wow, did I say she was 9 going on 19? Might be that she is 9 going on 39, no wait, I'm still not that deep!
If you haven't had a chance to read his books I highly recommend them. His cause and efforts to help with peace are lauded at the highest levels of the government and the military. In fact his book three cups is required reading by military commanders operating in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Pick up a copy.
Greg is a good speaker and has some of the most amazing stories around his work. In short he believes that by building schools and educating girls he can bring about peace in this very tough region which is a hot bed of extremism. He has built more than 128 schools in extremely remote valleys to try and make a difference.
He is very passionate about his cause and it is hard not to get caught up in it. On our way over to the talk Julia (who has read the young readers edition of three cups of tea) said "I hope some of his light rubs of on me." Wow, did I say she was 9 going on 19? Might be that she is 9 going on 39, no wait, I'm still not that deep!
If you haven't had a chance to read his books I highly recommend them. His cause and efforts to help with peace are lauded at the highest levels of the government and the military. In fact his book three cups is required reading by military commanders operating in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Pick up a copy.
Hurray for the Symphony!!
We just returned from an excellent holiday performance by the San Francisco Youth Orchestra!
The kids in the orchestra were amazingly talented (age range from 11-20) and the music sounded great. The event was in a concert hall at a local college and I splurged so we had 8th row seats dead center so no action was missed by the kids. You could see and feel every detail of the music and for the most part they stared with rapt attention.
The show was an annual Peter and the Wolf concert where they played multiple holiday classics.
I really wanted the kids to have this experience and it did not disappoint!
Here is the program:
Program
Tchaikovsky - Trepak from The Nutcracker
Tchaikovsky - Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty
Leroy Anderson -Bugler’s Holiday
James Tenney - Wake for Charles Ives
Ernst Toch - Geographical Fugue
Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf (read byLinda Rondstadt!)
Sing alongs:
Jingle Bells - Arr. Manly Romero
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
We Wish you a Merry Christmas
The kids in the orchestra were amazingly talented (age range from 11-20) and the music sounded great. The event was in a concert hall at a local college and I splurged so we had 8th row seats dead center so no action was missed by the kids. You could see and feel every detail of the music and for the most part they stared with rapt attention.
The show was an annual Peter and the Wolf concert where they played multiple holiday classics.
I really wanted the kids to have this experience and it did not disappoint!
Here is the program:
Program
Tchaikovsky - Trepak from The Nutcracker
Tchaikovsky - Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty
Leroy Anderson -Bugler’s Holiday
James Tenney - Wake for Charles Ives
Ernst Toch - Geographical Fugue
Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf (read byLinda Rondstadt!)
Sing alongs:
Jingle Bells - Arr. Manly Romero
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
We Wish you a Merry Christmas
Friday, December 11, 2009
Ready for Christmas
Well thanks to Melissa and the kids the house is ready for Santa's visit! We've got the tree up, the wreath is out, the lights are on the front bushes. The kids and I spent about 2 hours decorating the tree with all of the ornaments and for the first time I can remember they were very helpful in the process and did a great job of spreading things out. I'll have to include a picture when I land (still on the plane!)
There are more houses in the neighborhood decorated than I can remember so the it is very festive around us.
The presents do still need to be purchased so we have some work to do this weekend!
Happy holidays and Merry Christmas!
There are more houses in the neighborhood decorated than I can remember so the it is very festive around us.
The presents do still need to be purchased so we have some work to do this weekend!
Happy holidays and Merry Christmas!
Mid-air communications
It's been a little while since I've blogged so apologies to my regular readers, it has been a busy 3 weeks.
I am taking what I think will be an increasingly common occurrence to blog while flying back from a recent week long work trip to the east coast. The United plane I am on is equipped with a free wireless connection and I can connect to email and the Internet like I am sitting at my kitchen table at home.
As far as performance of the connection it is fast despite the fact that I see many other open PCs who are probably using it too.
I think overall this is exceedingly cool!
On the down side it robs me of one of the few times I had to stay completely disconnected (although I don't HAVE to use it of course) to catch up on other things.
One of the benefits however is that I don't land to a full inbox of things to do, i knock them out along the way. The other is that I can of course communicate with others.
I have to say that it was a little surreal when I was just on instant messenger (text way to chat with another person computer - computer) with someone on the marketing team and she is also flying back from the same trip. She took off about an hour after me and we were able to catch up on some things that otherwise might have had to wait. Pretty cool to think that we were chatting away at 38,000ft on different planes!
I think I like this new development although I am sure some would argue that the world is already too connected, which may be true. I don't have to use it but I can blog again! I prefer this to offering cell phone usage as I would not want someone blathering away on a phone next to me.
I just looked out the window and we are coming over the Rockies which have a beautiful covering of snow.
Over and out!
I am taking what I think will be an increasingly common occurrence to blog while flying back from a recent week long work trip to the east coast. The United plane I am on is equipped with a free wireless connection and I can connect to email and the Internet like I am sitting at my kitchen table at home.
As far as performance of the connection it is fast despite the fact that I see many other open PCs who are probably using it too.
I think overall this is exceedingly cool!
On the down side it robs me of one of the few times I had to stay completely disconnected (although I don't HAVE to use it of course) to catch up on other things.
One of the benefits however is that I don't land to a full inbox of things to do, i knock them out along the way. The other is that I can of course communicate with others.
I have to say that it was a little surreal when I was just on instant messenger (text way to chat with another person computer - computer) with someone on the marketing team and she is also flying back from the same trip. She took off about an hour after me and we were able to catch up on some things that otherwise might have had to wait. Pretty cool to think that we were chatting away at 38,000ft on different planes!
I think I like this new development although I am sure some would argue that the world is already too connected, which may be true. I don't have to use it but I can blog again! I prefer this to offering cell phone usage as I would not want someone blathering away on a phone next to me.
I just looked out the window and we are coming over the Rockies which have a beautiful covering of snow.
Over and out!
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