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Currently living in Houston, TX, working on getting a software startup off the ground. Email me at benmunoz AT yahoo DOT com if you need to get in touch.

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Mar
18th
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An amazing, possibly historic speech on race, politics, and hope in America by Obama.  Wow!  Must watch.  (37 minutes, but worth it.)

Mar
11th
Tue
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The entire Zuckerberg/Lacey keynote interview.  Not *that* interesting.

Mar
9th
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That's # 18 over the New Orleans Hornets!
Mar
7th
Fri
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2007 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts

vaivoda:

bianca:

bub and i watched this at the naro last night. they showed all 5 nominated shorts:

  • Moya Lyubov (My Love)
    • In nineteenth-century Russia, a teenage boy in search of love is drawn to two very different women. (beautiful love story and impressionist oil painting animation)
  • Madame Tutli-Putli
    • A timid woman boards a mysterious night train and has a series of frightening experiences. (really beautiful to watch. the details are amazing)
  • I Met the Walrus
    • In 1969, fourteen-year-old Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room with his tape recorder and persuaded him to do an interview.(this was amazing and a crowd fave. great line-art illustration)
  • Peter & the Wolf
    • A young boy and his animal friends face a hungry wolf in Prokofiev’s classic musical piece. (this is the winner. very funny and great stop-motion of a classic tale)
ALL highly recommended!
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Stanford loses, but Rockets roll to 17 straight.   Eat it, Barkley.

Mar
6th
Thu
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However, note that this assumes that your “carrying capacity,” that is, how many users are in the total network, is unlimited. However, on Facebook, that’s not true - once you burn through the 60 million new users, then you don’t have any left. Similarly, it doesn’t reflect the reality that as you saturate the network, your invites may end up going towards people who have already evaluated or installed your app, and they are unlikely to install it again.
— Futuristic Play by Andrew Chen: Facebook viral marketing: When and why do apps “jump the shark?” (via fred-wilson)
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Subprime Primer

lindsaycampbell:

Not only is this clever and funny, it’s another great example of Google ingenuity.

dihard:

Here’s a neat little nugget about that whole subprime mess. They do a better job at explaining than I did.
Mar
5th
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That’s 16 in a row!  Unstoppable.

That’s 16 in a row!  Unstoppable.

Mar
3rd
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Wow.  This morning in Houston was beautiful.  Then it rained…

Wow.  This morning in Houston was beautiful.  Then it rained…

Mar
1st
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Barack getting his groove on on Ellen. Funny.

Feb
27th
Wed
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Inspirational video (aired on Oprah) by Dr. Randy Pausch on life lessons, brought to you by Kenny Kellogg.

Feb
26th
Tue
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Nooo!!! Houston’s Yao Ming out for season with stress fracture in left foot.

Nooo!!! Houston’s Yao Ming out for season with stress fracture in left foot.

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Reminds undecided Texans that the Dems debate again tonight on MSNBC.

Feb
25th
Mon
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No insomnia tonight.  I’m going to bed!

No insomnia tonight.  I’m going to bed!

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Love It.  Stanford University today announced a big boost in financial aid that would give free tuition to most undergraduates from families that earn less than $100,000 a year and a complete package of tuition, room and board to those whose household incomes are less than $60,000.

Love It.  Stanford University today announced a big boost in financial aid that would give free tuition to most undergraduates from families that earn less than $100,000 a year and a complete package of tuition, room and board to those whose household incomes are less than $60,000.