Can’t get enough of Ben Munoz? Read more here: http://www.facebook.com/benmunoz, http://www.linkedin.com/in/benmunoz, http://www.bensfriends.org.Tumblr (3.0; @benmunoz)http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pWe7wTVbLUU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pWe7wTVbLUU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>An amazing, possibly historic speech on race, politics, and hope in America by Obama.  Wow!  Must watch.  (37 minutes, but worth it.) </p>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/29214425http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/29214425Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:43:44 -0500<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400" height="338" id="viddler"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/e7440ffc/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/e7440ffc/" width="400" height="338" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" name="viddler"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The entire Zuckerberg/Lacey keynote interview.  Not *that* interesting. </p>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/28589779http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/28589779Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:08:56 -0500<a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?&brand=null&videoId=3284294&n8pe6c=2">That's # 18 over the New Orleans Hornets!</a>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/28375926http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/28375926Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:45:54 -0500<a href="http://www.magpictures.com/profile.aspx?id=5c159792-0633-45c1-86f1-262e040173ef">2007 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts</a>: <p><a href="http://vaivoda.tumblr.com/post/28186231" target="_blank">vaivoda</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://bianca.tumblr.com/post/28178470" target="_new">bianca</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>bub and i watched this at the <a href="http://narocinema.com/calendar/index.php" target="_blank">naro</a> last night. they showed all 5 nominated shorts:</p> <ul><li> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agRX7w-2xRE" target="_blank"><b><i>Meme Les Pigeons Vont Au Paradis</i> (Even Pigeons go to Heaven)</b></a><ul><li> <i>A priest tries to sell an old man a machine that he promises will transport him to heaven</i>. (delightfully funny CG animation) </li></ul> </li></ul> <ul><li> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzrrSCBWgvY" target="_blank"><b><i>Moya Lyubov </i>(My Love)</b></a><ul><li> <i>In nineteenth-century Russia, a teenage boy in search of love is drawn to two very different women. </i>(beautiful love story and impressionist oil painting animation) </li></ul> </li></ul> <ul><li> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i3LTA27Sbc" target="_blank"><b>Madame Tutli-Putli</b></a><ul><li> <i>A timid woman boards a mysterious night train and has a series of frightening experiences.</i> (really beautiful to watch. the details are amazing)</li></ul> </li></ul> <ul><li> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_CZ3dqyhQw" target="_blank"><b>I Met the Walrus</b></a><ul><li> <i>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.</i>(this was amazing and a crowd fave. great line-art illustration) </li></ul> </li></ul> <ul><li> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaJ5oTi0_xg" target="_blank"><b>Peter & the Wolf</b></a><ul><li> <i>A young boy and his animal friends face a hungry wolf in Prokofiev’s classic musical piece. </i>(this is the winner. very funny and great stop-motion of a classic tale)</li></ul> </li></ul>ALL highly recommended!</blockquote> </blockquote>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/28223066http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/28223066Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:31:35 -0600<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://feat.putfile.com/flow/putfile.swf?videoFile=barkley-after-game" height="332" width="400" align="middle"> <param name="movie" value="http://feat.putfile.com/flow/putfile.swf?videoFile=barkley-after-game" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://feat.putfile.com/flow/putfile.swf?videoFile=barkley-after-game" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="332" width="400"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Stanford loses, but Rockets roll to 17 straight.   Eat it, Barkley. </p>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/28220860http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/28220860Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:11:31 -0600“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.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://andrewchen.typepad.com/andrew_chens_blog/2008/03/facebook-viral.html" target="_blank">Futuristic Play by Andrew Chen: Facebook viral marketing: When and why do apps “jump the shark?”</a> (via <a href="http://fredwilson.vc/" target="_blank">fred-wilson</a>)</em>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/28138524http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/28138524Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:44:41 -0600<a href="http://docs.google.com/TeamPresent?docid=ddp4zq7n_0cdjsr4fn&skipauth=true&pli=1">Subprime Primer</a>: <p><a href="http://lindsaycampbell.tumblr.com/post/28111239" target="_blank">lindsaycampbell</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Not only is this clever and funny, it’s another great example of Google ingenuity. </p> <p><a href="http://whatilearnd.com/post/28089562" target="_blank">dihard</a>:</p> <blockquote>Here’s a neat little nugget about that whole subprime mess. They do a better job at explaining than <a href="http://whatilearnd.com/post/19861968" target="_new">I did</a>.</blockquote> </blockquote>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/28137079http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/28137079Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:27:32 -0600<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/qyzDpPH9z68dokb3nPgXIimd_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>That’s 16 in a row!  Unstoppable. </p>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/28079610http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/28079610Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:43:13 -0600<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/qyzDpPH9z657fkm06M4j5F10_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Wow.  This morning in Houston was beautiful.  Then it rained…</p>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27879007http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27879007Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:25:06 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RsWpvkLCvu4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RsWpvkLCvu4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Barack getting his groove on on Ellen. Funny.</p>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27680552http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27680552Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:37:43 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_tIyt8oSLVs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_tIyt8oSLVs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Inspirational video (aired on Oprah) by Dr. Randy Pausch on life lessons, brought to you by Kenny Kellogg.</p>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27443942http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27443942Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:23:00 -0600<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/qyzDpPH9z5wzhf2zv0Qr3sJS_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><h1>Nooo!!! Houston’s Yao Ming out for season with stress fracture in left foot.</h1></p>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27390806http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27390806Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:20:00 -0600<object width="400" height="334"><param name="movie" value="http:</html></body>" /></object><br/><br/><p>Reminds undecided Texans that the Dems debate again tonight on MSNBC.</p>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27335436http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27335436Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:37:32 -0600<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/qyzDpPH9z5vl12p9CTc1EZRb_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>No insomnia tonight.  I’m going to bed!</p>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27297259http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27297259Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:48:03 -0600<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/qyzDpPH9z5v7re77bBBwaI74_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>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.</p>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27275157http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27275157Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:36:36 -0600<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/qyzDpPH9z5v74o4s0zXepbjj_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Insomnia struck again last night (medication-related).  Finally knocked out at 7am. </p>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27274137http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27274137Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:18:00 -0600<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/qyzDpPH9z5u4lbz3MHqdczOG_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Houston Rockets win their 12th straight game on Sunday night.<br/></p>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27203192http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27203192Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:20:00 -0600<a href="http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/842-the-important-thing">The Important Thing is to Begin</a>: <p><a href="http://littlesteps.tumblr.com/post/25868196" target="_blank">littlesteps</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.37signals.com/" target="_blank">37Signals</a> blog, <a href="http://www.37signals.com/svn/" target="_blank">Signal vs. Noise</a>, has some useful advice pulled from a book on quilting: “<i>The important thing is to begin</i>.”</p> <p>Other ways to put it include:</p> <ul> <li>Pull the trigger</li> <li>Just do it</li> <li>Take the first step</li> </ul> </blockquote>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27179834http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27179834Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:36:51 -0600<a href="http://digg.com/music/SXSW_2008_Music_Torrent_764_artists_3_5_GB">SXSW 2008 Music Torrent - 764 artists, 3.5 GB</a>: <p>This is an unofficial torrent of the artists that will be featured at the 2008 South by Southwest music festival in Austin, TX. There is one song from every artist, all in one convenient free download!</p>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27103616http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/27103616Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:57:01 -0600<p>From the market at Intrade, here are the probabilities as of this morning (2/20/08):<br/><br/>P(Obama) = 0.54<br/>P(McCain) = 0.35<br/>P(Clinton) = 0.11</p>http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/26959014http://benmunoz.tumblr.com/post/26959014Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:03:06 -0600