Cloud Computing

Its amazing what a marketing elective will teach you. I took buyer behavior this semester so I could learn more about the way consumers think about products and how advertising is incorporated into that.

Cloud computing is interesting. A combination of outsourcing IT infrastructure and business applications have allowed for a lot more flexibility with business IT departments, letting them focus on better things. These applications are starting to get integrated with social networks and other consumer applications.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing

putting your pants on every day

jamie barrett told a story about getting up in the morning and asking himself what the hell he was doing at 5am going into work for conference calls.

he said "what the hell am i doing."

from his bed, the voice of his 6 year old son replied "you are putting your pants on."

i myself have been sleeping in my jeans again. i also do not have a 6 year old son.

HADRON COLLIDER!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8371662.stm

14 months of repair after this thing broke on its initial run, the Large Hadron Collider is ready to roll. Very cool stuff. In some ways it is considered the most complex thing man has ever built.

27km tunnel 100m underground beneath the French-Swiss border.

this is concepting while other people sleep.

scavenger hunt

This is the 2010 One Show call for entry poster. It is rank with prostituted pop culture references from the past year or so.

can you find all the heinous references? click for the print quality PDF

ahoy

finally got around to making some progress with this skateboard i started last spring. its sharpy and spraypaint on wood. im liking it

this is me in the laboratory