better doing

Kids make you a bigger target.

“This is terrifying. As Ben Franklin noted, the bigger your family, the broader the mark you are for sorrow. He’s not wrong. We’ve got multiple hearts running out around outside our body, and those kids just aren’t the safest or […]

better doing

Small investors lead to big investors.

“Let’s say you’re raising a $2 million seed round. At first glance, talking to a guy who writes $5,000 checks seems like a waste of time. I’d need about a billion of those to fill my round, right? But this […]

tech, startups, internet

Driverless Waymo cars still honking all night.

“Every day, Waymo’s driverless autonomous vehicles gather in the parking lot on 2nd and Harrison streets to park between rides and recharge. Periodically, the high-tech vehicles start honking at each other.” I just saw a guy in Austin getting out […]

tech, startups, internet

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy celebrates Amazon Q.

This is their GenAI assistant for software development. “The average time to upgrade an application to Java 17 plummeted from what’s typically 50 developer-days to just a few hours. We estimate this has saved us the equivalent of 4,500 developer-years […]

fun facts

Gelatinous balls in Minnesota lakes and rivers.

“What folks are likely seeing are colonies of bryozoans, says DNR aquatic invertebrate biologist Gary Montz. These microscopic animals, sometimes referred to as moss animals, make jellylike tubes and attach themselves to sticks, rocks, and other submerged objects. They connect […]

fun facts

Did you know SodaStream bottles expire?

It’s because they’re not just bottles, they are also pressure vessels. I tried to put our old SodaStream back into service this week only to discover that the bottles expired almost a decade ago and no longer work right. ~ […]