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I don’t really care if a casino is built in Lansing or not. As long as it doesn’t cost me anything, they can do what they want.
I keep finding interesting bits of math in the announcements.
This is a neat one. - (screenshot)
“The tribe already operates five casinos in northern […]

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Google is getting closer to the bilateral voice translation that I referred to back in July with Google Translate Conversation Mode.

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In the 2011 Google Shareholders meeting question and answer section, Eric Schmidt dropped a hint about a new google feature they are working on that would allow instant voice translation. Incredible…
“The good news from your perspective is that we’re building bilateral voice translation phone to phone, so you will be able to call your […]

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I tried to rent a house on Lake Lansing for 2 weeks in August and had an absolutely terrible experience with the owner. Here is my Lake Lansing rental house nightmare:
Julia, the renter, can not be trusted. I worked with Julia via email for more than a week. We agreed on pricing, dates, and […]

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I was quoted in the Lansing Business Monthly recently.

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Apparently I was in a video for Delta Township Economic Development.

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Jevons paradox - More efficiency doesn’t always mean less usage.
The Mythical Man-Month - “adding manpower to a late software project makes it later”
Dunbar’s number* -It is hard to maintain stable social relationships in groups over 150.
Diminishing returns - The point at which an additional unit of input doesn’t produce the expected unit of output […]

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I’m finally (almost) recovered from suffering through over a month of terrible shingles pain and that got me thinking. How does this compare to all of my other injuries?
List of Injuries that I can remember:
Shingles - 2010
5 Staples in Head - 2010 - Bottle broken over head
Broken Ankle - 2009 - Fell off Curb
2 Broken […]

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Kinda addicted to this song. (Rick Ross - B.M.F. (Blowin’ Money Fast) (feat. Styles P))

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By now you’ve certainly seen the television ad from “Pure Michigan” encouraging people to buy from Michigan companies. No question, a laudable goal. However, if you were to type in “PureMichigan.org/BuyMichigan” into your web browser your request would be routed to servers hosted by IBM in Denver, Colorado. The irony and hypocrisy is awesome.
Here […]

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Fired up the metronome, laid down a drum track, played some guitar over it. This is the result. Tumblr

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I just saw a new version of the “ADHD Roadmap” TV advertising campaign that secretly pimps crack-cocaine for middle-class white people of all ages. The new TV AD talked about “ADHD Cross Roads”. Instead of marketing this one to parents taking care of their children, this was marketed towards encouraging parents to take it themselves. […]

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My favorite local magazine, The Capital Gains, asked to interview me about why I use foursquare. Only two or three sentences of my interview are going to be printed so I figured I would post the entire transcript here.
[Capital Gains Media] - Why do you play foursquare?
[Travis Stoliker] - I don’t “play” foursquare really. […]

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When we are growing up descriptions of events and people are always simplified into a neat story that is memorable and clear. Any fine details that deviate from the simple message we are trying to deliver are ignored in an effort to keep the story simple and easy to understand for the child.
We tell our […]

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This issue is very important to our country so I wanted to try to make it as simple as possible - a lot of facts are glossed over. Here is my best shot at the Valerie Plame incident in plain English.
President Bush and Vice President Cheney wanted to go to war with Iraq. Their […]

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I spoke at the East Lansing Rotary meeting this week. Subject: New Marketing, New World. This was an extemporaneous talk that included a 8 minute video called “Did you know 2.0″ and a Question and Answer session. The talk was 40 minutes and completely free form, so please excuse the many mistakes.
I removed […]

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This is a video that I used in my presentation to the East Lansing Rotary today. Thank you

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Here is the transcript of my speech today. Video is processing now and will be online soon.
Update: Video up

“Thank you very much for the honor of speaking to you, the future leaders of our community. Congratulations to all the graduates. Whether you realize now or not, your successful graduation today is a cumulative […]

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A few recent website and press mentions:
Microsoft.com feature about how Liquid Web uses Microsoft servers.
CapitalGains Magazine featured me in their article “10 People to Follow on Twitter”
WILX interviewed me for their story, “Digital Dirt”

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