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Memorable quotes from Pirates of Silicon Valley: Steve Jobs: I don’t want you to think of this as just a film – some process of converting electrons and magnetic impulses into shapes and figures and sounds – no. Listen to me. We’re here to make a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why even be here? [...]

The Hypothesis: Tiny improvements in the efficiency, especially when you operate a gigantic fleet of vehicles, translate to huge savings overall — this led U.P.S. to believe that they should reduce the number of left-hand turns its drivers make as sitting in the left lane, engine idling, waiting for oncoming traffic to clear so you [...]

Silicon Valley’s visionary investor Vinod Khosla gave a speech at the ThinkGreen Conference that managed to hit all of his controversial bullet points in the first 10 minutes. According to GigaOm’s earth2tech blog, here’s the bullet points of the video clip: I believe we can replace oil in 20 years or less. And we can [...]

I was flipping aimlessly through channels last night (damn you … writers strike) and I came across an interesting bit on Larry King about actor Brad Pitt and his regeneration project for hurricane Katrina-ravaged New Orleans. The project is aptly names “Make it right NOLA” “Pitt commissioned 13 architectural firms, some from as far away [...]

Mt. Rainier July 2004 Originally uploaded by TroyMason The Climb For Clean Air is a fundraising event, supporting the American Lung Association of Washington. Each climber is required to raise a minimum of $3,500 to qualify for a summit attempt of Mt. Rainier. The photographer was on a rest break while the guide took someone [...]

Did you know that 1/2 of the top selling books in Japan are written on mobile phones … http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/Kaushal————————–Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile