Broback’s Blog

This is awesome. “What hit New York wasn’t some debris from an old satellite. There’s an asteroid the size of Montana heading toward Earth and if it hits us, the planet is over. But we’ve got one last-ditch plan. We need a team to land on the surface of the asteroid, drill a nuclear warhead [...]

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Arg. Sadly for Donald Verrilli, once again the SCOTUS just doesn’t seem to get the subtle, sophisticated nuances of the progressive issue he is presenting to them this week. If you were a simple-minded/unsophisticated dolt, you’d probably think that mandating state law enforcement officers to cooperate with federal immigration authorities would be legal and appropriate. [...]

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Are you a Web data geek? Are you into scraping sites? If so, you may be one of the many people who rely on the highly-regarded Needlebase to help you in your efforts. After reading about Needlebase on RWW, (very, very cool example of the potential here.) I spent many hours playing with it — [...]

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Here may be an entrepreneurial opportunity. Register at thousands of sites using a variety of non-intuitive unique email address that are used nowhere else. When you start getting emails about viagra sent to one of these addresses, flag the related site in a database as one to avoid. Build a browser plugin that accesses that [...]

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A fitting legacy. This troll of global proportions who threatened to turn Seoul’s presidential palace office into a “sea of fire,” will be be thought of in this hilarious context for all time. Many thanks to Parker, Stone and team for this lasting impression.

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Had a chance to sit in on Steve Blank’s Lean Launchpad class last week at the Haas School of Business. Came away very impressed with the real-world/pragmatic aspects to his curriculum, and the enthusiasm of everyone in the room. Prior to attending the class I decided to read through Steve’s blog, and came across a [...]

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No surprises (at least to me) here. Seems to reflect the imagery and videos I’ve watched. Original here.

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Who would have guessed? Solyndra, the green energy company that received a half-billion-dollar federal loan guarantee, is sadly no more. Even more tragic is that $500,000,000.00 taxpayer dollars were wasted in anticipation of results that could only be described as miraculous: Chris Gronet, the founder and chairman of Solyndra, said the guaranteed funding “will enable [...]

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Couldn’t resist.

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