Broback's Blog

• WSJ: “Mourning the print dictionary is like mourning the end of leech usage.” http://bit.ly/dcvT4S #

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• @Shih_Wei great to see you! Let’s do more wine again soon…. #

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• @gruber just shot you an email about a gathering on the 19th! #

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• @delbius Hey Del, did you get my email invite to the movie thing on the 19th? Starts at 5pm… #
• @ryanking Following you — dm me your email and I will send add’l info… #
• @delbius Cool, let me know! #
• Looking for an entrepreneurial incubator space in NY/SF/Boston? Read this @fredwilson post. We like @thinkspace. http://bit.ly/aWe6Uz #

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• Inside the World’s Coolest Cockpits (6 Vehicles) Including an SR-71 Blackbird: http://bit.ly/cJHivF #
• Time lapse of dental braces in action. “Straight teeth in under 60 seconds” http://bit.ly/9WHgJR #
• The world’s coolest gas station? Architecturally stunning LEED certified “Helios House”: http://bit.ly/cda07k @thinkspace #
• Australian scientists create world’s first functional “tractor beam” @levarburton @brentspiner @williamshatner http://bit.ly/9f7ERf #
• I adhere to the H. Kelleher (CEO Southwest) business strategy. “We have a very special plan, it’s called doing things ” http://bit.ly/av2BXI #
• Overheard in Redmond: “Suzan DelBene will do for the 8th district what she did for Windows Mobile” @davereichert #

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• Cool. Attendees “like” event when they swipe wristband. We should have used at Sundance/SDCC. http://bit.ly/alXq8C (via @StickyStimuli) #
• Another great wine event at @thinkspace. Thanks to @seattlewinegal and @pchee. http://bit.ly/awPPXc #

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One of my favorite little quips I like to throw out there is “humans talking about God is like dogs talking about fuel injection.” In this video, astrophysicist Neil Tyson reinforces my line of thinking. Consider that chimps share DNA that is 98 percent identical to ours, yet we compose symphonies and travel in space. The smartest chimps in the world can use rudimentary sign language. Toddler stuff.

Imagine an alien life form with only a 2 percent shift further in the same direction. They’d view the Hubble telescope as a “cute” (at best…)

Tyson fears we are simply too stupid to figure out the universe.

• I agree with Bette Davis. “If you want something done right, find a couple of old broads to do it” #

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• @ryanking Just saw your season 6 tweet! Small world. Want to come to Tweethouse in SF with Adrian Grenier on the 19th? #

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• Six Apart is shuttering Vox. http://bit.ly/aJcfcZ #

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