Archive for August, 2007
Why women love bad boys
How many times have you heard it? "Nice guys always finish last". For a long while I agreed with that sentiment. Why? Because I’m usually the nice guy. Mistreating women and being a total bad ass isn’t my style. Never has, never will be. So it always amazed me why back in high school the [...]
The Future of Facebook
In his first interview with TIME, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat down with reporter Laura Locke to talk about Facebook’s rapid growth spurt, IPO rumors, future plans and the pressures of being a 23-year-old CEO in Silicon Valley. Full article here. Facebook… thou art a curse. It’s so damn addictive, no wonder it’s been labelled [...]
City 2 Surf – Post Event Summary
On Sunday, August 12, I completed The Sun-Herald City2Surf. Click here to watch me crossing the finish line after my 14km journey from the Sydney CBD to Bondi Beach. I’m on camera 3! Of 53,000 people who completed the 14km journey, I was the 40954th over the line with a time of 164:19. I ran [...]
The Woolworths Lady
So yesterday I went to Woolworths to stock up on barley sugars and juice for my pending 40 hour famine (only 14 hours to go… sponsor me!). Anyways as I’m at the checkout everything proceeds as per the usual process i.e. I hand my items over on the sliding thingy and the checkout lady starts [...]
Books for a Better World
Consider this website when ordering your next online book. BetterWorld Books (www.betterworldbooks.com) began with three college friends (Class of 2001; University of Notre Dame) who formed a for-profit social venture – a business with the mission to promote literacy locally, nationally and around the world. Starting from one single book drive at the University of [...]
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