This past weekend I attended the Teens in Tech Conference in San Francisco for work.  Various panel speakers came to talk, but somehow the topic of: Does dropping out of college, payoff to be an entrepreneur in the future?
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When I wake-up in the morning, I usually catch Good Morning America. I've noticed they've been really trying to catch stories about how Americans are still continuing to struggle in this recession.  Just like this story about 29 year old Kevin who had a great credit score but still had his credit limit lowered my credit card companies.
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In the Kite Runner, flying a kite was a sport that made children of Afghanistan happy before it was war torn country.  Today, one Australian man with charitable donations from various embassies are bringing back life to the children of Afghan through a different sport, skateboarding.
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No these aren't misspelled words these are the new counterfeit brands in a new shopping center in China.
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This past weekend I was watched 2 episodes of TLC's My First Home.  In the first episode was a couple lived in North Hollywood with a budget of 350,000. The second episode was a couple who lived in Washougal, Washington with a budget of 250,000.  Who got a better deal???
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Last week people started adding Burger King's Whopper Sacrifice app to their profiles on Facebook.  If you unfriend ten of your friends you'll be rewarded with a free Whopper.  You could: unfriend your ex, that person you hated in high school that you added because everyone else did, maybe a co-worker, or your boss!
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One man has traveled to date: 56,169 Kilometers for 1,508 days to over 49 countries via a bicycle! No he's no Lance Armstrong and no he's not some cool hipster fixie on a journey. He's a man who lives a lifestyle traveling on a bike and performing as a clown in front of some of the most humble communities in the world.
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Today I caught Rick Sanchez's segment on CNN.  He had reported on a Muslim American family being booted off a plane because they were discussing where the safest part of the plane to sit is: by the wing of the plane or the back of the plane. When Rick Sanchez wanted to know viewers' opinions, there were definitely some ignorant tweets.
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Upset at getting a ticket for street sweeping the day after Christmas. I had tweeted about it and many had expressed their annoyance with their tickets.  On New Year's Eve, a couple in Long Beach was killed while moving their car for fear that they might get a parking ticket the next day for street sweeping.
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As the year end is about to end, I decided to take a break and truly tune into what I have been missing.  In this time I've taken notice to the more subtle things in my everyday life that my five senses have become a little more aware of.  Below are five experiences I've noticed in the past week.
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Karl Fisch presented to his peers last year facts about the evolution of technology and global lifestyle.  Scott McLeod created a version of Fisch's presentation and presented to his college class.  Then someone decided to do a Mashup of Fisch, McLeod, and a man named Jeff Bronman's research in order to create a Did You Know 3.0 version.
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You either paid to watch the fight on PPV, went to a bar and paid a cover, got suckered by a friend and paid them a cover to watch it at their house, or like me and tried to find a viral stream of the fight online.
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Knut the adorable orphaned polar bear cub we've all learned to love is turning 2 years old tomorrow, and people are rallying again to save him, but this time from budget cuts.
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The Oslo Opera House located in Norway has knocked off the Sydney Opera House as the only go to Opera House skate spot.
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The Onion posted an article entitled "26-Year-Old To See Every Asshole He Ever Went To High School With On Night Before Thanksgiving" To some that may be true, but for the past 8 years Thanksgiving Eve was time well spent with GREAT friends until this year.
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