Life and its many opportunities

Paul
Paul
@Paul@pauljacobson.me

Enthusiast, writer, Happiness Engineer at Automattic. I take photos too. Passionate about my wife, Gina and #proudDad.

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  • Immortality Soon!

    Ray Kurzweil, a brilliant inventor in Massachusetts, believes that in the next 20 years human beings will have the technology to allow them to become immortal.  IOL reported as follows: Massachusetts – As part of his daily routine, Ray Kurzweil ingests 250 supplements, eight to 10 glasses of alkaline water and 10 cups of green…

  • Apple PowerBook G4 Bliss

    I know this is old news already in Internet terms but Apple has a new PowerBook G4 range out and this range is even sexier than the last one, basically because it is new and has a couple sexy features.  Some of these new features include a trackpad with scrolling capability as well as Apple’s…

  • Business Blogging Basic Resources

    I was browsing Debbie Weil’s blog and came across this link to a page titled Business Blogging Basic Resources on "Duct Tape Marketing, a site aimed at small business.  This is a page work bookmarking.  It has a host of info on different blogging services, advertising options (AdSense and BlogAds to name two), search engines…

  • Tips for Consultants

    I came across this list of consulting tips on "the [non]billable hour" which lead me to the original post by a guy known as ‘Joe’ on Google Groups.  The original post made for really interesting reading and came at just the right time for me (as things often do) as I was considering handling some…

  • Mardi Gras

    I have been fascinated by Mardi Gras since I found out about the practice of flashing guys for beads.  It turns out that the Mardi Gras in New Orleans isn’t quite the most explicit one around.  Rather the Mardi Gras in Rio is the place to be if you are looking for bare chested women…

  • Excesses in a Starving Nation

    Well, he is at it again.  King Mswati of Swaziland has just bought ten BMWs for his wives at a cost his poverty stricken nation can hardly afford.  IOL reported on this yesterday afternoon: Swazi king buys 10 BMWs for his wives   Mbabane – Swazi King Mswati III has purchased 10 new BMWs for…

  • Wow! Thank you!

    Wow!  I am really impressed.  It has been about four days since I discovered that I had reached the 2000 hits mark.  Tonight that jumped another 1000 hits to over 3000 hits since I launched this blog in January 2005. Thank you to everyone who visits this site!!!

  • Mark Jen Saga Continues

    In the aftermath of the Mark Jen Saga, a couple people have some advice for our famous ex-Google employee and blogger.  Scobleizer offers the following advice for bloggers now looking for work and to Jen in particular: I told Mark pretty much the same thing. He has quite a bit of fame now and everyone…