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Category Archives: Challenges

Does Invisalign Build Character or Make You Lazier?

Day 14 of 30 of Writing Challenge I’ve had Invisalign since March of this year or 7 months. The first few weeks of Invisalign was the most difficult time for me to get accustomed to them. The biggest surprise to me when I first got them was how I needed to have parts of my [...]

Posted 02 November 2011 † ben § Personal growth § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Entrepreneur Fun: Getting Rejected from Y Combinator

Day 13 of 30 of Writing Challenge This post will be barely readable thanks to the bad habit of writing when I’m tired and ready to go to sleep. But as I’ve promised to write everyday for 30 days I’m fulfilling my obligation…to myself. I normally have such great ideas and topics to write about, [...]

Posted 01 November 2011 † ben § Technology ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , ,

If Smartphones are So Smart Why Do I Have to Force Quit Applications

Day 12 of 30 of Writing Challenge This is more of a rant on Android than it is about all smart phones in general. I know people are normally pretty entrenched in either the iPhone camp or the Android camp. As a user of both iPhone (iPhone 3GS) and Android (MyTouch 4G – my current [...]

Posted 31 October 2011 † ben § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

The Next Three Days Movie Review

Day 11 of 30 of Writing Challenge This is going to be a crappy movie review of the Russel Crowe movie “The Next Three Days.” The main reason why it will be crappy is I only watched like half of the movie. Sandy was watching the movie on Netflix and I happened to jump into [...]

Posted 30 October 2011 † ben § Random Silliness § Stupid Movies ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

I Suck at Speaking Authoratively

Day 10 of 30 of Writing Challenge I’m not sure the exact name for it. I call it speaking with authority. These are the times you need to speak in public, on camera, in a small group. It’s when eyes are all on you and you are doing more monologue than conversation. Recently I was [...]

Posted 29 October 2011 † ben § Personal growth ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Patent Reform Act Reforms Nothing

Day 9 of 30 of Writing Challenge My recent soapbox issue is the state of software patent law in the United States. Most of it stemmed from a This American Life news story that investigated “When Patents Attack”. In others words when people and organizations use broad weak patents to extort money out of companies. The whole [...]

Posted 28 October 2011 † ben § Personal growth § Politics § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Need to Go to Bed Earlier

Day 8 of 30 of Writing Challenge I think I need to change up when I write my posts. I like to write at the end of my day. So far I’ve stayed true. The only problem with doing it at the end of the day is that it’s 5AM in the morning and I’m [...]

Posted 27 October 2011 † ben § Personal growth ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

KillStarter.com: Crowdsourced Assassination

Day 7 of 30 of Writing Challenge I was talking with my roommate today about how upset I still am about the state of software patent laws. Specifically I’m pissed that companies like Intellectual Ventures even exist. Their entire business relies on having more money and more patents than the people they shake down. They [...]

Posted 26 October 2011 † ben § Random Silliness § Stupidity § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

A New 30 Day Challenge: Saying NO to Internet News

Day 6 of 30 of Writing Challenge I’ve decided to stop reading or consuming internet news for 30 days starting from today. For me this means no Hacker News, Digg (not that I read it that often), Reddit, Huffington Post, The Awesomer, and what the hell, I’ll throw random Youtube videos in there as well. [...]

Posted 25 October 2011 † ben § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Why I’m Taking a Break from Facebook

Day 5 of 30 of Writing Challenge About a few weeks ago I made the choice to deactivate my Facebook account for 2 months. Half of it was on a whim, but the other half was out of curiosity. I wanted to see if I left Facebook if I’d miss it. Let me clarify and say [...]

Posted 24 October 2011 † ben § Personal growth § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,