Greg was the first person to turn me onto the concept of ‘mind maps’ for organizing information.  In my opinion, it’s one of the most efficent ways of presenting (and easing the understanding of) concepts to an audience, or even yourself.
From wikipedia:
A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other [...]

Next Assignment
Pages: 179 - 235 (the end)
Due: Wednesday Sep 26th, Noon.
Part III
pages 120-178

In my new job, I’ve been blessed with an office.  Coming from years of cube-farm experience, this has been a shocking productivity increaser for me.  The privacy and most importantly peace and quiet have completely improved the way I work.  Dave Cheong has a great post outlining 18 ways you can stay focused in your [...]

It looks like youtube has fooled me again. Being an accidental fan of rihanna’s umbrella, I was excited to see a young, cute, Asian girl doing youtube covers on her acoustic guitar. I was even more excited to hear about her get radio air time, TV show spots, and an album deal. [...]

Despite the fact that both Greg and my urban abodes are decidedly ‘low rise’ affairs, we’re definitely fans of the upward push of loft like real estate peppering the Denver skyline as of late.

I’ve spent hours crafting emails answering project managers and clients loosely defined questions.  It’s a big time waster.  So, I’m going to start writing smaller emails and allow myself in and out of my inbox within a few minutes.

We may give hipsters a lot of shit here @ UM, but there are definitely areas where we agree with them.  In some ways, this includes fashion (American Apparel being one example).  If you’re looking for something kitch-tastic that your vespa riding neighbor will likely approve of, you might start your search @ Buffalo Exchange.  [...]

6 months ago I discovered my camera broken.  I tried to repair it myself and failed.  I shoved it in a drawer and forgot about it.  5 months later, I decided to send it back to the manufacturer.  They replied slowly with an option: pay $100 for the repair or pay $175 for a refurb.
I [...]

Under normal circumstances, I find myself going thru a whole ’screening process’ with regards to potential girlfriends.  There is a list of qualifiers I’m looking for, many of which involve sharing similar interests.  Recently though, I’ve fallen under the spell of a girl who is my complete opposite in many ways.  Surprisingly, I find the [...]

Daft Punk’s use of Tron like suits for the final encore of their amazing Red Rocks performance got me thinking about the venerable piece of sci-fi.  I can say for myself, it was one of the things that got me obsessed with technology in the first place.  News of a sequel, and some of the [...]

As a past-subscriber of future music and computer music, I’m excited when any new musical gear comes out.  However, this new product from yamaha moves beyond my musical gear whoredom into a mass appealing blinking sensation.  Designed by electronic media artist Toshio Iwai, this matrix style musical instrument feels like the theremin of the 21st [...]

When I’m on the packed dancefloor at a club or immersed in the experience of a live show, I’m happy to be completely overwhelmed by a high volume sound system.  When I’m sitting in a bar or high-end lounge, wanting to have a few drinks and socialize - be it with strangers or my friends; [...]

In the ticking hours of the night while I await my next nap, I tend to engage in low energy activities.  One of them is watching videos online.  Last night, after reading an article about 9/11 coverups at the the guardian, I started watching a 2 hour documentary on the physics of the collapse of [...]

About ten years ago, I was dating a girl who was into two things in equal measure; good music and erotica. The combination was seductive to me, and one of my favorite treats at the time was the constant stream of mix tapes (yep, this was before CD-Rs were prevelent) she would make me. [...]

I’ve been actively hacking my lifestyle to make the most of my time.  One thing that usually comes up when I’m rearranging my schedule is the allotment of my hours.  After scouring the internet and finding endless scripts, $25 shareware applications, beautiful widgets, and ugly open source applications, I’ve found a really simple way to [...]

Free booze is one of my favorite things on earth.  Be it courtesy of comped bottle service in Las Vegas, the hospitality of a friend or my personal favorite; a girl buying me a drink- I’m down with the ‘hosted’ beverages.  Last night however, (actually this morning), I learned a valuable lesson that proves G.I. [...]

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Pages: 120-178 / up to Trust
Due: Wednesday Sep 19th, Noon.
Part II
pages 63 - 119
Characters

Howard Schulz - Meth cook
Wyatt James - Detective
Martin - Initial tweaker narc (second run in)
Midget - New narc found at identity theft scene
Brandy - Howard’s current meth lab host
Porche - Brandy’s 12 year old daughter
Joe - Brandy’s 10 year old son
Suki [...]

If there’s one thing everyone here @ Urban Monarch agrees on, it’s electronic music.  Needless to say, we were all pretty excited about the prospect of seeing both Paul Oakenfold AND Underworld at Red Rocks last night.  Sadly, not nearly enough of our Denver peers felt the same way.

I’ve been putting this off for a while, but this morning I finally changed my voicemail to inform callers that the best way to get a hold of me is text message.  In line with checking my email only twice a day, now I’m stream lining my calls.  If you’re going to leave a message, [...]

If there’s one thing I love, it’s a couple of 7-11 Big Bites heavy on the chili and cheese after a night of general drunken carousing with my cohorts.  If there’s one thing I hate, it’s remembering what I’ve eaten the next day.  The way I prepare them, (and let’s face facts, even  if I [...]

While reading this Washington City Paper article, I eagerly awaited the conclusion where it would read “Ethan Haas was right” or perhaps, “Launch date of January 18, 2008.” It never came. However, it did manage to lead me through a 5,697 word, 11 page, online article in one entertained sitting.
This is the [...]