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Author: ShanV

  • On the blog again….

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    Well, it’s April Fools Day but this isn’t a joke post.  I’ve never been very good about posting to my blog but I’ve decided to make another run at it.  It probably won’t be daily but I’ll get something up here at least once a month.  Now that I’ve got a halfway decent camera in…

  • Trends I am watching

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    Prefab green building The rise in the “undeclared / independent” policial party The mobile phone as THE device (phone, email/text, video camera, music/video player, still camera, wallet, display/projector, gps, computer) IP everything Boxed wine More content in smaller chunks China

  • Sconnie – the new cheesehead?

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    According to an article today in the Capital Times in Madison the “sconnie” culture is the new cheesehead for Wisconsin!  My younger brother’s company sells “sconnie” shirts and accessories.  Maybe they should make some kind of foam-rubber thing to put on your head at Lambeau Field.

  • BART / Caltrain to SFO – they just don’t get it

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    I was reading this SFGate article on BART to SFO ridership being well below estimates this morning.  Having used both BART and Caltrain to get to SFO, I have to admit that it’s no surprise that ridership is so low.  I have ridden train to airport links in a number of other cities and there…

  • Tribal Workers – Am I one?

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    Those two people who follow my blog have probably given up on following it since I haven’t posted in ages.  The caltrain love poem didn’t happen and instead I’ve been having a very time consuming relationship with my work now that I am responsible for the applications, user experience and server components (metadata mostly) for…

  • My younger brother, college tycoon

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    My little brother got a nice writeup in the Milwaukee Journal about his business, Sconnie Nation, LLC.  The entrepreneurship bug still runs in the family!  Check out his site if you want to pick up one of those cool Wisconsin T-Shirts.

  • Caltrain love poem

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    I ride caltrain from my home in SF to work in Mountain View just about every day and unfortunately for me, my train is about 80% male.  That being said, every now and then there is someone on Caltrain who has caught my eye.  Just tonight, a neighbor of mine who is a new Caltrain…

  • Omar is Homer Simpson

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    Omar, does this mean you can collect royalties? http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article320877.ece

  • Habitat for Humanity rekindles my childhood enjoyment of hammering nails

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    I know, this sounds weird, but I forgot how much fun it was to hammer nails until yesterday.  A group of managers from my team did a full day volunteer project at Habitat for Humanity in Daly City.  This was my first H4H experience and I found it to be physically and mentally rewarding, not…

  • 22570 people are in front of me for Packers season tickets

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    Green Bay Packers season tickets have been sold out since 1960.  In 1997 I signed up on the waiting list for Packers season tickets.  At that time, which was prior to the Lambeau Field renovation, the estimate was that I would be 51 by the time season tickets were available.  Given that there are more…