Patrick Talmadge
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In March I did a 2009 first quarter update of the progress of my New Year’s Resolutions. In that post I said I would do a progress update every quarter. June means it’s time for a second quarter update for 2009. My second quarter progress for my 2009 New Year’s Resolutions is below.
Read at least book a week
I have read/listened [...]
Here are a few pictures from our Washington DC trip. You can click on the thumbnails to view lager and uncropped versions of the pictures. More pictures can be found on my Picasa account by clicking here
A few weeks ago I signed up for a Lending Club account. Before joining Lending Club, I researched the company and found they have been around for a few years. The company is well funded by Norwest Venture Partners and Canaan Partners.
Lending Club allows individual investors and qualified borrowers to [...]
I’ve been playing around with the idea of starting a blog dedicated to personal finance. I realized the other day, my business and finance thought process differs from the average person. I’m not sure where this aptitude came from. Yes, I spent my college years in business school and I enjoy reading business books (I [...]
Today I got to play around with a friend’s Kindle 2. The device is very cool. The screen technology is easy to read. I can see how the Kindle would be very handy for all the PDF documents I want to read. I download the PDF docs but I never take the time to read [...]
Today it dawned on me the reason people don’t meet their New Year’s Resolutions is the lack of accountability and self evaluation. It’s hard not to be held accountable for my resolutions, because I published them online. Since, we are a quarter of the way into 2009 I decided to re-evaluation the progress of my [...]
I had a good time this weekend. Salli and I drove down to Portland, OR Saturday morning to see Wicked for Salli’s birthday. Salli has wanted to see Wicked for a while and we have been unable to get tickets. The play didn’t follow the book 100%, but was still very good.
We only spent [...]
I was planning to drive the Porsche today but woke up to 2 inches of snow. What is with the wacky weather this winter. Snow in late February is not something that happens in Washington much.
On the drive in the Sentra did just fine. It was funny to see the trucks and SUVs spun [...]
The TiVo has been great. We’ve had no problems with programs not recording. The only annoyance with the TiVo has been no 30 second skip like our old DVR. After a quick search online I found out the TiVo has Easter Egg to enable a 30 second skip. You can enable the 30 second skip [...]
I’m trying out a new diet. I have only been on the diet 2 days. I feel great. I have plenty of energy. By limiting my calories I thought I’d be hungry but I haven’t been. If it looks like the diet works out I will write up something about the diet.
In addition to [...]
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- Why is the Logitech Harmony software so painfully bad? 2012/02/05
- Fun with programming and toys... http://t.co/2fQ5dHIS 2012/02/02
- @elementdave which model did you get? 2012/01/31
- @elementdave Nice... 3 mins with my small helicopter and you just had to get one? 2012/01/31
- RT @5marks: @patricktalmadge and I will be spending some time in the lab tonight putting some finishing touches on Agora. 2012/01/30
- Thank you @INGDIRECT for shafting me with a $50 fee for a early redemption fee on 30 shares out of a 1070 I sold. #whymutualfundssuck #IRA 2012/01/27
- RT @newsycombinator: Hackers have a twisted sense of humor. Watch this: if you laugh, you're one http://t.co/RdHxFVHq 2012/01/27
- RT @andrewchen: The Secret To Pinterest's Astounding Success: A Brilliant Sign-Up Process You Should Copy http://t.co/AsGi9pBx 2012/01/25
- 2 year old + Headlamp = nighttime play with out power #snowpocolypse #2012 2012/01/21
- Took a break from work to play in the snow with my son. #goodtimes #workingfromhome 2012/01/18
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