Mark Andressen on Chance and Entrepreurship

A brilliant summary of what role chance plays in our successes and how we can leverage our behaviour to influence the outcome.

Henry Blodgett - Why Newspapers are Screwed

Very interesting analysis on the coming failure of large newspapers, independent of their online success. Henry uses my favorite print and online newspaper as a reference for analysis, the New York Times. This will be a fascinating trend to watch and see how these business innovate and adapt. Hopefully some smart people are at the helm at the NY Times and we'll see how Murdoch does with the WSJ.

A Great Film - Zodiac

If you can live ;> with a little gore. The film Zodiac is one of the best I've seen in a while. Great acting, suspense, directing and a compelling mystery combine to make a great story based on real events. Another aspect of the film I really enjoyed was the accurate re-creation of 1970's bay area.