NYSEG and RG&E collected customer social security numbers.  To clarify, these companies are do not issue credit cards – they provide gas and electricty.  Why do they need social security numbers?  The simple answer is that they don’t (more on that in a minute).  I am guessing that they collect them so that they can [...]

A personal atomic clock.

Okay, this may not be one of the official achievements.  In fact, I don’t think Kickstarter even has any such awards for users.  Oh well.  If you don’t know what the rainbow pie chart is below, think of it like a Trivial Pursuit piece. Each color  represents a category of product you can fun.  For [...]

For reasons that are still unclear to me, I was having flashbacks to the late 90′s web.  <Blink> tags and Geocities ruled the web and one flash animation stood out in particular – Radiskull by Joe Sparks.  I can’t seem to find the original Flash file in an easy to embed setup but here is [...]

A few days ago a purchased a bismuth crystal off of eBay for pretty cheap.  Bismuth is a grey metal with a few interesting properties.  In addition to being the active ingredient in Pepto Bismol, when it is cooled slowly, it forms square spirals in a stair-stepped shape.  During this process, it forms an oxide layer that causes interference  with reflected light [...]

Love them or hate them, you have to admire their sense of humor and how dead-on accurate they can be at times. Today, they released this statement on SOPA and it is worth the read:

I’ve seen this photo nearly a dozen times in the last 24 hours on Stumble Upon.  Unfortunately, it is completely wrong and gives an inappropriately positive impression of a man who has been arrested for drug possession, assault, and weapons violations.  At the same time, it makes Martha Stewart, a woman who has built one [...]

This video is about a year old but it is still amazing to watch.  An amateur filmmaker and an urban explorer explore the train tunnels under New York.

Okay, this is a bit of a departure from my normal technology and gadgets – here are the best non-electronic accessories you can buy.  These are all products that I like and represent the absolute best that you can find.  You can’t buy class, but you can at least fake it a little bit with [...]

My schedule for next semester NBA 5110 – Financial Modeling NBA 5170 – Leveraged Buyouts and Structured Finance NBA 5320 – Due Diligence in Private Equity Investments NBA 5590 – The Venture Capital Industry and Private Equity NBA 5640 – Entrepreneurship and Private Equity NBA 6560 – Valuation Principles NBA 6800 – Entrepreneurial Executives NCC 5040 – [...]