The people you encounter as you patronize a business almost completely shape your happiness with the encounter. And I’m of the school that says it starts at the top. Today I ate breakfast at Giraffe – a restaurant in Terminal 5 of London’s Heathrow airport. I liked this place, and will now change my LHR habit toContinue reading “People are Everything”
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Drupalcon 2012 DJ set
Well, I found myself with an opportunity to spin tunes at the Denver 2012 Drupalcon conference party. Yes, Acquia (my company) sponsored it. So maybe it’s no coincidence that I got the gig…. Nonetheless, I did need to get past the organizing committee (which means my style couldn’t suck; but I didn’t need to be a big-name guy,Continue reading “Drupalcon 2012 DJ set”
Paceline ettiquitte
My friend Tom Pincince sent me the below in email. I’ve so often wanted to point cyclists to a good list like this (but not had one) that I thought I’d capture it here for posterity. Items 7-10 are my own additions. A note from one of the stronger guys I ride with in theContinue reading “Paceline ettiquitte”
Happy, happy, Jay, Jay
Well, I finally wrote the “big check,” and bought the bike of my dreams. You may know from this blog that DJing is a big passion of mine (besides business). But truth be told, I spend MANY more hours on a bike than I do spinning records. And it’s my real passion. And this isContinue reading “Happy, happy, Jay, Jay”
The world’s most important 6-second drum loop
The Amen Break (from Amen Brother) has been used in everything from “late eighties gangster rap, to corporate America’s recycling hip-hop forms to sell things like Jeeps and blue jeans to suburban America”.
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