Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New year and the best of luck in 2008! I’m sure you have already finalized your 2008 Goals/Resolutions, right? Here are some links that should help out. Enjoy:
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Undefeated
The New England Patriots beat a very charged up New York Giants tonight to finish the regular season 16-0 for 2007. The Giants played inspired football for the first 40 some minutes but the Patriots took over partway through the 3rd quarter to beat the Giants 38-35.
So, the Pats finished 16-0, Tom Brady finished with 50 TD’s and Moss finished with 23 TD’s, all single season records. Congratulations!
One Laptop Per Child Giveaway
I am collecting contributions from my readers in order to send a laptop to a child in a developing country. For those not familiar with the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Program, you can read about it here.
If you are interested, please use the widget below to donate or by using this link. All donation will be sent to my PayPal account. When I reach my goal, I will donate all the funds collected to the OLPC program. Any contribution at all is appreciated.
Go Patriots (Take II)!!!
Well, as I mentioned in my last Patriots post, the Pats will play tonight against the New York Giants to finish the season undefeated. With the Giants playoff spot guaranteed and a date with the Tampa Bay Bucs in next weeks playoff game, the Giants have very little to play for.
The big debate this week has focused on the Giants coach Tom Coughlin. Some are saying that he owes it to history to put up a fight against the Patriots. Give me a break, he owes it to his team and to Giants fans to prepare the team for the playoffs. I’m not saying they should roll over and play dead, but to play your starters all 4 quarters in an attempt to defeat the Patriots is pretty silly.
On the other hand, the Patriots have very little (playoff wise) to play for tonight as well. But they do have several records to break:
- The aforementioned undefeated season of 16-0
- The single season passing TD record of 49 for Tom Brady (Currently held by Peyton Manning, no relation)
- The single season TD reception record of 22 for Randy Moss (Currently held by Jerry Rice)
- The consecutive regular season win streak of 18 (which they already own)
- The single season team scoring record of 556 points Currently held by the Minnesota Vikings)
Donate with “Gifts In Kind”
Gifts in kind giving is a great way to give this holiday/New Year season. Often times there is a lot of overhead involved with your cash donations where gifts in kind have a more direct impact on the charity itself. Money aside, there is also the feeling that you have actually made a difference when you donate your time or materials.
Have a look at the websites of your favorite charities (here’s one, here’s another) to see what services or materials they are in need of. You may find services they need that you are expert in (a web developer for a charity in need of a website; a homeless shelter that needs their front stairs replaced, etc).
Let the News Come to You
To stay up to date with all the news I read and the Blogs that I follow, I use a news aggregator called Google Reader. This allows me to subscribe to many news sources and have all the information I am interested in available in one interface. It’s a great time saver.
Here is a great video describing the concept to get you started.
The 10 best downloads of 2007 from Download.com
Download.com has released the Top 10 Best Downloads for 2007. You will find a lot of useful applications in the list from web browsers geared towards social networking to an free and open source alternative to the MS Office Suite.
One application in particular from that list that deserves mention is CrossLoop. Currently still in beta, CrossLoop allows you to provide remote support to a friend, colleague, etc over the internet without needing to configure ports on your firewall. There are several applications that allow you to do this, but CrossLoop is (currently) free and very easy to install and use for the supporter and especially for the person in need of computer help.
The Crunchies – Voting is Open
Here is a brief intro:
82,000 nominations were made for thousands of individual startups. The top startups in each of twenty categories have made it to the final vote. Starting now, you can vote for the startups you think are most worthy in each of twenty categories – from “best technology achievement” to “best overall startup.”
For more info check here, or go vote!
Marketing, the Web and Technology
I first cut my tech teeth with a great company outside Boston called Nova Marketing. I worked with some great, talented people and had a chance to learn a lot about marketing while starting my career in technology. So this is something that has always been of interest to me. With that being said, here are some great Blog’s/Podcasts that I follow daily to keep up to date with marketing in the new media:
Go Patriots!
The New England Patriots are 2 wins away from a perfect regular season. They are playing at home today against the Miami Dolphins (the last team to have a perfect season). It would have been much more appropriate if they were scheduled to play Miami on the last day of the regular season, but that game will be payed against the New York Giants next week (without TE Jeremy Shockey).