Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-16

Found a link to this video on the Freakonomcis Blog and thought it was great.  Easy to understand, entertaining, and it points out the foolish decisions that we keep making with our coins.

I was reading this article a couple days ago and it really made me start to think.  Many of the problems I face both in my professional life and personal life are technical in nature, but the root cause or more importantly the way to prevent them from happening  wasn’t technical in nature at all….

The New York Times just completed a really interesting set of articles on the damage fighting in hockey (and possibly the additional hits) has on the players. Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3

I played football from 4th grade till 11th.  It was a sport that forced me to grow physically and mentally. I interacted with kids that I wouldn’t normally have done things with and had some really great coaches.  Coaches that helped me become who I am today as a person, much more than as an…