Jimmy Fund Radio Telethon Running NOW

by Geoff on August 19, 2010

The Jimmy Fund Radio Telethon is underway and will go through midnight tomorrow. With all due respect to my second favorite charity (PreventCancer.org), the Jimmy Fund will always be my favorite and is a place I will always find time and ways to donate.

Last year, the Jimmy Fund Radio Telethon raised $4.5 million bringing the total since 2002 to $21 million in donations during this annual event. The goal this year is to raise $5 million dollars that will be used in the fight against cancer. Since 1948 the Jimmy Fund has supported the fight against cancer in children and adults at Bostons Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

You can listen live to the telethon over at WEEI.com. You can donate online, or text “KCANCER” to 20222 to donate $10.

Please join me today or tomorrow in making a contribution to this great charity and even greater cause. No amount is too small to give. A quote from my favorite and most often referenced Jimmy Fund video:

“You really don’t have to donate that much, you just gotta give, a little. A little in abundance, is alot.”

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Save the Embarrassment or Save Cash?

by Geoff on August 18, 2010

Here is a random hypothetical I thought of today while I was out. I was coming out of Trader Joe’s during lunch break and I dropped my car keys while taking them out of my pocket. They landed safely on the ground but about a foot and a half away from a storm drain.

I began to think “What would I have done if they’d gone down the drain??”. I could have called someone from work to come pick me up and drive me back to my office, take the train home and then come back with my spare set the next day. This would save me some cash.

OR, I could….spend about $70 in cabs to get home and back with the spare sets right then? This would save me the embarrassment of needing to be picked up after dropping my car keys into a storm drain and would also save the hassle of taking the train.

What would you do in that scenario??

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My Tear-Jerker of the Day

August 12, 2010

Just heard that a good friend of mine, Paul Ellis (@coolwhipflea), lost a close family friend to cancer early this morning. His name was Gabriel. The worst part, he was just 3 weeks shy of his 8th birthday. You can make a donation directly to Caring Bridge in tribute to Gabriel.
F*ck Cancer.
While we are on the [...]

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The 2010 WSOP Experience

July 24, 2010

All week I have been recapping my trip out to Las Vegas for the 2010 World Series of Poker. I wrote it partly for my family and friends that read this but I also wrote it down for myself. Though the days were long and tedious at times, the experience flew by. I wanted to [...]

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2010 World Series of Poker Trip Report – Part V

July 23, 2010

This is part IV in a multi-part series covering my trip out to Las Vegas to cover the 2010 World Series of Poker. Please see part I, part II, part III and part IV.
Even though I had been up for about 23 hours the day before, sleep was hard to come by on my last night in [...]

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2010 World Series of Poker Trip Report – Part IV

July 22, 2010

This is part IV in a multi-part series covering my trip out to Las Vegas to cover the 2010 World Series of Poker. Please see part I, part II, and part III.
My second full day in Vegas started out a lot like the first. Wake up, shower, valet, Rio….ground hog day? [ Though I should mention that [...]

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2010 World Series of Poker Trip Report – Part III

July 21, 2010

This is part III in a multi-part series covering my trip out to Las Vegas to cover the 2010 World Series of Poker. Please see part I and part II.
My first full day in Vegas was Day 6 of the 2010 WSOP. We got the car out of valet and headed over to the Rio to [...]

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2010 World Series of Poker Trip Report – Part II

July 20, 2010

This is part II in a multi-part series covering my trip out to Las Vegas to cover the 2010 World Series of Poker. Please see part I here.
For me, the 2010 WSOP Main Event started early. My trip wasn’t until July 14th (Day 5) but Paul would be out there for the start of the [...]

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2010 World Series of Poker Trip Report – Part I

July 19, 2010

I wanted to take a moment and write about my experience at this years World Series of Poker. This will be more of a trip report so for reports on what happened and photos from the event check out the updates Paul Ellis and I have over at the Twitter Poker Tour website. This will [...]

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Virtual Audio Connector + Ustream + Skype

April 29, 2010

I am trying to broadcast live on Ustream using the Ustream Producer with callins from Skype. I also would like to play music/audio/mp3’s and feed the audio to Ustream producer and to Skype. The solution below seems to work, but I was hoping there was a way to do it without so many VAC Audio [...]

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