Archive for the 'Life' Category

Dec 17 2007

Happy Birthday Andrew Mahon… where ever you are.

Published by David HM Spector under Life

Seeing how my forty-<mumble>-th birthday is just 14 days away and I am pondering the ennui  of my middle-age, my thoughts drifted to someone whom I haven’t seen in, well, more than 1/2 my life now… my best friend growing up, a really sweet guy named Andrew Mahon.  He’s 2-weeks older than me; we used to be inseparable as [...]

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Sep 19 2007

Resigning? Burning Bridges is Always a Bad Strategy…

[update: Several "Wall St Insider" type sites claim this letter is a hoax... digging a little deeper, several of the people named in the letter can actually be found on LinkedIn and are working at JPMC according to their LinkedIn profiles. However, even if this is a hoax, there are plenty of people [...]

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Sep 13 2007

No, We’re Not the Movie…

Published by David HM Spector under Internet, Life

The Jedi waved his hand and said “This is not the site you are looking for… if you’re looking for that movie, that is…”

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Sep 10 2007

Congrats to Russell Calabrese on his Emmy for “Where’s Lazlo?” (”Camp Lazlo” on Cartoon Network)

Published by David HM Spector under Animation, Life

Yay Russell!   He was awarded an Emmy for the Cartoon Network special “Where’s Lazlo?”
I think this is his 2nd Emmy, having won his first for Pinky & The Brain.
Bravo!!

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Sep 09 2007

Man, ~28 yrs seems like a second…

Published by David HM Spector under Life

I had the pleasure, along with a bunch of our friends, of taking one of my dearest friends Ted Todorov out for a little bachelor’s party/dinner tonight (at Natori, in the East Village on St. Marks). It’s amazing how fast decades fly by: We met in the 1st 5 mins of freshman orientation [...]

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Sep 07 2007

Early Adopters, Man Bites Dog, and Apple…

Published by David HM Spector under Apple, Life

I was surprised that Apple dropped the price on the iPhone on Wendesday too. I was more surprised at the immediate nasty reaction from some bitter iPhone purchasers - it’s interesting that these early iPhone user feel so cheated. I think that there’s more here than meets the eye than just the $200 [...]

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Sep 03 2007

The Labor Day Cliff

Published by David HM Spector under Life

Wow.. that went fast.  Just a few short seconds ago my oldest finished 1st grade and was starting summer camp:  It was the end of June.  Now it’s back to school for 2nd grade for her; new job for my wife with her brand shiny new LMSW (she assures me I can still ask her [...]

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