Tag Archives: entrepreneurship

Blogbaby episode two: Beth Abraham

By Mark | December 6, 2011

[While I'm busy scrubbing poop from diapers and other articles of clothing, several friends have been kind enough to provide content for this site, through a program we're calling Blogbaby. Tonight's contribution comes from my friend Beth, who is living in Germany at the moment.] Where I am staying in Germany is a very small [...]

Posted in Observations, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged Beth Abraham, Blogbaby, food carts, Huhnar, international travel, Portland, prostitution, prostitution in campers, prostitution in Germany, prostitution in small German towns, tips for traveling abroad, travel | 9 Comments

R.I.P. Steve Jobs 1955-2011

By Mark | October 5, 2011

“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination that we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It’s [...]

Posted in Observations, Other | Also tagged adoption, another famous person has died, Apple, brilliant speeches, cancer, commencement, find what you love, fonts, McIntosh, on facing death, philosophy, Pixar, Stanford, Steve Jobs, thoughts on life, typography, Whole Earth Catalog | 27 Comments

Peter Thiel questions the value of higher education in America… Does he have a point?

By Mark | May 25, 2011

Peter Thiel, one of the cofounders of PayPal, is credited in today’s Chronicle of Higher Education with saying, essentially, that higher education may be overvalued in America. Theil, who today announced the names of the 24 students who would be dropping out of college to accept $100,000 cash awards as part of his new eponymous [...]