Jeff Bezos's Speech to the 2010 class of 2010

A superlative speech by Jeff Bezos to the class of 2010 Princeton Grads. It is very moving and highly inspirational. I don't think I ever saw this side of Jeff Bezos while I was at Amazon (But then I skipped many of the all hands...). Here is the link to the speech
http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S27/52/51O99/index.xml

Take time to read it. If you are a toastmasters fan, you'll recognize all the elements of a good speech.

Did you know he was a tinkerer and inventor in his younger days?


Also, now we know where all the need for metrics comes from !!!! Note Bezos's passion for estimating various kinds of measures.

Extra Time -- Second Half -- 2010 World Cup final--Netherlands/Spain

Replacement by Spain. New guy Torres. Supposedly the golden boy for Spain.

Very good action in this second half.

Red card to John Heitinga of Netherlands. That means he goes off the field. Bad news for the Dutch. They are now down to ten. Spain has a free kick just outside the Dutch goal as a result of the red card. No goal for Spain.

Neither of the teams look like they can score a goal.

6 minutes to go. Free kick for Netherlands. No joy.

Fantastic. Spain nets the goal! What a goal! Real classic. The Dutch look really angry. Was the Spanish striker off side? The dutch seem to think so. The replay also hints that this was an off side.

118 minutes. 2 minutes to go. This is it, I think. Spain should be the World Cup winner, barring surprises.

Must be heartrending for the Dutch. This is the third time they have been beaten in the finals. '74, '78 and now in 2010.

45 seconds to go (2 min of added time).

That's it. Spain are the World Champions.

Extra Time -- First Half -- 2010 World Cup final--Netherlands/Spain

92nd minute. Quite a melee at the Dutch goal. Spain gets a corner. They should have gotten a penalty kick.

Lots of spirited tackles, though. How can these guys have so much energy after 90 minutes!!! How can they not be exhausted?

100th minute.  Great action. Good dribbling on both sides. Spain almost gets the goal! Hits the goal on the outside--deflected by the Dutch defender. Spain get the corner--but doesn't result in a goal.

First half of extra time ( a minute added for stoppage) over.

2010 World Cup final--Netherlands/Spain

The closing ceremonies were quite impressive.

Starting to watch the game. It's 25 minutes into the game; both teams are evenly matched. Lots of fouls and free kicks. Not exciting play so far.

Disappointed so far.

Half time and no goal. Not even any clear runs towards the goal. Let me re-state that. There were runs towards the goal, but all of them dissipated.

Second half is good so far. Plenty of attacks and counter attacks. Considerable number of 1-1 encounters.

69th minute. What a miss! Anyway Spain gets a corner. But they can't convert it...

Free kick (near the goal) for Spain. 73rd minute. What a useless attempt by Spain. No conversion...

Looks more and more like this will go to the penalty phase.

Spain is more and more on the attack, but they can't beat the Dutch defense.

80th minute. Attacks from Spain quite intense now.

If either team scores now, that's it. They win the championship. 10 minutes to go.

82nd minute. Holy smokes! The Dutch almost got their goal. Fantastic save by the Spanish goalie.

84th minute. Netherlands attacking now. No goal though.

1 minute to go. Will there be a goal? Will this go into extra time?

90 minutes over. Game continuing on added time because of stoppages.

Looks like there's going to be 30 more minutes...Yes there is going to be play in extra time.

Word Cup 2010 --- Germany v/s Australia

What a match!

Germany scores 4 goals against Australia. German precision was impressive to watch. Germany had possession most of the time. Stats show that Germany possessed the ball 55% of the time, but if you watched the game, it seemed like they had possession 90% of the time.

The first goal from Lukas Podolsky was a classic and a beauty to watch.


The second goal from Mirsolav Klose was an impressive example of a header. How does anyone have the composure to accurately deflect a ball to the goal like that?

The third goal was an exercise in composure. The young Thomas Mueller kicked that goal in what seemed like slow motion in real time. He was very deliberate in the way he kicked the ball to deflect off the goal post. This is delicious soccer!

The fourth goal was the result (I think) of the Australians being exhausted and demoralized. It was disheartening to watch them. Cacau had just come in as a replacement. And he scored off an assist.

It was as if the Australians were paralyzed. They could hardly get possession of the ball and when they did, the Germans were easily able to regain possession.

What a machine! Can Germany keep this up?

World Cup 2010

Mexico almost lost their match against South Africa! SA managed to score despite all the pressure Mexico was able to put on SA.

Became a nail biter for a while.

All Star Directories

Here is a view of the company I work for, from the outside.

All Star Directories

Started work at All Star Directories as Development Manager. It's been a week now. View from my office.

Obamacare

Obamacare is badnews for people. Looks like 1 million low income workers will lose their health care