Louis Gray

"Living in Silicon Valley as I do, there's plenty of great opportunities for hard working people to find incredible jobs with incomes often the envy of other parts of the country and world. Often, however, the expenses rise to match - especially when it comes to the base living expense of owning a home. Time and again, I've seen happy couples start to fret as they outsize their small apartment, and their family prices themselves out of the Bay Area, as they retreat to cheaper places, be it Texas, Utah, Oregon or Tennessee. Still others try to ignore the oppressive costs of ownership and enter into the "sounds funny but isn't really funny" reality of what's known as a SITKOM. As it was explained to me by a coworker, that's where you have a Single Income, Two or Three Kids, with an Outrageous Mortgage. That's a sitcom with a laugh track, but it's at you. You can work yourself crazy and never see those kids, you can have an equity event that makes your living comfortable, or you can leave, essentially. Those are your options." - Louis Gray

ahahahaha! - holly #ravingfangirl

No. +100. - Louis Gray

Their Android backpacks. - Anika

I hope that the Kindergarten teacher didn't confiscate their Droids on the first day of class. Don't need them to be Googling the answers to everything already. - Joe

He looks just as worn as I imagined. - rønin

#footsies - Louis Gray

POIDH - Eric Logan

100% Yep! - Louis Gray

"Newsmakers and analysts alike are trying to explain just what this new era should be called. Is there one device or one company or one shared experience that defines us? With some quick research, it's clear there are many players vying for the elite status of owning our tech-savvy era. I tapped into Google (disclosure: I work there) for a few examples." - Louis Gray

I got a hit on this one; "Emerging Trends in Wireless in the Era of the Internet of Things". Say that 10 times fast. - Eric - Final Countdown

I wonder how he's uploading. - Brian Johns

Well done! What was it like? - Stephen Mack

You know, you COULD inquire ahead of time if I shall be home.... - Stephen Mack

lol I love you guys. - Starmama

"After the dot-com crash and subsequent recession in the early part of the last decade, many venture-backed companies, including my own, were fighting to stay relevant and alive in a suddenly more challenging environment, where customers were exceptionally risk-averse, going with what the vendors they knew and not the ones they didn't yet know. With this challenging landscape as a backdrop, one of the storylines that emerged was not so much one of thriving, but simply survival - and if there was an opportunity to get positive press simply for sticking it out, even if we weren't hitting on all cylinders, it was one we'd go for." - Louis Gray

Ouch, Louis. The good news is that your story will be part of my next teaching cycle. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

Oh great. Thanks, WoH. - Louis Gray

np :) - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

Still using the Bookmarklet? Or is that just for the G+ posts? - Daniel W. Crompton

Heh :) Thanks for the connection, Louis! Although I could have sworn we were connected. - Stephen Mack

And I was expecting it to switch to the recent James Dean + Google Glass shots. - OCoG of FF, Jimminy

Neat! - Brian Johns

Yes, congrats! - Eric - Final Countdown

"George Zimmerman is not guilty of murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, a Florida jury decided late Saturday. The fact that Zimmerman fired the bullet that killed Martin was never in question, but the verdict means the six-person jury had reasonable doubt that the shooting amounted to a criminal act." - Louis Gray

OJ 1 : 1 Zimmerman - ؛ patrick

Being on the run sure has aged him quickly. - Julian

I hear a drone has been dispatched to your house - Mo Kargas

"Police were called to a Hillcrest neighborhood early this morning when neighbors reported that a local mom of twins began throwing flaming dirty diapers at a group of people setting off fireworks. The woman, Ernie Orsborn, became angry over fireworks going off in her neighborhood while her two young children were trying to sleep. Records show repeated calls to 311 reporting the firework violators between 8:30p.m. and 1 a.m." - Louis Gray

I wish I would have thought of this when the kids were younger and unable to get sleep on July 2, 3, 4, and 5 due to stupid ass fireworks. - Eric - Final Countdown

"In 2007 a Dallas SWAT team actually raided a Veterans of Foreign Wars outpost for hosting charity poker games. Players said the tactics were terrifying. One woman urinated on herself. When police raided a San Mateo, California, poker game in 2008, card players described cops storming the place “in full riot gear” and “with guns drawn.” The games had buy-ins ranging from $25 to $55. Under California law, the games were legal so long as no one took a “rake,” or a cut of the stakes. No one had, but police claimed the $5 the hosts charged players to buy refreshments qualified as a rake." - Louis Gray

"As the Texas Hold ’Em craze picked up momentum in the mid-2000s, fans of the game started hosting tournaments at private clubs, bars, and residences. Police in many parts of the country responded with SWAT raids. In 2011, for example, police in Baltimore County, Maryland, sent a tactical unit to raid a $65 buy-in poker game at the Lynch Point Social Club. From 2006 to 2008, SWAT teams in South Carolina staged a number of raids to break up poker games in the suburbs of Charleston. Some were well organized and high-stakes, but others were friendly games with a $20 buy-in. “The typical police raid of these games . . . is to literally burst into a home in SWAT gear with guns drawn and treat poker players like a bunch of high-level drug dealers,” - Louis Gray

But they get to keep whatever they seize, right? And they gotta play with all the toys... - Brian Johns

Maybe they Sunset it due to a decline in users. - Louis Gray

Someone was still using WebTV? - Eric - Final Countdown

That ought to confuse some folks. BTW... yay for the Supreme Court! - Louis Gray

I'm so happy for you on your big day! - That's So CAJ!

+1. - Louis Gray

Happy birthday, Matthew and Sarah! - Stephen Mack

Happy birthday! - Easter LAMB

"Friendfeed we'll talk about in a bit" - Kevin Johnson

Oh yeah. FriendFeed is in there. - Louis Gray

We'll see if this shows up on my upcoming review. - Brian Johns

Haha. Awesome Kevin. - Georgia

Sorry to say, but Helen beat you to it: http://friendfeed.com/bigstar... - Stephen Mack

False. - Louis Gray