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Did they mean to be funny? Part 3

June 18th, 2010 by Brandon Muramatsu No comments

This quote is from a bookmark I received from the Melia Hanoi…

The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone he can blame it on

Source: Melia Hanoi

Did they mean to be funny? Part 2

June 11th, 2010 by Brandon Muramatsu No comments

This quote is from a bookmark I received from the Melia Hanoi…

In every organization there will always be one person who knows what is going on. This person must be fired

Source: Melia Hanoi

Did they mean to be funny? Part 1

June 4th, 2010 by Brandon Muramatsu No comments

This quote is from a bookmark I received from the Melia Hanoi…

The world is full of willing people–some willing to work, the rest willing to let them

Source: Melia Hanoi

Hogan’s Heroes in HD

April 23rd, 2010 by Brandon Muramatsu No comments

Things that make you say hmm….

The Universal HD cable channel is broadcasting Hogan’s Heroes in HD.

???


Clearly I’m not an entrepreneur…

March 19th, 2010 by Brandon Muramatsu No comments

I’m working with Prof. Kimerling’s 3.003 class at MIT this semester. As part of the class, he has a number of guest speakers. Fred Salvucci presented a two hour “History of Transportation in Boston” and that’s where I heard this crazy historical fact.

In the 1800s, enterprising entrepreneurs created ponds around the greater Boston area in order to harvest ice. One fellow even went so far as start a business shipping ice from Boston to Puerto Rico. And this venture, which failed rather quickly, helped found Belmont, Massachusetts–a town I drive through everyday on my commute to work.

When Frederic Tudor created the ice-shipping business out of Boston in the 1800s he had no idea that his risky venture would help a small farming community on the western shore of Fresh Pond become a town.

Belmont Historical Society. (2009). The Ice Age on Fresh Pond. Retrieved on February 25, 2010 from Belmont 150 Website: http://www.belmont150.org/articles/ice.php