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Kevin Rose

My 2009 New Year's ResolutionsDecember 29 2008

- Be mindful
- Practice Zazen
- Build a better Digg
- Start a small tea website
- Climb several times per week
- Camping w/friends
- Video blog
- Fish w/my Dad
- Read a book a month
- Less drinking
- Make time to date someone seriously
- Run a 5k (Feb 1st)
- Budget
- Try a new restaurant every other week, asking for their "most popular dish"
- Weekly Yoga
- Write more 'paper' letters
- Design a font
- Start coding again
- Drink more water
- Take a cooking class
- Create an iPhone game
- Go on a date w/Jennifer Aniston
- Tea tasting in China

Rolando Released - 5 Free DownloadsDecember 17 2008

My friends at ngmoco:) have given me 5 free Rolando codes. Copy-n-paste these into the iTunes app store 'redeem' box - first come first serve. Have fun, Rolando is an amazing game!

#1. 6MLWN3TAHLNR
#2. T74HYJRTJ996
#3. 3LMA6AYJEWL7
#4. E3NRFEWTXL37
#5. 9PE6K7MT7YH4

Rolando is also available on the iTunes store.

My Top 10 Gifts For GeeksDecember 4 2008

It's that time of year, all of us are looking for great gift ideas.  Here are my top ten gifts for geeks - happy holidays!

#1. iTunes Gift Certificate Amazon Music (DRM free) Gift Certificate (via skoles) $15-$100
#2. Tiny 8GB Washer/Dryer Safe USB Drive $12
#3. Roku Streaming Netflix Player $99 (for Netflix geeks that don't have an XBOX 360)
#4. Arduino $34 (great for geeks getting into electronics)
#5. FlipMinoHD $149-$229 (Flip cameras are easy, fun, and great for shooting internet video)
#6.

Dr. Awesome iPhone GameDecember 4 2008

Dr. Awesome - $1.99

Outliers, by Malcolm GladwellNovember 22 2008

I thoroughly enjoyed Malcolm Gladwell's first two books, The Tipping Point, and Blink -- so I'm excited to dive into his latest book, Outliers. Outliers poses the question: "why do some people succeed, living remarkably productive and impactful lives, while so many more never reach their potential?"  Should be a good read -- I'll give a deeper review once I finish.

Gladwell speaking at the TED conference: