Making the World Suck Less

Reason #248 why I only fly Virgin American (if I can help it)

Take a good look. The upgraded seat (all premium tv shows/movies are free and all the free booze & food you can consume) is actually cheaper than the regular seat (9861 pts) on the same flight. This is in points, but the same goes for when you're paying, sometimes Virgin America gives you a pleasant little surprise like this. If this is a bug, please don't fix it.

It's as good of a feeling as when Zappos "surprises" me with expedited shipping every single time I order something with standard shipping. Hey Richard [Branson], I know you don't need it, but if you ever need a Virgin America investor...

The reddit dog is PTFO after a long night of redditing

Thanks to epic redditor, AndrewInMelbourne, for sending along this photo of his dog (and past reddit shirt model). He actually sent this to me a while back, but I only today rediscovered it and remembered to show it off.

It's an adorable picture even without reddit on the screen, but that addition is like a pouring a bottle of awesomesauce on the whole thing.

Awesome redditor iPad Artwork (a day in the life)

A redditor named Jordan (aka JordanLund) sent this along and I begged him to post it here on my blog. He agreed. He's also a Linux instructor, so you'd better message him if you're having distro problems... hmm, he might hate me for suggesting that... on second thought...

Change.org writeup: Can a Pig with Bread Wings Make the World Suck Less?

via socialentrepreneurship.change.org

Thanks for the great writeup, Nathaniel! Read the article here.

I love it all, but I think this is my favorite part:

So, what to take away from all of this? First, even transgenomic pigs can be a great brand if people associate it with cool things.

Tour of the Reddit.com Offices!

via theinternettoday.net

Ah, memories...

I'm really enjoying the new wall art, guys.

Wha?! reddit named one of the Huffington Post's Top Businesses Started In College

via huffingtonpost.com

On the same list as the likes of Google, Microsoft, and Facebook? Don't get me wrong, I'm proud of what Steve and I were able to accomplish, but let's be real, there must've been a redditor behind this list. Well, thanks for the undue praise. It's certainly nice to see University of Virginia written up.

Virginia Reunion

Ok, so I skipped out on the McIntire Commerce School lunch to tour the countryside instead. I think it was the right choice. And now to revisit my dear friend, Alderman Library.

This might be why MIT Press Bookstore sold so many copies...

Hundreds of MIT students (and other Cambridge nerds) have walked out of this bookstore with copies of xkcd: volume 0. And we love them all for it. Excellent window display, guys!

Based on all the generous tweets, I'd better keep giving away random prizes in all my talks

After a whirlwind day at Angel Bootcamp (thanks again to Jon Pierce for organizing a great conference), I'm finally getting caught up with things. My first order of business was to upload the slides from my talk: "Angel Investing for Fun and Profit." Grab them here.

In the spirit of sharing, I'm also convinced preparing the audience with promise of a couple free copies of xkcd: volume 0 was a great way to keep their attention. You see, the breadpig would randomly appear on a slide along with something to tweet with the #angelbootcamp hashtag. First to tweet it, wins a book.

The additional bonus was that by asking people to name a pig food product, I spammed the #angelbootcamp twitter stream. Being a 'publisher' has its advantages.

Huzzah!

Not what I expected to find in an airport bathroom

BWI airport is growing on me.