the ryan king

If you enjoy mash-ups, check outSmash-Up Derby – world’s only mash-up rock band. If you don’t know what a mash-up is, listen to a couple of their tracks (downloadable on their site) and I think you’ll figure it out.

The University of Indiana just won the NCAA Div 1 men’s soccer title 1-1 (3-2 on PKs) over the University of California- Santa Barbara.

For UCSB, that’s the worst way to lose and, of course, this isn’t the first soccer championship to be won on penalty kicks, but in my mind, penalty kicks are the most un-soccer-like way to break a tie. The only other viable option would be replays, but that’s not likely to happen in today’s world of TV broadcasts.

Oh yeah, and according to my mother, a PK shootout is rough on the players’ mothers, too.

11 reasons not to take Venture Capital money. via the Matt

I wholeheartedly agree with these. I want to be an entrepreneur, but I’d much rather be a bootstrapper than take VC.

This is way too cool. Hat tip: the Matt

Code of Blogging eithics via Scobel

My favorites:

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