As the holidays are approaching, I am compelled to offer a few gift ideas 🙂 I had never flown a remote controlled helicopter before. The Esky LAMA comes pre-built and … Continue reading “”

This summer, in an attempt to connect with my inner Carrie Bradshaw, I tried out trapeze on top of Pier 40 on the West Side Highway. It’s a lot of … Continue reading “”

In a recent post, Facebook: the next Google?, I expressed skepticism on the value of Facebook given the nature of advertising there. A year ago, I expressed similar doubts on … Continue reading “”

I had the pleasure of listening to my good friend Einat Wilf (www.wilf.org) speak on the future of Israeli politics at Danny Gillerman’s house last night. She is ever the … Continue reading “”

Fortune just covered Peter and his former Paypal crew. Read the article at: http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/13/magazines/fortune/paypal_mafia.fortune/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote

I just watched the two seasons of HBO’s Rome on DVD and absolutely adored it. I am biased as I am a huge Roman history aficionado and Octavian (Augustus) has … Continue reading “”

I recently came across an article entitled “How Capitalism is Killing Democracy” by Robert Reich. The article is an adaptation from his book “Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy and … Continue reading “”

One of the ways OLX has grown has been by partnering with other sites to run their classifieds channel. This strategy has proven successful because OLX is rather good at … Continue reading “”

As it is clearly unbearable to have to split the screen with friends for games of Halo, Call of Duty and Gears of War, I decided to install 3 plasma … Continue reading “”

The Financial Times just ran a very interesting article on the pitfalls of marrying an entrepreneur. As they point out: We want to conquer the world and are willing to … Continue reading “”

I was in San Francisco for CTIA this week and took advantage of the opportunity to catch up with my Internet friends. It’s incredible how much buzz Facebook is generating. … Continue reading “”

Last February I blogged about how excess petrodollar liquidity was creating bubbles all around the world and how I was pessimistic in the short and medium term for the US … Continue reading “”

Some people are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some have greatness thrust upon them.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The … Continue reading “”

Watch this amazing video of lions, a crocodile and buffalo fighting for a baby water buffalo.