If Satya Nadella is going to be the CEO at Microsoft, that’s a big deal for (a) develop-don’t-poach and (b) cloud services

Satya Nadella is supposedly going to be the next CEO of Microsoft (although plans are not final), and if he is, it means two important things in the business / technology world. Let’s start with a little bit of context. First off,… Continue Reading

The real key to the Super Bowl isn’t Peyton Manning or Richard Sherman; it’s Kam Chancellor

Kam Chancellor is a safety for the Seattle Seahawks. Richard Sherman, a CB for the Seahawks, gets all the attention right now, but from a football sense, a very real and interesting thing happens because of the attention Sherman gets as a… Continue Reading

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Patrick Moen and Paul Schmidt left the Oregon DEA to work … in the medical marijuana industry?

If you like this article or others on here, scroll on down to the bottom and share it up a bit. Patrick Moen, a DEA agent in Oregon, quit his job in late 2013 and now works for Privateer Holdings,… Continue Reading

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The real issue with the Richard Sherman interview is that (a) contextually he basically just had sex and (b) he’s black

Been a million theories on this one (1, 2, 3) and Richard Sherman has weighed in on it himself, so this doesn’t need to be a really long post or anything. Let’s keep it simple. 1. Dopamine. The media loves to… Continue Reading

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Living one’s life through Macklemore lyrics

At half-time of the NFC Championship Game last night, it certainly seemed like the 49ers were hanging in there and the second half was going to be a thriller (it was). It had even looked, at various points during the… Continue Reading

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A Packers fan, Jon Niemuth, is the reason it’s impossible to beat the Seattle Seahawks at home

The Seahawks lost once at home this season — to the Cardinals — but before that, they hadn’t lost at home since Christmas Eve 2011 (to the 49ers, and that was only by two points). When they beat the Saints… Continue Reading

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Montgomery Ward shut down 13 years ago today, and that may have been a turning point for America

Montgomery Ward, which operated from 1872, shuttered itself on December 28, 2000 — 13 years ago today. This probably doesn’t seem like a very big deal, as in the intervening 13 years, we’ve been able to shop perfectly fine, both… Continue Reading

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We all think it could be a Seahawks-Broncos Super Bowl, but history hasn’t favored No. 1 seeds

Here’s the current NFL playoff picture, although a lot can change in these last three weeks: on the AFC side, DEN and NE get byes; on the NFC side, SEA and NO do. Seattle seems like a pretty solid lock… Continue Reading