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QOTD: Favorite Movie Quote

nobody@vox.com(David Tokheim) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:54:50 -0800

What’s your favorite movie quote of all time?
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Animal House

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QotD: Staying Organized Online

nobody@vox.com(David Tokheim) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:31:08 -0800

Organized online?? Here's my system:

Facebook is where my friends are.

LinkedIn is where business contacts are

TypePad is where I follow top bloggers

Twitter is nice to follow media companies that push our their stories & clever people

MySpace is where an old account that I don't use is.

Yahoo! is where I track personal email, business news, stock tracking and big huge portal ad innovation.

With so much information on the Web, how do you stay organized online?
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QotD: The Perfect Kid-Friendly Laptop

nobody@vox.com(David Tokheim) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:30:10 -0700

From the design to the features, what should the perfect kid-friendly laptop include? What would you leave out?

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For my 2 and 5 year old, I would want a simple experience that blocks all the bad stuff on the Internet and create easy education, entertaining ways for them to have fun learning. My daughter loves going to Disney sites and is driven there by many of the shows that she is watching that has integrated online call outs.

Here are some simple features:

- Big fat on button

- Big clickable options that include large, intuitive icons so

- Fun games to learn numbers, letters, writing and reading skills

- Safe Internet experience so they could develop a love of exploration

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QotD: My Biggest Environmental Concern

nobody@vox.com(David Tokheim) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:13:44 -0700

What is your biggest ecological or environmental concern? What are you doing to make a difference?
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Global warming.
Saving water, saving water, saving water!

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QotD: It's the Little Things

nobody@vox.com(David Tokheim) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:50:05 -0700

What's a little thing you do every day that brightens the lives of those around you?
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I make sure my girls laugh every day!

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QotD: You Might Be Surprised to Hear...

nobody@vox.com(David Tokheim) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:47:08 -0700

What story of personal greatness, achievement or success would your co-workers or friends be surprised to learn about you?
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I played the part of a bed in my pre-school's rendition of Goldilocks and the 3 bears. A high point of my acting career.

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QotD: Pinching Pennies

nobody@vox.com(David Tokheim) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:28:13 -0800

What are you doing to save money during this economic downslide?
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For starters, I am making Peet's coffee at home.

Bag of peets

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QotD: My Journey to Greatness

nobody@vox.com(David Tokheim) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:02:40 -0800

Greatness is not a destination, but a journey. What do you do for your family, career or community that you’re most proud of?
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Great question. I am most proud of the day to day effort that my wife and I spend trying to raise our girls through being a good role model, treating them with respect and fueling their passions with confidence, support and guidance.

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Featured Tech Question: Good Game

nobody@vox.com(David Tokheim) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:46:26 -0800

What makes a good video game?

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Above all else, entertaining gameplay. Depending upon the genre, here are some general criteria: solid GUI, breathtaking graphics, amazing frame rate, solid rendering, great soundtrack, attention to detail by the developers and innovation.

Here are some of my favorites:

All three Halo's
Call of Duty
Gears of War
Madden 09
SSX Tricky
....and Guitar Hero

Halo 3: The Official Strategy Guide (Prima Official Game Guides)

Piggyback

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Watching Obama Victory Speech

nobody@vox.com(David Tokheim) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:33:17 -0800

Election Night 2008

History in the making.

Susan tearing up, Talia up late because she wanted to see Barack Obama speak and Trick asleep on Talia.

While watching the speech, Talia said, "he took so long to show up."

Yes...he did.

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