Someone needs to create a race like this in California…
Aaron
Apr 042010
In retrospect, I’m actually pretty surprised I feel as good today as I do. Yesterday I swam 1.2 km in chilly Berkeley waters at 7:30 in the morning. As I emerged and began running barefoot towards my bicycle, I tried to figure out what had happened to my hands and feet. Because I was running [...]
The Answer is: Farmer’s Markets. Local food production. Small Farms. Sustainable Farming. What is: The Future of Food? If we were playing Food Jeopardy, you would be a big winner. We’re not, but in a sense we’re playing a much bigger game. We have been putting our planet, our oceans, and our environment in jeopardy [...]
Alright I did a tweet about one of these last night, but I think it deserves a little more attention: AcademicEarth.org. They have (free) full lecture courses from Yale, Stanford, MIT, Cal, Harvard (at least those are what I have seen so far.) The subjects covered vary from entrepreneurship to computer science to medicine. And [...]
Mar 092010
When I started this site, it began as an experiment for me: I wanted to register the name Aaron Burke, put up a WordPress web site, and mess around with finally having some sort of web presence. I called it Aaron Speaks! because, frankly, having no idea about what I wanted to talk about I [...]
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall My rating: 5 of 5 stars Reading this book made me want to go out and run… every single day. Ok, I must admit that I already am somewhat of a runner, but this book changed [...]
Mar 062010
Sometimes I run across videos that I have to embed here because I find them so profound or so important. This is one of them. Check it out.
Mar 032010
I’m finally putting some effort back into updating MotorcycleNewsGuy (my motorcycle news site) because, despite what seems to be a difficult economy for motorcycles, there really is a lot of innovation going on out there. I especially love what we’re seeing in alternative-fuel motorcycles, which don’t get nearly as much love here in the US [...]
Scientists are making progress in developing biofuels with a range of methods and an assortment of feedstocks. (From bioenergy.checkbiotech.org) Among the promising clean energy alternatives is an algae photo-bioreactor that grows algae in municipal wastewater to produce biofuel. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the bioreactor consists of large plastic bags made [...]
Here’s a question that has been plaguing me recently: how does a Facebook page compare in reach and effectiveness to a traditional email list in generating business and loyal customers for a small brick and mortar business? To be more specific, I am not talking about the corporate headquarters for a chain corporation – I [...]
