http://ryanbudke.com Live from Hollywood Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:51:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Couple of My Rules for Startups - Blog Maverick. One of my favorite parts: 6. An expresso machine ? Are you kidding me ? Shoot yourself before you spend money on an expresso machine. http://ryanbudke.com/2008/07/20/a-couple-of-my-rules-for-startups-mark-cuban/ Just saw Tom's Post on how Twitter is doing it wrong, and I had to chime in as well. Twitter doesn't stay up during normal flow days, I hope people weren't actually expecting it to remain afloat during Steve Jobs' keynote this morning. http://ryanbudke.com/2008/06/09/twitter-be-blown-yall/ I feel like a recent episode of Lost, I HAVE to go back. We have to find a way. Yes ladies and gentlemen, I spent last Friday night at The Playboy Mansion. No matter how awesome you think it is, multiply that by roughly 8,000. It was THAT cool. Hef ... http://ryanbudke.com/2008/06/02/the-mansion/ I just got done watching a documentary about the drug (specifically cocaine) traffic in Miami in the late 70's/early 80's called Cocaine Cowboys. It's absolutely mind-boggling the impact that the drug had on the city. There was so much cash involved that banks in MIami went from dealing with on ... http://ryanbudke.com/2008/05/14/cocaine-cowboys/ I'm watching Evan Almighty for the first time. I heard this was a bad movie, but I was just not prepared for how bad it was going to be. I was going to write more on how Wanda Sykes is just playing a parody of herself, Steve Carrell is being ... http://ryanbudke.com/2008/05/13/for-almightys-sake/ It's been a while since I've posted, but I've been busier than ever. In a totally good way, though. There's amazing amazing things coming up over at Propeller that I can't talk about just yet, but we're about to have the AOL spotlight shown on us in a way that ... http://ryanbudke.com/2008/05/12/the-horizon/ I just finished watching Undeclared again on DVD from Netflix. For those that missed it, and considering it barely lasted half a season on Fox back in 2001/02 I'm going to assume that's everyone, it was Judd Apatow's television series that followed up his equally brilliant Freaks & Geeks, and ... http://ryanbudke.com/2008/04/07/undeclared/ So after a lot of traveling and being under the weather, which meant a whole lot of not doing anything, our apartment is probably the messiest it's ever been. That's saying something too. I've been spending most of the day trying to get my room in order, and it's just ... http://ryanbudke.com/2008/04/03/spring-cleaning/ Marvel Comics big summer crossover event, Secret Invasion, started today. Wow. Brian Michael Bendis is the writer and has had the benefit of being on contract with Marvel for the past few years. This allowed him to plant the seeds of this story throughout the tapestry of the Marvel universe, ... http://ryanbudke.com/2008/04/02/shhh-its-a-secret/ I've been reading a few books by Thich Nhat Hanh, a Zen Buddhist monk, and I came across a passage today in Peace Is Every Step that really struck a chord with me. One day, I offered a number of children a basket filled with tangerines. The basket was passed around, ... http://ryanbudke.com/2008/04/01/mr-rogers-zen-master/