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  1. Sauerkraut Sunday: The Sexy Edition OR The Best Edition.. Ever

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / August 8, 2010 / Leave a comment
    There have been good Sauerkraut Sundays in the past… Together through my Googling we’ve discovered that Sauerkraut was a Chinese invention, that there’s a sauerkraut festival in Wisconsin (with video) and more.  Today, it’s the grand-daddy of them all.  I have found sauerkraut themed panties.  Cause let’s be honest, nothing...
  2. Saturday Musings: Don’t Make Gay Marriage Legal, Abolish Heterosexual Marriage

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / August 7, 2010 / 1 Comment
    This blog is not typically (at least over the last 8 months or so) a political platform, but since it’s saturday and I frequently go a little off topic on saturdays, I think I’m going to have a quick political discussion.  If you’re not a fan, come back tomorrow for...
  3. Learning from Google About Learning from Mistakes: Part 2 – Opportunity Cost and Sunk Cost

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / August 6, 2010 / Leave a comment
    I spoke yesterday about why I believed Google made the smart choice in investing in Google Wave.  In that post I looked at the reasons why Wave’s loss wasn’t that tragic (thanks to intellectual capital generated during its construction).  I also explained why the potential gain Google could have had...
  4. Learning from Google about Learning from Mistakes: Part 1 – Taking Risks

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / August 5, 2010 / 2 Comments
    Yesterday, Google announced that it was shutting down all future work on Google Wave.  They unceremoniously ceased development on it, in spite of what must have been a ~$20M investment.  Interviewed about it later, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said, “Remember, we celebrate our failures. This is a company where it’s...
  5. Subscriptions Solve the All-Call (and More)

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / August 4, 2010 / Leave a comment
    Seth Godin made a post a couple months ago (ok, a few now), that’s been in my “to comment on” stack forever.  Today, I’m pulling it off the stack.  Godin’s discussion focuses around the old telephone systems that allowed you to page everyone in the company with a single button,...
  6. Intentionally Healthy

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / August 3, 2010 / Leave a comment
    My health is something I’ve long wrestled with for as long as I can remember.  I tend to be one of those guys that follows a boom/bust method of getting healthy.  I’ll find something I get excited about and ride it for a few days, then ride bacon cheeseburgers for...
  7. 500!

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / August 2, 2010 / 1 Comment
    This is the 500th blog post for the Blog of Burgher Jon.  I’ve had a great time getting here and I’m excited for the next 500.  It took me 3 years (almost to the day) to get to 500 posts, but 201 of those 500 have come in the last...
  8. Sauerkraut Sunday: The Thanksgiving at Grandma’s Edition

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / August 1, 2010 / 1 Comment
    The reason I missed posting yesterday is that I was attending my Grandmother Janet’s funeral.  She was a classy woman, who was the first in our family to go through college (obtaining both bachelors and masters degrees while working other jobs to pay for them).  She really deserves a great...
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