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Ever wondered how a pumpkin feels?

Took this tonight. Sister carving. Her new Canon G10 lowered inside a sloppy punkin.

October 31, 2008 | Fun | 1 comment

7 Reasons why it's a great time to be a Tech Entrepreneur!

 In 2002 Warren Buffet sent this stark warning to his investors: “In our view […] derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction, carrying dangers that, while now latent, are potentially lethal.” Bill Gross was rumbling about the looming crisis in November last year. Marc Andreessen predicted the “oncoming nuclear winter” on April 18th in Ning’s […]

October 4, 2008 | Economics, Startups | 1 comment

My name is Mark Maunder. I've been blogging since around 2003 when I started on Movable Type and ended up on WordPress which is what I use to publish today. With my wife Kerry, I'm the co-founder of Wordfence which protects over 5 million WordPress sites from hackers and is run by a talented team of 36 people. I'm an instrument rated pilot and I fly a Cessna 206 along with a 1964 Cessna 172 in the Pacific Northwest and Colorado. I'm originally from Cape Town, South Africa but live in the US these days. I code in a bunch of languages and am quite excited about our emerging AI overlords and how they're going to be putting us to work for them.