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Man, I really wish I could go to d.Construct this year. It looks like it’s going to be great.

Woooo! New TRANSFORMERS Trailer!

But there’s more. At work, if you are unlikable, people start thinking you are less competent. So stop thinking you can skate by on your genius IQ because you can’t. You need emotional intelligence as well. This situation is so pronounced that there are special-education classrooms rife with kids who could read when they were three. Social skills matter as much as intelligence when it comes to long-term success, even for the geniuses.

Penelope Trunk, via Guy Kawasaki

This is a big deal. I’ve had co-workers who were convinced that others should put up with their abrasive personality because they were that good at what they did or because they were that important to the success of the group/team/company. And it makes everyone them around bristle.

I’ve been a huge fan of Dan Cederholm for a long time. Dan helped started the wine community Cork’d with Dan Benjamin, which has been long supported ad-wise by Gary Vaynerchuk from Wine Library TV.

Yesterday the Dans announced that Cork’d has been acquired by a new company with Gary at the lead, giving the site more resources and focus. It also means that Cork’d will benefit from WL’s huge library as it get imported into Cork’d. So congrats to Dan and Dan!

However, the reason I wanted to post was to recommend Wine Library TV. Gary is a real east-coast ham, but he is obviously also passionate and extremely knowledgeable about wine. On top of that, he has a passion for helping real people find, understand, and appreciate wine.

I signed up with Cork’d back when it launched, but have not kept up as I simply have no idea what wines to try/buy. Thanks to several episodes of WLTV, I now have several wines on my Cork’d shopping list that I can’t wait to try out. (As well as a couple that are not yet available in Cork’d, so I need to note them separately - especially a couple of Portuguese wines. Mmm.)

So if you’re looking to learn more about wine, head over to Wine Library TV and check out a few episodes. You won’t be disappointed!

I don’t know how often I get speeds like this, but it was a nice result.

Oh, man, Chud has the goods: HALO 3 BETA MULTIPLAYER video.

More about it at Bungie’s news site.

Ooooh, Bungie links to the big version of the video! (WMV).

One year ago today, some fun with a new flash header for this site. A fun experiment that managed to creep some people out and offend others. Oh well.

(Hit reload a few times to see the effect - it pulls from the same database of quotes as the “R.E.M. says” sidebar on this site.)