Best of links - Part 2

More good links from the past month...

• Marc Benioff: From assembly programmer to software magnate | Outside the Lines - CNET News.com
  In the interview, Benioff discusses his early work developing games for the TRS 80, Apple II, and Commodore 64, and his turn as a summer intern at Apple in 1984, coding in assembly language for the Macintosh. Benioff also shares what he learned working al
• End of term party becomes village square orgy - Telegraph
  Alan Day, the village hall chairman, said: "All hell let loose at this event. The children were drunk to the eyeballs. They were having sex in the village square standing up."
• Indian Cellular Boom Spawns New Players
  Most pple in India will soon experience the internet only on their phones IMHO
• What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage - New York Times
  Funny article by Amy Sutherland... How to train your spouse like an exotic pet...
• If the news is important it will find me - Blog Maverick
  True
• Hugh Gallagher's 'College Essay': Written essay on why he should be admitted to college
  "I once read Paradise Lost, Moby Dick, and David Copperfield in one day and still had time to refurbish an entire dining room that evening. I know the exact location of every food item in the supermarket. I have performed several covert operations for the
• Google Code Blog: How we improved performance on Google Code
  Useful techniques for webapps
• PostSecret
  Interesting idea
• Amazon.com: A Lifetime of Secrets: A PostSecret Book: Frank Warren: Books
  "The exhibit came to an end and I took my father back to the airport to catch a red-eye flight home. During our drive we passed through a long dark stretch of highway when my father broke the silence by asking me, "Do you want to know my secret?" He brave
• Secret Thoughts of Travelers, Revealed - New York Times
  "....One of the most memorable airport-related secrets I have ever received said: "I hide inspirational messages in the back seat pocket on airplanes." It doesn't get any better than that......."
• A VC: Incenting The User To Put Up A Profile Picture
  Make sure the default pic is Dick Cheney. Great idea...
• Can you have a life and work at a startup company?
  "My work *is* my life...." AWESOME
• I'm a Simpleton
  " am no slow learner. I do not fear complexity. I do not fear change. I am not a luddite...Yet when I use your software, I am a simpleton..."
• An hour and a half with Barack Obama
  Great article by Marc Andresson on his meeting with Obama