I’ve never really understood the primary process – especially for superdelegates. That shouldn’t be surprising since there are a lot of things about politics that I don’t really understand – like why “one person, one vote” doesn’t actually equate to a democracy (or maybe it does, just not the way we run one around here.) I just got an email that a friend of mine – Rick Klau (FeedBurner – now at Google) has put up a great site called SuperDelegates.org which keeps track off all the Democratic superdelegate stuff. It’s very cool and based on MediaWiki so you can edit it.

The application deadline is 3/31/08. Applying is easy. The mentor list continues to grow. And Somewhat Frank has a cool three minute video tour of the Bunker (TechStars new facility for 2008.)

Today is my dad’s 70th birthday. Without him, I wouldn’t be around. That’s an unexpectedly deep thought that just sent me down a weird mortality rat hole. Except for a brief period of time during 7th grade, my dad has always been one of my best friends. I have hundreds thousands of memories pre-college of things we did together that shaped my future. We’ve had plenty of arguments, but they were usually healthy, constructive ones which taught me how to think critically and helped me understand that it was ok to have a different point of view.

One of our investments is looking for a couple of strong web API engineers to help them integrate with a variety of existing public web APIs (services like digg, flickr, twitter, etc…). They’re looking to fill these positions in the Boulder area. Feel free to respond to me directly and I’ll forward inquiries along, or just checkout their posting at: https://boulder.craigslist.org/eng/607991214.html

My partners and I were hanging out at lunch last week when Jason brought up the question of whether or not we could patent the business method of “creating or acquiring intellectual property for the primary objection of bring lawsuits against potential infringers.” In essence, could we patent the idea of being a patent troll? After a hearty laugh, Jason looked into it and discovered that this was not possible. Since our “proposed method” has been used in the public for more than a year, there is a statutory bar to obtaining a patent. 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).

Zynga has started launching its games on MySpace as part of the MySpace apps program. Texas Hold’em Poker is up and is currently the #1 game AND the #1 application. If you are a MySpace dude (or dude-ette), feel free to friend me as I’m completely unloved on MySpace (especially when compared to Facebook.)

My partner Ryan just pointed me at FigurePrints. If you are a World of Warcraft fanatic and want a physical instantiation of your favorite character, you are $99.95 (plus $14.95 shipping and handling) away from happiness. As a special bonus, you get a nifty protective glass dome also. Very cool.

My partner Ryan put up another post on the Foundry Group blog about our Implicit Web theme. This is a theme that is particularly interesting and useful to me since I spend so much time in front of my computer trying to deal with and synthesize a never ending stream of data and information. I want my computer to do more of the work for me. I want the web to figure stuff out for me. I want my computer to learn. I want my friends’ behavior and interests to inform mine. I want people I don’t know but am connected to through other people I trust to help me find things. I want a pony.

I loved watching Lindsay Campbell on WallStrip. I was bummed when she left to go do MobLogic.TV (although Julie Alexandria has stepped into her shoes quiet nicely.) I just watched Does Client #9 Get 86’d for 69? followed by B*#tch, Please. These two pieces go together great. B*#tch, Please – wow – right on the money.