Do you want to hear me blather on about the Implicit Web? Or hear Stan James of Lijit talk about how he ended up in Boulder. Or watch David Cohen dodge a ping pong ball? All this and more in the short (10 minutes) TechStars Video Update from Week #1.

I have a superb packing algorithm. I can pack my magic blue bag (think “Felix the Cat’s bag”) with seven days worth of clothes in under five minutes. This used to annoy Amy since she believes that packing should expand to fill all available time until you must leave for the airport right now damnit now now now but she has mellowed with age. I always either wear my running shoes or pack my running shoes since – well – I’m endlessly training for a marathon. I got up at 4am yesterday, speed packed, and flew to Las Vegas. I wore dress shoes on the plane since I had a meeting in the morning and then kept them on all day since the gang I was with (aka “The Last Horseman Down Bachelor Party”) went out to a nice restaurant last night.

Sometimes you’ve got to read between the lines in emails – this classic from Ze Frank is worth watching. (Thanks Will.)

Today, FeedBurner announced that they had been acquired by Google and Google announced that they had acquired FeedBurner. There’s a nice symmetry to that. I’m burning with glee for all my friends in Chicago, especially Dick, Steve, Eric, and Matt (aka “the founders.”) A little over two years ago (4/5/05 to be exact) I made an investment in FeedBurner. At the time, I didn’t realize how important it was to Dick Costolo that I capitalize the “B” in FeedBurner so I accidentally titled my post on the investment I’m Hot on Feedburner. 

Bruce Wyman, the Director of Technology at the Denver Art Museum, sent me a beautiful demo from TED2007 by Blaise Aguera y Arcas of Photosynth. In addition to being graphically brilliant, it’s a phenomenal example of how the computer infrastructure should be doing all the work (rather than the user.)

On the outside, he is a quiet calm of a man. Watching him sitting and contemplating the madness surrounding him, you sense a deep serenity. Inside, however, the fires burn with hot intensity. Sometimes they burst out to the surface – a head twitch here, a leg shake there – but it’s never more apparent then when you look in his eyes. At first glance, you see a deep peacefulness. At closer inspection, you see a fire burning bright, forged deep in his soul. Everything is lighthearted; nothing is casual. He considers the Barkley Marathon*. What would* Francisco d’Anconia do? (Thanks Herb.)

The number “2” (and in $250m and $280m.) Announcements at the WSJ D Conference? The checkbooks appear to be out in force again.

ABC interviews Ben Casnocha about entrepreneurship around Ben’s book tour for My Start-Up Life: What a (Very) Young CEO Learned on His Journey Through Silicon Valley. If you’ve never met Ben, I hope you’ve at least heard me raving about him. This interview will give you a sense for the brilliance that is Ben at 19.

I expect one of the big buzzes tomorrow will be Microsoft’s Surface Computing initiative. The first articles are appearing and on10 has a First Look: Microsoft Surfacing Computing! video up that shows off a great demonstration. I’ve recently been exploring a theme I call “Human Computer Interaction.” A metaphor speaks volumes – if you remember John Anderton in the movie Minority Report, you can envision a much more interesting way to interact with a computer than using a mouse and keyboard.