My good friend Matt Blumberg (CEO of Return Path) and his lovely wife Mariquita (aka “NY Marathon 2005 Support Crew Co-Leader”) love to travel around the world. Rather than subject us to long videos of their trip, they conveniently put their amazing photographs up on the web with extensive commentary. Their most recent trip was to India. This was Matt and Mariquita’s first trip there so the photos include an extensive history lesson. It appears to be a little warmer than their trip in 2002 to Antarctica.

Jason and I have mentioned accredited investors several times in various postings on this blog. However, after I received the following question, I realized we had never talked about why non-accredited investors are an issue for a company. The question I received follows: Do you have any stories or insight into the dangers of non-accredited investors? I’m currently attempting to work out a messy deal where some of the original (and potentially very unhappy) investors come in all flavors – sophisticated and accredited, unsophisticated and accredited, sophisticated and unaccredited, and of course, unsophisticated and unaccredited. I’d love to see a post on the subject in your blog, should you have the insight and interest.

I do a lot of short phone calls and meetings. I try to organize them around “random days” where I spend the majority of the day meeting and talking to people where I don’t have a specific agenda. Often – they have a specific agenda (which is good). However, many have no idea how to communicate their agenda – or what they want to accomplish – in either an efficient or effective manner.

Amy and I give each other gifts on the first day of the month. My all time personal favorite gift that Amy gave me was a Remote Control Fart Machine. This month, I’m giving her a painting from Emilio Lobato, one of our favorite artists, which I just picked up from the William Havu Gallery in Denver. This 60” x 60” beaut is titled Vestido en Soledad which – according to Google Translate Spanish to English – means “Dress in Solitude.” If you’ve ever been to my office or my house, you’ll see plenty of Lobato’s hanging around. Of course, one of my favorite things about his paintings is that he makes me think of Emilio Lizardo from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai. Happy April 1st Amy.

I’ve got a goal of running a marathon in every state by the time I turn 50. I’ve done 6 and I’m 40, so I’ve got a lot of running in front of me. A few months ago, I told Ross that I wanted to integrate a computer workstation into a treadmill so that I would work while I ran. Part of my training regimen involves walking at a decent pace (3.3 miles / hour) so I want to be able to spend board / conference call time on the Treadputer rather than sitting at my desk or laying on my couch.

Coming back from vacation and catching up on what my portfolio companies announced last week is often fun. Three companies – NewsGator, FeedBurner, and Rally Software were particularly active last week. NewsGator led the charge with a bunch of announcements including mobile stuff (the acquisition of Smartfeed and a J2ME aggregator), the public NetNewsWire 2.1 Beta, a very close to final FeedDemon 2.0 Beta, synchronization with Windows Vista and IE 7, and the launch of a private label newsreader with Newsweek.

The difference between Microsoft and Apple is clearly explained in this 2 minute and 55 second video on Google.

I’m back from vacation and blogging again. Of course, the easy stuff is the funny stuff that ended up in my inbox last week. I have a great home office and love working out of it. When I saw this, I couldn’t help but crack up. The only thing missing is the wireless laptop on the couch.

But his fan site isn’t. If you are a 24 fan and can’t wait until tonight, this is priceless.