"I spent many, many hours in the stack at the University of Washington library just wandering around,..." — Paul Allen

Languages evolve; ideas blend together. In computer technology, we all stand on others' shoulders.

There are so many websites I read; I look at everything from Slashdot to Ars Technica to the business technology sites, major newspapers like the 'New York Times,' and my local papers where I live, which cover the sports teams I'm involved with. There are about 20 sites we go to regularly, and I do use Twitter and Facebook as well.

Sports is such a cyclical thing; it's often feast or famine. But what you try and do as an owner is build a winning organization.

I was only in second grade when the Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. The night of his launch - April 12, 1961 - I went out onto the front porch and stared up at the stars, trying to see his capsule passing overhead. Like millions of others, I was enthralled by the idea of space exploration and have been ever since.