Professional gambler and now angel investor Jason Calacanis sent out an email to his mailing list today titled ‘Tech Products I love and Use Every Day‘. The list was inspired by the annual TechCrunch list (and I assume my own) and catalogs Jason’s favorite things right now. It also comes with some classic Calacanis punditry.
But first let’s get to the headline and learn why Jason is in fact Tony Montana from Scarface:
Security Spy & Remote Patrol: Security Spy is a $300-400 software product that allows you to connect dozens of IP-based cameras to your home network. I’ve put six cameras in my home and I’m adding another four this week. In Month One, I’ve become a combination of the over-protective father and Scarface, sitting in my loft office with a big screen TV displaying video cameras from around the compound.
One can’t help but think of Jason actually doing this, cigar in hand each night while he asks the bulldogs “whosaaaa good girl, whooosa good girl?”.
Jason also goes on to give a lengthy rant about Obama and the middle east:
For over a year now, I’ve had the privilege of driving the world’s only in-production electric car and it is the most delightful and exciting driving experience of my life. RANT: For over a year, I haven’t visited a gas station and have been able to give the finger to the bastards in the Middle East who believe that women and gays are about as valuable as dogs, and that the freedoms we enjoy in the United States are the root causes of all evil. If Obama had any leadership ability, as opposed to his consensus-building nonsense, he would have taken the billions we’re going to spend in Afghanistan and simply spent that money on electric car and solar subsidies in America. We have to stop wasting our money building schools and bridges for backwards societies that don’t appreciate them and start spending that money on energy independence. There is no reason we couldn’t put solar panels on every rooftop in America, and electric cars in every driveway, instead of spending money fighting enemies that don’t want the freedom we’re promoting. Sorry about the rant, but I’m really frustrated that Obama, who I voted for, is such a disappointment. He was supposed to bring some innovation to politics and his policies feel no different than the failed strategies of Cheney/Bush (in that order). If I was president, I would cut our losses in the Middle East and stop sending any money there, instead investing it in nuclear, solar, wind and EVs. This is such an obvious solution to everyone except the idiots we put in power. Shame on all of us. END RANT
Now normally I would go on to make fun of such hippy talk…
However the way things are looking right now I’m more inclined to agree completely. The rant however was less popular with some of the commenters of TechCrunch where the email was syndicated. After reading some of those comments you might just think Jason needs that complex camera system after all.
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