My brother told me about this and brought me in, he's in a band that wants to use this place.

We're trying to do a lot of things to bring all aspects of the community together. People can come here to practice, hear another band and decide to come see their show.

The Space targets a younger audience than some of the other venues in Springfield. We want to give up-and-coming bands another place to play and provide practice space for bands who would otherwise practice in someone's garage or basement.

Before Google, I spent the summer building a program that would look at what websites you would go to and what websites other people would go to - and built a collaborative filtering program that helped you find related sites to look at.

James Brown is the perfect example of flashy but classy. Classy doesn't have to mean boring. His gear was flamboyant but without being so over the top. The cape was probably the biggest part of his persona. He looked like Superman.

I've realized you can use a fork as a spoon if you use it rapidly enough.