I was dropping off a friend of mine at a car repair place on the other side of town last night when I decided to pick up some McDonald’s chicken
Category: Business
The Problem with Investing in Imaginary GoodsThe Problem with Investing in Imaginary Goods
Today, Zynga’s stock kind of went into a tailspin downwards. Zynga, in case you’re not aware, is famous for building software that used to consist of games you could play
Virgin Mobile’s Iphone Offering Could be a Game ChangerVirgin Mobile’s Iphone Offering Could be a Game Changer
Virgin Mobile announced that it is now going to selling an Iphone with a monthly plan that costs $30. Of course, the buy-in price is $549 for the 8GB Iphone.
When did softdrink bottlers begin smuggling out CIA messages to its agents?When did softdrink bottlers begin smuggling out CIA messages to its agents?
This afternoon, I opened up a nice, cool, refreshing bottle of diet Dr Pepper and was about to drink it down when I noticed that there were printed alphanumeric characters
Author’s Guild gains class action status vs. Google but do they really represent all authors?Author’s Guild gains class action status vs. Google but do they really represent all authors?
There’s an interesting case that’s making headlines right now about how Google was attempting to push the Author’s Guild out of the suit to sue Google for its Google Books
The new cover for my latest novel I’m exclusively publishing on Amazon’s KindleThe new cover for my latest novel I’m exclusively publishing on Amazon’s Kindle
I decided to try out an experiment with Amazon, and just publish this novel directly to Amazon instead of trying all of the different e-readers. Here’s the new cover, finished
Why Don’t People Trust Facebook?Why Don’t People Trust Facebook?
There’s an article today on MSNBC, indicating that according to a poll, people generally don’t trust Facebook. The reasons the article comes up with are interesting, but it left me
Yahoo CEOs Lying Proves Yet Again That Rules Only Apply to Those of Us Without PowerYahoo CEOs Lying Proves Yet Again That Rules Only Apply to Those of Us Without Power
So, it turns out that the CEO of Yahoo made up information about his college credentials, claiming to have a degree in computer science rather than in something totally unrelated
Talking About Student Loans Is Pandering; Doing Something About Student Loans Is ProgressTalking About Student Loans Is Pandering; Doing Something About Student Loans Is Progress
The latest appeal to the votes of young people involves the student loan crisis. President Obama has started to “talk” about student loans to show that he’s paying attention to
If You Own a Mac, Expect to be Spammed by Companies Who Claim to Fix VirusesIf You Own a Mac, Expect to be Spammed by Companies Who Claim to Fix Viruses
I’ve just started to receive “virus protection” emails from less than legitimate companies that never could sell their business to PC users in the past. I guess they figure that