Cars & Money
Seen on a blog: Cars are a horrible indicator of wealth.
This is so true. I can remember some years ago, out driving, and seeing some luxury cars, and thinking it must be nice to be rich enough to afford that. Thing is, many of those folks aren’t making any more, or much more, that [...]
The Yahoo Saga Goes On
So Ballmer at Microsoft and Icahn, the Billionaire Yahoo shareholder seem to be in cahorts to remove the present Yahoo Board and Jerry Yang, the CEO.
I cna see that on recent performance that Icahn has some valid points. Google continues to gorw market share, while Yahoo’s continues to shrink.
However, what concerns me is that Microsoft [...]
Saving Energy
We just got this months electricity bill. Now, I’m never one to get excited about paying bills, particularly the ones that stay with you until your dying day - i.e taxes, power, water,regime fees and so on.
At least, hopefully, you eventually make the final car or mortgage payment, and while they usually get a [...]
Wasted Time
More time wasted with sucky Windows.
I have a client who wants her computer restored back to life. The XP OS has gotten so corrupted the only sensible course of action is to re-install it.
However, as Microsoft have this real stupid OEM system, where only a copy of Windows for a particular brand will work on [...]
Microsoft Does It Again
Now, I make no secret that I’m not a Microsoft fan. Not any kind of anti-corporate stance particularly, just that by and large I think their software sucks.
I had to smile a few days ago though. I know it’s a beta version, but I installed a copy of IE8 on a winbox here. I NEVER [...]
