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How’s Business?-Here’s A Good Indicator
All the business news shows spend most of their time speculating on whether or not the recession is over and looking for ways to measure how American business is responding to the economic downturn. Here’s one of our favorite indicators. … Continue reading
The Only Thing They Grow On This Farm Is Money
My Facebook page was constantly clogged with friends’ postings about games like Farm Ville and Mafia Wars, so I was really happy when someone showed me how to eliminate this sort of posting to my feed. “Yes, I like you, … Continue reading
Hey Godaddy! You’re Driving Us Crazy
Over the years I have registered a lot of domain names. We got into web development about 15 years ago and now there are about 300 url’s on our domain farm. Some good. Some not so good. I recently went … Continue reading
That Song You Can’t Get Out Of Your Head
You know that feeling that you have “a radio in your head” and some song gets stuck there and you can’t stop hearing it? New research on “no battery” electrical devices at Duke University might someday mean that you really … Continue reading
Hey Steve! Here’s A Roll of Black On Us
Apple has been taking a beating over problems with the antenna of the new iPhone, and it has been interesting to hear the reasons, the excuses, and the solutions regarding this problem. The most recent (and our favorite) way to … Continue reading
Why Did This Take So Long?
By the time you reach my age, changing batteries in the remote control (or anything else) usually starts with a search for my reading glasses. If I can put the batteries in the wrong way, I will. Microsoft (go figure?) … Continue reading
Who Really Profits From The “White Space” Frequency Reallocation?
I have written a number of times regarding the recent decision by the FCC to outlaw wireless mics operating in the 700 MHz range, the so called “white space” frequency allocation that has been part of the roll out of … Continue reading
What’s Google Up To Now?
Some dismiss Google’s announcement that they plan to enter the business of providing broadband internet service as just more dabbling by a company that has too much money. They will probably regret it. Taking on the problem of slow internet … Continue reading
Monster Cable Says “Thank You” But “No, You’re Not Invited”
We sell speaker cables. Lots of cables. They are intended for the pro audio market and and work great in high end concert and audio visual production. They’re fairly priced and come with a solid guarantee. I’m always amazed at … Continue reading
No Wonder Google Wants To Sell Hardware
The ongoing battle between the Google mobile operating system for cell phones and Apple’s IPhone was accelerated last week with the release of the Nexus One, a smart phone that is actually branded as a Google device. There has been … Continue reading