For I am root
For all sysadmins out there… Al Lowe | World’s Best Resignation Letter?
Take The AQ Test
Wired 9.12: Take The AQ Test
Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge’s Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those […]
Stroumbo is the man, bro
CBC >> the hour
First George calls his mom on live TV to make sure she is actually watching, and tells her he loves her on the air… then tonight with Peter Mansbridge from Jerusalem talking about the Israeli election…
George: “… Peter Mansbridge, make check you out The National tonight, they are in Jerusalem tonight. […]
Bush Was Set on Path to War
Common Dreams | Bush Was Set on Path to War, Memo by British Adviser Says, found at matthewgood/mblog
But behind closed doors, the president was certain that war was inevitable. During a private two-hour meeting in the Oval Office on Jan. 31, 2003, he made clear to Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain that he […]
THI ain’t HIgh
I hate to say it but…
I told you so.
I’m getting good at this game. I the last six months I’ve called AAPL, GOOG, and BBD.SV on the downside, and CCO, PCA, and G among others on the up.
Getting back to Tim Horton’s…
To the dumba$$ morning radio jock at KISS 98.5 in Buffalo…. A […]
On tech and business
I was talking to the wife this evening about the irrational behaviour of the retail investors that don’t know how to value a company and pay $38 a share for Tim Hortons, and some of the other business related commentary I have (some posted here). She asked me “Why aren’t you in finance?” […]
Podcast sustainability 3
Previous posts:
Podcast sustainability
Podcast sustainability 2
From the latter, I wrote:
Executive summary
Marketing in new-economy media (text, audio, or video) requires value-added advertisements, regardless if the product or service provides any (true) value. Put a short-lived promo code in the ad to entice attention by providing some sort of discount (read: value to the consumer). It has worked […]
Timmy’s IPO ceiling price raised - now over-over valued
The price has been set $22-24USD ($25-27CAD) for a stake in Canada’s favourite coffee shoppe. The underwriters, Goldman, Sachs & Co., JPMorgan, RBC Capital Markets and Scotia Capital, are salivating at this over valuation because it means more money for them. But go read the prospectus.
After a number of years […]
Look in your own backyard before complaining about your neighbour’s
CBC News - Senator fires back at U.S. family upset with seal hunt
This family from Minnesota is telling everyone they know to boycot visiting Canada because of the killing of animals.
The McLellan family had written to Canadian senators to say they cancelled a vacation in Canada because of the hunt, which they called “horrible” and […]
Podcast sustainability 2
This is a follow up to this commentary that raised questions but did not provide any value-added ideas about alternatives.
I refuse to waste my time listening to the various “advertisements” that are cut-and-pasted into podcasts. Yes… they are cut and pasted because they break the flow, and have no place in the content […]