Do you remember that old point about “inflection points” from “Only the paranoid survive”?
We had that great looking chart of various IT companies IBM, DEC etc. which had the entire stack of technology all by themselves. The hardware (often right from the chip), and the sofware. Then that model went bust with Microsoft dominating the [...]
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What does the “Singing Sensation” Susan Boyle tell us about our Society?
Posted in Incidental-musing, Media, tagged ageism, anti-rural sentiment, britain's got talent, Bryan Williams on Susan Boyle, Media, reality TV, Simon Cowell, societal descrimination, Susan Boyle on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I would be surprised if you have not yet heard or listened to Susan Boyle considering the saturation coverage this singing sensation has recieved. On the off chance that you haven’t, here it is…
You would agree that she has exceptional voice and unusual vocal range and she is evidently well trained. [...]
American recovery and reinvestment plan…. Whatever!
Posted in Economy, Energy technology, Environment, Environmentalism, Financial Markets, Incidental-musing, Investment, Legislation, Media, Stockmarket, Technology, Thought-Trails, tagged American recovery and reinvestment plan, Broadband internet access, Conservative Economists, Depression, Economic Depression, Financial Markets, Global depression, Global Economy, Global Recession, Green Energy, High speed rail roads in US, House, Hybrid cars, John Kenneth Galbraith, Liberal Economists, Main Street, National Power grid, Senate, stock markets, Tax breaks, Tax cuts, US Economy, US House of representatives, US Infrastructure, US Politics, US recession, US Senate, world economy on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
House passes the granduosly named American recovery and reinvestment plan, and, it is irrelevant at this point. For this plan is not far sighted enough nor does it change the game in any way. But don’t blame the president for this, for he was just working with in the boundaries of consitution. Fact is this [...]
Informative article on nytimes
Posted in Economy, Financial Markets, Incidental-musing, Investment, Stockmarket, tagged Economy, financial institutions, Financial Markets, Global Economy, Interesting books, risk, US Economy on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is the link to an informative article on nytimes, detailing the genesis and circumstances associated with the quantification of risk in a portfolio.
The book mentioned at the beginning of the article “Against the gods” is a part of a series of excellent books by Peter L Bernstein: Capital Ideas, Against the gods and The [...]
Its panic time at the stock market but just like any panic attack, this will pass…
Posted in Economy, Financial Markets, Incidental-musing, Investment, Stockmarket, tagged Benjamin Graham, Financial Markets, stock markets on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today the Dow Jones fell by about 390 points and simultaneously crude oil went up by about $10 per barrel. As usual with the market analysts, we have some cookie cutter explanations. Jobs report showing a fifth straight month of losses is supposed to have triggered a wall street collapse, even though the actual fall [...]
Interesting article
Posted in Incidental-musing, tagged Inspirational quotes on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
check out this article in NYTimes.
That’s why they say:
Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Choose your words, for they become actions. Understand your actions, for they become habits. Study your habits, for they will become your character. Develop your character, for it becomes your destiny.
Revenge of the nerds??? Nobel Lauretes discuss economy… hold your breath, on CNBC!!!!!
Posted in Economy, Financial Markets, Incidental-musing, Investment, Stockmarket, tagged CNBC, Edmund Phelps, Financial Markets, Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laurete's, Robert Engle, Robert Shiller, stock markets, US Economy on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Check out these video’s on CNBC. Nobel Laureates in economics discuss US economy on CNBC, which despite being a business channel, never had this quality in its programming in years…
http://www.cnbc.com/id/24311464
http://www.cnbc.com/id/24313079
Check out all the videos. Great stuff. Generally speaking, i am not a huge fan of CNBC. I think they are just a bunch of cheerleaders [...]
No Soap in the Restroom? Blame the mortgage crisis!!! So typical… and characteristic
Posted in Idiocies & Ironies, Incidental-musing, tagged Bank of America, Corporate cost cutting, Cost cutting drives, Mortgage crisis results, stock markets on January 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here’s a funny story gleaned from nytimes. This may or may not be true, most likely, the bureaucracy in Bank of America did think it up but retracted once it was publicized. When i read this article, i remembered another incident quite some time back where we too faced shortage of soap in the [...]
Free news online will cost journalism dearly – Los Angeles Times
Posted in Incidental-musing, Technology, tagged LATimes, Newspaper industry, Role of Newspaper on December 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Disclaimer: I regularly buy newspapers like NYTimes, LATimes, SFO Chronicle & Wall Street Journal. I also buy books and infact have bought the same books multiple times when i either lost, loaned & lost, gifted or misplaced them. I am also a regular visitor of NYTimes.com and other similar sites.
The reason for the above disclaimer [...]
So where should climate change efforts start from?
Posted in Environment, Incidental-musing, Legislation, tagged california climate legislation, Climate change, Environmental Protection Agency on December 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This would be amusing if it were not so loathsome.
Kyoto protocol was not ratified for eons literally, which could have hopefully made a difference to our environment. Bali summit dragged on and on, discussing what to discuss in the next round of discussions. Now, Federal administration refuses to allow California to enact its own environmental [...]
Thoughts on Henry Blodget’s Alley Insider article…
Posted in Incidental-musing, Technology, tagged Google, Google Apps, Google Knol, henry blodget, microsoft, Wireless spectrum on December 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here is the article i referred to in the title. I notice a sense of “Inevitability” to this and similar articles / blogentries / comments etc. IMPO (In my personal opinion), this is that old standby of journalism and opinion making, smooth out the edges – conclude the article (SOTECTA in short). For [...]
Google, a lot of good moves some inexplicable…
Posted in Incidental-musing, Technology, tagged Google, Knol, Wikipedia on December 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is a nytimes story about google – microsoft powwow and this one is about google Knol, which i do not think is such a good idea after all. Wikipedia is a great thought, brilliantly executed and reaching a point where it becomes a de-facto standard. A new concept even one promoted by google will [...]
One device too many
Posted in Incidental-musing, Technology, tagged Consumer electronic devices, Device overload on November 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Have you noticed the number of electronic devices you have? Digital music player (One, or more depending on how many iPod’s you bought!), a digital camera, a mobile phone, USB based data storage device (again multiple depending on how many you bought along with your various other purchases) are the minimum you will find cluttered around. And [...]
Anti-dote for news junkies
Posted in Incidental-musing, Stockmarket, tagged Comedy, John Stewart, Media, Network news, News, Satire, Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, TV on October 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was a news junkie some time back. When the television set was turned on, it was tuned to either of a couple of news channels. When i woke up in the morning, one of the first things i did was to tune into news, unless ofcourse, when i never bothered to switch off the [...]
One can of soda…
Posted in Incidental-musing on October 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Over the past couple of months, i have noticed at least four, otherwise totally sane people, talking to themselves. And it is not talking to themselves, as in, thinking aloud. For instance there was this old lady, who is walking along a road to a convenience store, all along muttering to her self, “one can [...]
