Archive for the ‘Commentary’ Category
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
I was chatting with family a couple of weeks ago and he was recalling how tiny the content window was on one of the services he uses. There was this little window that had everything he wanted to see, and the rest of the screen was plastered with ads. Then ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
Early retirement is a dream of many Americans -- one that can be achieved by sacrificing early in one's life to tuck away enough of a nest egg that the possibility of outliving one's money is remote, or at least easily fixed. This is a good think to achieve, right? ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
Today Exxon Mobil announced an $11.68 billion profit for the second quarter of 2008, which works out to about $1,500 per second, as the media are reporting. This statement reminds me of the kind of envy that dripped from Microsoft articles in the 1990s. Bill Gates' income was a ...
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
One of my colleagues is turning 50 on Monday. Two of her group members plastered a big "Over the Hill" sign across her door with a big 5-0 above it. She has to either duck under the sign, or take the sign down, to get into her office. She won't ...
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