Archive for the ‘Commentary’ Category

Do we not want to own media anymore?

Friday, May 6th, 2011

Last weekend I was looking around in a couple of stores for some CD storage.  The first store I went to I actually had to ask an employee where they were because it took me so long to find where they were.  "Are CDs on the way out already?" I ...

Your home mortgage debt is not an asset

Saturday, March 12th, 2011

There's a place for spin, and then there's a place for silliness.  A Forbes.com article on MSN gives six reasons that should encourage you to love your mortgage.  Some may argue that the Forbes.com take on mortgages is a glass-is-half-full position, but I don't even think it passes that sniff ...

CAPTCHAnomics

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

If you have at least one website going that has any kind of user interaction whatsoever -- heck, if you have an e-mail address -- then you've had the pleasure of dealing with spammers.  It's always going to be a cat-and-mouse game with spam comments, e-mail, user registrations, trackbacks, etc.  ...

Number 1 NFL draft vs. architecture degree

Saturday, January 8th, 2011

I wasn't anywhere close to being an athlete in either high school or college, so I never would have been posed this question.  Nor do I really follow football. The headline of Frugal Dad's latest roundup, Turning Down Millions for a College Degree, makes reference to a statement by Andrew Luck, ...