Category Archives: Opinion

Tonight, I drove a Tesla around the Four Seasons "complex" in Palo Alto. As a 6’5" lanky guy, my expectations were low about comfort. I was pleasantly surprised when I slipped behind the wheel in relative comfort. First, the care … Continue reading →

A friend of mine that runs a fairly high profile consumer goods company. Here is what he wrote about being on the front lines of currency devaluation, inflation, and the “R word”: Well here is the news from the front … Continue reading →

On Friday, Andy Ruff, Lead Program Manager for Entourage at Microsoft, called to discuss the database import issue that I was experiencing when moving from Entourage 2004 to 2008. Before getting into any details on the "solution," it was very … Continue reading →

Nutshell = Bad. I made the mistake of running out and getting Office:mac 2008 on the hope that Entourage would finally work with Exchange. First, you are plagued with “Comparability Mode” that makes the suite terrible on a PC. Now … Continue reading →

On a hunch, I bought gold (GLD) on December 24th, 2007. Well, in a matter of a few days, the price of GLD has gone up nearly 10%. Interesting. I am thinking to double down, as I have nothing to … Continue reading →

After my 17″ Mac Book Pro caught fire the other day and then the replacement MacBook broke again, I decided to turn my Lenovo X61 Tablet into a “Ruby on Rails” development environment for TheFunded.com. It is well known that … Continue reading →

It’s Christmas Eve, and I purchased a bunch of GLD. It just seemed like a logical investment given the market uncertainty. We shall see. The purchase was inspired by http://www.covestor.com. It might be worth researching some portfolio strategies using this … Continue reading →

It seems like the difference between success and failure these days boils down to an ounce of something special. To eliminate the image from the Simpsons of “mayo left in the sun,” let’s call it magic sauce. It normally boils … Continue reading →