Lately, you can’t turn on the microwave without seeing something about Amazon’s new Kindle ebook reader. Now that I have more time for pleasure-reading, and being the geek I am, I was sorely tempted to buy one. I’ve had a variety of ebook readers over the years, from the Franklin to my current Sony Reader…suffice […]

OK, here’s a little holiday fun. TelevisionTunes.com has the best archive of old television theme songs I’ve found, plus a really fun “name-that-tune” game.
Can’t remember what that “bar” line was in “The Ballad of Davey Crockett?” Now you can…have fun. Just be careful with your ego: this has a lot of 70s and 80s […]

Ever sit in a meeting with 20 people when only 3 were really needed? Ever wonder what that “all hands” meeting actually costs? Ever wish you could stick it to one of those know-it-all 20-something MBAs with a dose of their own number-crunching medicine?
Yeah, me neither. But just in case you’re curious about the cost […]

Still looking for that TV fix, when you want it? Can’t find the show you want? Try Sidereel.
This is a slick site with links to online viewing of just about every popular show, plus movies, music and more. Some are legitimate links to network streams, others are, well, not so legitimate. But the streams are […]

if you’re looking for a good investment, maybe you should be looking somewhere else than the Dow for long-term performance.
This study has been around a year or so, but it clearly shows that companies performing well in the American Consumer Satisfaction Index outperform the DJIA, almost doubling the return.
So let me see if I can […]

Want to be 18 again? You can be, well, at least as an avatar.
You probably heard about them first in conjunction with Second Life. But avatars are everywhere right now, and getting lots of buzz. They’re also getting serious consideration as both marketing tools and potential targets. See this Harvard Business Review article.
If you’d […]

Back when we were all young pups, we thought we could change the world. And we did. But then, we got caught up in careers, families and all that “adult” stuff. Our altruistic selves went a bit dormant.
Now, there’s a re-awakening. More and more boomers are beginning to think about how they […]