TCM Widget

See the stars.

Webbing Up

The future of search engines

http://yubnub.org/

The search for cool things.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/

Green Time

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/business/11solar.html?em


A great article. This could be a fantastic jobs program like the WPA projects of the 1930s. Wind and solar can make a difference!

Blogger's Guilt

I guess I start to feel guilty when I don't write anything. Been having great fun playing with MS Excel add-ins and SQL. Still reading a dense text on decision theory. Well, that's it for moi!

Virtual DVR

Read a fascinating article in NY Times today about a court case that involves cable companies' development of virtual DVRs . We all know what that means - skipping commericals and eventual authentic "movies on demand."

Tech Page at NY Times

This is one of my favorite sites. Every day I am amazed at the new products and services being developed. The ongoing story of Yahoo and its founder and Microsoft and Ichan etc will end up (I think) as a classic business case at HBS. I thank the NY Times for keeping me informed.

Yahoo grew at "only" 6% last quarter while Google grew at 39%. So called "analysts" (I think the syllable "anal" is the key idea here) contend that the difference in growth rates denotes a crisis at Yahoo. This is yet another example of absurd expectations - expectations rooted in no sense of reality.

When will the government - mainly the SEC - certify analysts (just like traders and brokers are licensed) if analysts can wield so much influence?

Monty Hall Problem

I have been surfing the many sites that deal with this phenomenon. Amazing how counter intuitive pure logic can be.