Nice of Apple to issue a buggy software upgrade for its computers. My secretary ran the upgrade and now her tow year old Apple desktop...

After Fidelity’s absurdly bad web site performance, I’m especially open to new ideas on which brokerage firms to use to invest. So, it’s...

The Obamacare web site looks great when compared to Fidelity’s web site. Not once but twice, Fidelity’s computer systems have failed and...

A wonderful, biting post by the Epicurean Dealmaker as to the life and fate of young investment bankers. Young lawyers no doubt could...

A plea from a father in Spain is a good impetus for another post on the critical needs for bone marrow donations to aid persons facing...

Frequent readers have seen several "off topic" posts ripping Verizon’s lousy 4G service. Happily, those are at an end – I just switched...

Dying while asleep is usually viewed as a peaceful end to life. But that’s not always true. Not so long, a man in Florida died asleep in...

Dilbert provides valuable "context" on management books. #Offtopic

"Hawkey day" in Chicago. Red is everywhere as Chicagoans of all kinds and ages are out to celebrate the Blackhawk’s winning the Stanley...

Investing in a new Verizon Jetpack 4G modem in like investing in stocks – some days are good, and some days (and locations) are awful. Of...

From the WSJ this morning, the story behind the iconic photo of 1 man and 4 tanks in Tiananmen Square. #Offtopic

"Return of the Hero" is a moving and pointed Memorial Day story about an amazing woman in war and in death. The story is from a wonderful...

Great graphics can communicate so much information. For anyone interested in debates about corporate tax rate, the NYT has a great online...

Happy Friday. A new post by the Epicurean Dealmaker runs a skewer through pretty much every part of the media coverage of and the...

From the Tuesday April 9 entry from the Visual Thesaurus – Word of the Day "Well I Swear! Word of the Day: perjury The -jury part of...

Internet thieves certainly are creative. Nature just published this story on Internet thieves creating fake web sites for two science ...

Who knew. Grover Norquist of course is famous/infamous for his tax pledge postures. But iin the fall of 2002, he also submitted a letter...

Zero. Zip. None. Nada. That’s the level of 3G wireless modem service this morning on at least 20 miles of train ride on Metra’s Southwest...

Thanksgiving Day has arrived for those of us in the United States and Canada. It’s a day with a point, and feasting. Our Thanksgiving...

Doug McConnell is back in the water to raise money for ALS research. Last year it was the English Channel. On the morning he landed in...