It isn’t easy to get staples at Staples
Last night I went to Staples to get some staples. A small box will last me years.
Sorry said the nice young man. We don’t have any staples in stock. They did have candy and chocolates at the cash.
It would seem that Staples should have staples like MacDonald’s have hamburgers and Canadian Tire will have tires and batteries. Continue reading
55th Grammy Awards
The annual Grammy Award is the most coveted award for musicians.
This year’s winners represent the best in new and old artists from around the world who have made an impression in the United States.
As a side note, the Latin music market in the United States is so large they have their own separate Latin Grammy Awards. Continue reading
The $239 billion loss in market value is a vote of no confidence in Apple’s future
Apple stock dropped from a high of $705 per share in September 2012 to $450 yesterday, a loss of $239 billion in market value in just 4 months.
Apple-aholics and shareholders hope this is an aberration but historically high-flying stocks generally have nowhere to go but down.
In the stock market, there are stars and dogs. Apple is now a dog, something I predicted in August 2012.
Apple’s first problem is they are selling old technology after leading the market in touch phones and tablets. Samsung Galaxy is the hot new brand.
Windows 8 start screen (photo TechRadar)
The reality is that Fujitsu is not making computers that people want.
The tech media are falling all over themselves reporting the misleading statement by Fujitsu president Masami Yamamoto.
He said that Windows 8 has depressed sales of his company’s computers.
Windows 8 ad with Payal Balse and Prosenjit Kundu
Microsoft has a series of international ads for Windows 8 including this one based on a Bollywood movie.
The dancers use dance moves to show how easy Windows 8 is.
Woody Guthrie on stealing songs
Kirby Ferguson has just posted a 10 minute TED talk debunking the claim by Apple that it created and has the patent on the smart phone.
Ferguson is the filmmaker behind the Everything Is A Remix series of videos.
His TED lecture shows how “the nature of both creativity and innovation revolves around building on the works of others, but that both copyright and patent laws are based on the exact opposite belief — that creativity and innovation springs new from one’s head, and thus deserves some form of property rights.” Continue reading
If you like tall ships, sail and dreams of a by-gone era, the Halifax Tall Ships Festival is a treat. The Festival is free, with a $5 fee charged to actually walk onto the boats.
