If I were a pro blogger

I would pay someone to make this Blog look less crappy.  Or if I were a pro, I would know how to change the layout without having it look like crap in the interim.


As is, making this look less crap-like is #6 on my to do list today.


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Good luck to all in Japan trying to sort things out.

Microsoft Internet Explorer is my new ex-friend

1. Apple had a big iPad day yesterday. The iPad 2 launch was sold out all over the place.

2. I had to uninstall Microsoft Internet Explorer again. 

3. Another natural disaster, this time in Japan.

While we have had a lot of disasters lately, I hope we don’t have another one any time soon. 

On one and two, this is still not an Apple house other than a few iPods but that  won’t last forever.  I like the functionality of my Gmail account almost as much as that of Outlook, and it is way better in some ways. I can feel the end of the Microsoft stronghold on the operating system coming closer, but in terms of my browser, the virus/bug I got this week in IE was truly ridiculous.

While IE has been the default browser on this laptop since I got it, I have also downloaded Firefox and Chrome to play around with.  The bottom line on the other two is that while they feel faster, I didn’t want to spend the time to learn the tricks and shortcuts until this week. I have now switched to Chrome permanently.  The IE browser bug went as follows:  about 50% of the time I opened a new tab in an existing window or clicked on a link, the new tab would open, crash, open again the go crazy and tell me that my IE has gone off to software heaven.

I ran virus scans with Norton and Malwarebytes, Googled a fix, asked on Twitter, searched on Twitter.  Either I was the only person with that problem or nobody cares about the problem. I am joining that latter camp.

CEVA

Is CEVA refueling its rockets for another big move? It is probably a good takeout candidate give what is going on in the smartphone space.


The stock is not cheap but its market cap is so small that INTC could swallow it in a heartbeat. Or ARMH.

Switching Gears Maybe

I know that Shaniqua is not gonna like this but since everybody else quit blogging (go Twitter) I think I MIGHT start up again. Or maybe not.

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Don't read Barron's. It's bad for you.

BUY GOLD. And iPads.

Macau Casinos - Unsustainable?

"On the mainland, wealthy punters deposit their money in what are called "junkets," organisations widely believed to be controlled by triad gangs.

Once in Macau, the junkets dispense the money back to individuals, and extend credit, often two to three times the amount originally deposited with them. They bring the VIPs to the casinos, and are paid huge commissions. Back on the mainland, punters who fail to pay up face menacing debt collectors."

Right over here.

This Winter Sucks