It’s getting hot in here

Democratic criticism, conservative Republican opposition, quotes I’d rather not be reading right now.
“I understand speed is important, but I’m far more interested in whether or not we get this right.” — Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn.
“I believe if the credit markets are not functioning, that jobs will be lost, that our credit rate will rise, [...]

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Who turned off the lights?

On my way to work I pass by a Fidelity Investments retail office. Signs promote their 401k rollover services and a nice lounge is outfitted with comfy couches, free coffee and a large flat-panel TV.
I usually glance at the TV as I walk by. Its always on CNBC and every now and then someting in [...]

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NY Times Coverage of Fannie/Freddie Bailout

Add to Porfolio?
Well, they do say buy low, sell high… I doub’t that was the intention here. (See the bottom of the image, the story is about the U.S. Government bailout of the morgatge companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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Ad Slogan of the day

“Today’s lesson: ‘Meat You Maker’. Rollover to be Educated” — Holiday Inn, “Masters of Business Accomodations” campaign.

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JAVA_HOME on Mac OS X 10.5

I normally don’t mess with Java so this is likely a trivial point, I could very well be stating the most obvious of obvious things.
The documentation for Amazon’s EC2 Web Service actually had a well written explanation, but who reads? Scanning the setup instructions I saw:

Java. — Check, I got that
Java JRE version 1.5 — [...]

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Salesforce.com is not a substitute for communication

I recently received a nice, polite, relevant email from an account exec. who works for a Social Media company. No surprise there, a few weeks ago I went to a networking event this company was a sponsor. Nothing to weird right, they sponsored a great event, making it very affordable for a bunch of interesting [...]

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Comcast Sucks

And comcast continues to suck —in a big way, thank you MSM for starting to pick this up and thank you New York and Andrew Cuomo for calling out Comcast on behalf of less than half of one percent of its subscribers.
The revelation that Comcast paid nonemployees to stand in line at the hearing [...]

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