Archive for August 1st, 2012

Windows 8 â€“ Well I Am Scared

Posted on August 1st, 2012

by Simon Barrett in All News, Technology News

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Microsoft has hits and misses, but all companies do. Fortunately most of the â€˜what on earth were they thinkingâ€™ Falls on the shoulders of few people. Personally I like the 70â€™s Pacer and Gremlin cars. They are uniquely ugly, impractical, and a real head turner. Who could not love these Ugly Ducklings? Software is a [...]

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Olympics Coverage â€“ Possibly (for once) NBC Not To Blame?

Posted on August 1st, 2012

by Simon Barrett in All News, Olympic Coverage, Op-ed

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For once I cannot pin the blame of NBC. Everyone does it. The damn medal rankings. In my mind a Gold Medal has greater weight than a Silver, which in turn has more weight than a Bronze. Now to be fair, winning any of these medals is a lifetime achievement for any athlete. An Olympic [...]

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WSJ/MarketWatch Donâ€™t Understand Payday Loans

Posted on August 1st, 2012

by Lawrence Meyers in Economic News, Op-ed

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The July 29 article which appears on Marketwatch.com and the Wall Street Journal, â€œSteer Clear of Payday Loansâ€ by Jennifer Waters, is yet another example of misrepresentations and poor research by an uneducated consumer writer regarding a useful credit product. What few consumer writers and advocates ever want to admit is that users of the [...]

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