Not just for Techies

I love this idea, using computers to order your food in a restaurant.  I live in an area with extremely bad service in most restaurants.  So the idea of using a computer to put in my order is an idea I would jump on.
I’m a busy person and so the restaurant model of waiting for [...]

Well, At Least it is Better than a Che Shirt

Non US Site Shutdown for Offering Cuba Trips

So the New York Times feels it is horrible that a Brit had his sites shut down for selling trips to Cuba.  Of course the angle is free speech and the US government can’t do this, etc…  The basics are, a Brit living in Spain ran a few travel sites to Cuba on .com domains.  [...]

Tougher Rules for Financials

Here’s a great article about the call for tough rules on financial instruments.  The sub prime has done us a great favor, it highlighted the problems with our financial institutions in a way you can’t hide.  Take the credit score for example, how many people actually know how this thing works?  Very few, the company [...]

AIG, Letting Go of Top Execs

Remember, told you there was more to come, and expect even more.  Some say AIG at $30 a share is possible, who knows, they are certainly headed in that direction.
 
The sad thing is, this guy is really the fall guy.  No way was it his fault alone.  In fact that company is so poorly run, [...]

I told you So, AIG

I love being right, well who doesn’t actually.  But I said in a recent post that the troubles at AIG were not over and they are not, once again, huge loses, AIG posted the worst quarterly lost in the companies entire history. 
 
You can expect that things are far worse than they are telling us.  [...]