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Guest Post – Eric D.

My friend Eric has been mentioned in this space before as one of the “Ralph Moneybags” crew.  He sent me an email recently in which he raised a few thoughts I think are worth sharing.  I hope you do as well, and I’ve taken the liberty, with Eric’s permission to post an edited down version.

If you live in the Bay Area, you should check out Eric’s band, the Jack Aces.  Search around – there are videos!  I know we try to keep this space pretty apolitical, but although some of what he writes is in a political content, they’re really more substantive issues that aren’t part of the conversation, no matter how you feel about one answer or another.  The point he gets to toward the end was summed up nicely by old KrisNothing ain’t worth nothing but it’s free. Let’s hear what you think! Continue reading

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Eyes Of The World

The recent events in Times Square brought to mind a line from the Dead and a thought about business.
NYC’s bacon was pretty much saved by street vendors. Like security cameras, they are constantly surveying the area near them. Unlike those cameras, they are able to interpret what they’re seeing and make immediate notes of what’s different or out-of-place, which is what happened over the weekend. So of course, this came to mind: Continue reading

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Apple’s Jericho Moment

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Did you play with an iPad this weekend? I didn’t – too busy enjoying the sunshine and warm weather to go stand in line to get it and hunker down to test it. Maybe later. But apparently a lot of people did – several hundred thousand if one is to believe all the reports out there.  The reviews are mostly positive although there’s one aspect to the device that I find a huge negative and I’m comfortable asking you guys about it even if neither of us has handled the thing ourselves. Continue reading

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