Forbes ran an article on “Maximising Shareholder value” as the The Dumbest Idea in the World. Now reading it. Very interesting. The real market vs the expectations market In today’s paradoxical world of maximizing shareholder value, which Jack Welch himself…
Good by 2011 and hello 2012
Queen Elizabeth once commented a certain year was ‘annus horribilis’. Well for me 2011 it was one, changing jobs in difficult circumstances and not a stable home front. In the first half of the year, I was trying to increase…
Dear Galaxy (SII) autocorrect
Autocorrect fails. When I type “issit”, I don’t want “oddity”. When I type “lah”, I don’t want “lag”. When I type “liddat”, I don’t want “Lidar”. When I type “simi”, I don’t want “SIMI”. When I type “knn”, I don’t…
2011 The year in pictures.
The first picture will make click through the rest. The rest is here. Part 1, Part 2
National Geographic Photo Contest result 2011
The results are out for the annual National Geographic photo contest. As usual very moving pictures. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/ http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/12/winners-of-the-national-geographic-photo-contest-2011/100211/
Eurozone pain
This is a very simple way article on the Eurozone woes. Click on the link for the rest of the article and the 230 comments at time of writing. Eurozone crisis: We’re all dooomed! Here’s why By Tim Worstall •…
Car air-con
Dead blower fan means no air-con
A magazine is an iPad that doesn’t work
Baby with magazine or is it an iPad? video
EOF EOF
This is turning to be a very bad October 2011. First Steve Jobs passed away on 5th October and now Dennis Ritchie, yes that man, pioneer of C and Unix has passed away. RIP to the giants. link
Steve Jobs has passed away
Thank you for turning the mobile phone industry upside down and giving the telcos a sharp kick in the behind. link