I am of course refering to the goings on in the Silicon Valley. Off late it appears that new dogs are barking and old ones are retiring. For example -
HP- Hew let the Pack Hurd out? Putting an old lady to work at the chief's table is not going to help when people want Gigs not Megs.
Zynga - zingged when people dropped it like a scorcher - the games they play are not.
Fakebook claims a billion - people signed up that is - not entirely sure to do what.
Oracle chief realizes that land is something that is not growing - at least the islands are not (they are all sinking with global warming) - so decides to buy some quickly before he passes on..
More pads, pods and phones later I see more phonies that pad their story than realism..
Of course you could ditch all this ogling and go research what's wrong with the world - you only need Google!
Here is another essay on the subject of first names. As in birth names. Or names provided to an offspring at birth. While the developed world tends to shy away from the exotic like Refrigerator or Coca Cola for their new production there is a plethora of Jims and Johns and Bobs or Robs. Speaking of which I do not think there is a categoric decision point at the time of birth if a child will be hereafter called as Bob. I mean have not yet met a toddler called Bob or Rob for that matter. At some point though the parental instinct to mouth out multiple syllables runs out and they switch from calling the crawler Robert to simply Robbie to Rob. Now speaking of - it is strange that the name sounds like something you would not want Rob to do - i.e. Rob anyone. Then why call someone that? After all Rob Peter to Pay Paul is not exactly a maxim to live a young life? Is it? Perhaps Peter or Paul might want to have a say in it? Then there is this matter of going to the John. Why degrad...
I recommnd ogling..it soothes the nerves, whereas googling frays them.
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