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!
This autumn the weather gods cooperated as we took a family trip in the northeast to see six states that qualify or makeup what is known colloquially in America as New England. Mass, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island (tiniest state in the union). The outing helped tally up the states we either lived in, visited or have worked in to 47. Guess which three have eluded this intrepid traveling family. Any rate the drive was all in about 1,800 miles and included some memorable geographic wonders or points of interest. Easternmost part of state of Massachusetts being one. Furthest drivable road east in Mass being another. Visit to all Ivy League schools (term harkens to a collegiate athletics conference and generally regarded as elite academic institutes of some repute worldwide) is another random bucket list item of which this trip afforded the chance to knock two more of the list. Dartmouth in Hanover, NH and Brown (and its sister institute the RISD - school f
I recommnd ogling..it soothes the nerves, whereas googling frays them.
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