In Apple’s Hood

Well, I’ve already been out in the snow shoveling, clearing, moving cars so the plow can get through, delivering hot chocolate to our maintenance guy, etc., and now I’m sitting here in the living room  [more...]

I'm watching CNN coverage of the shootings at Virginia Tech. I miss Bernard Shaw. News is no longer news; it is simply filler for promos and self-promotion.

I just can’t figure out how companies price things, how they manage to rack up such huge profits without a revolt from consumers. Three examples: One can of chunk light tuna at Albertsons, 99¢. Safeway: $1.29  [more...]