Picoftheweek

Picoftheweek
Waaaaaaaay too many to count...

My Statement

"Let me emphatically say that I am not anti-Facebook (Fleecebook), anti-smart phone, anti-Microsoft, anti-Apple, anti-Google or anti-Internet. I do believe, though, that the consumer is being ripped off of his privacy, identity and purchase history. We are being herded into a Facebook corner where what we "Like" and where we go physically and on the net will be scrutinized and sold numerous times to actually corrode and erode our culture while tempting us only with convenience, high tech and flashing video screens. The unsuspecting consumers need to be aware..." - Gary Lapman

Quote of Note

“If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.”-W.C. Fields

"For the strength of the Wolf is in the Pack, and the strength of the Pack is in the Wolf." - Rudyard Kipling
"Common sense is not so common. " -Voltaire

“Fame is vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wing, but only character endures.” - Matthew McConaughey
"In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him"

"Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason" - Jerry Seinfeld

"Fleecebook is free, you (and your identity) is the product!" - Gary Lapman

"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves." - Eric Sevareid

"'Smart' phones are only smart for the cell phone providers!" - Gary Lapman

"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Charles Babbage (1791-1871)

“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity.” -Albert Einstein

"Technology creates the illusion of companionship without the intimacy of friendship." - unknown

"No worry, there's an app for that..." - Gary Lapman

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

First Day of Vacation

I had to get up early to take care of last minute Thanksgiving shopping. Also, had to deal with an Ebay no-pay clown that bought something a month agao and would not communicate or pay. Terre decided that buying a new flat screen TV at this time wasn't probably wise. It is just the visible portion of a large iceberg. Our technology is outdated and all needs to be replaced. First: the an LCD backlit with LED at 240 Hz. Next a new AV Receiver that supports HDMI. Replace the DVD player with Blue-Ray. Replace the VCR with a DVR. Get more HD service from Cox or get a Dish. It all adds up and is not easy to be sure that you are not buying some technology that will very soon be outdated. I depend a lot on the Home Theater Magazine reviews which I have found to be very honest and informative. Yesterday, I made Terre an example webpage, since she is wanting to do some advertising. I guess she was too busy to appreciate it. Really, though, I think she needs to make a daily (or almost daily) blog. Those realtors that think that they want to hear what she has to say, will subscribe. Well, enough for now. I have my grocery list and I can go now that it is late enough.
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