Fred Wilson, who I think has taken more vacations in the last year than Michelle Obama (off the top of my head, for Fred: Buenos Aires, Vail, Paris, someplace in Italy), hopes the Skype IPO will be the one to “get things going again.” Maybe. But when early investors (the smart/lucky money) are selling, someone [...]

In the previous post on this, I wrote,
I had an idea to develop something like this, a year ago or so, but I couldn’t think of a solution to the problem of the vacuum noise.
It looks like the Shed Vac folks haven’t either. As soon as I switched the motor on, Cheryl’s cats fled in [...]

We saw an infomercial for the Shed Vac over the weekend and we bought one (actually, two-for-one).

I had an idea to develop something like this, a year ago or so, but I couldn’t think of a solution to the problem of the vacuum noise. I had a dog years ago who actually liked getting [...]

Christmas, Everytown…
An artist’s rendition of the upcoming Portfolio Armor iPhone app

Update: For those who didn’t catch the allusion:

Destiny Media Technologies (OTC BB: DSNY.OB) announced today that it won its patent litigation against competitor Yangaroo. I don’t own any Destiny Media, having sold at $0.45 last fall, but I would consider buying it again if its shares get cheap enough. In this market, I wouldn’t be surprised if that happens.

One of a few recent articles about whether gold is a bubble appeared in the Wall Street Journal last week, “Is gold the latest bubble?”. From the WSJ article,
Second, before we assume the gold bubble has hit its peak, let’s see how it compares with the last two bubbles — the tech mania of the [...]

Also in today’s FT, Craig Venter & Co create the world’s first synthetic life form, “Scientists create synthetic life form with a computer and four bottles of chemicals”.
When I was in high school, a student told a credulous English teacher that scientists had already done this, but of course they hadn’t. The kid was [...]