Monthly Archives: October 2011

Daddy’s Junky Music Folds Due to Online Competition

Breaking News – Daddy’s Junky Music Closes.  Hard to believe one of the largest and most influential music stores in New England has folded under the pressures of how the music industry now does business.  Traditional brick & mortar music … Continue reading

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How Netflix Lost 800,000 Members, and Good Will – Yahoo! Finance

How Netflix Lost 800,000 Members, and Good Will – Yahoo! Finance. CEO, Reed Hastings, wasn’t sure whether customer focus groups were consulted before executing the plan to split Netflix into two companies. REALLY?  Not too savvy for a company that … Continue reading

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Fanatics Flip for Tunes on Cassette Tapes – Some Formats Won’t Die…Yet!

Fanatics Flip for Tunes on Cassette Tapes – WSJ.com.  Some formats won’t die.  To me the compact cassette was simply a convenience thing.  Sound quality would never surpass an LP or larger tape formats, but in the car it sound … Continue reading

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Stage Fright – EXPERIENCE NIAGARA USA TRAVEL BLOG

Stage Fright – EXPERIENCE NIAGARA USA TRAVEL BLOG.  ”A popular concert and events venue in downtown Niagara Falls may be haunted by the ghost of an actress who refuses to take her final bow.  The TAPS team from the popular … Continue reading

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Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera Could Change Your Point of View

A clever development for surround photography.  All thanks to very inexpensive quality cellphone camera technology.  Imagine this embedded in a football.  Hmmm…maybe a golfball?  No, I’d lose it, but what stories it could tell…What do you think?  Check out the … Continue reading

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Luminaries Respond To Steve Jobs’ Death | Daily Ticker – Yahoo! Finance

Luminaries Respond To Steve Jobs’ Death | Daily Ticker – Yahoo! Finance.  Steve Jobs was to computers what Henry Ford was to automobiles.  The Apple II was the Model T in its day.  His hardware and software innovations made the … Continue reading

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Federal retirement plans almost as costly as Social Security – USATODAY.com

Hey! Maybe we should START HERE: Federal retirement plans almost as costly as Social Security – USATODAY.com.

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