Broback's Blog

Nowhere at carbonite.com can you find out how to remove the (ugh.) Mac version. It’s the roach motel of backup apps. http://bit.ly/ibJh # Just deleted my tivo season pass to Meet the Press. Without Russert, it’s just not the same… # At our Vegas Party: “LeVar Burton Interviews Robert Scoble, and then Seduces Sarah Austin […]

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Wall Street Journal reporter Elizabeth Garone says that if you want to help your office go green, here are a few practical steps: When using paper, print on both sides. Sharing a document? Use a USB drive or email a copy rather than printing. Instead of bottled water, install a water filter on the office […]

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…and the accomplished Ms. Ho is planning an ambitious new casino in Macau.

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The elusive blogger known as Mini Microsoft has advocated the following for years: Let’s slim down Microsoft into a lean, mean, efficient customer pleasing profit making machine! Mini-Microsoft, Mini-Microsoft, lean-and-mean! I’ve always felt that many of the writings of this anonymous MS employee seem to echo the notion that nine women can’t produce a baby […]

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Very cute. An article just a little too good to be true has appeared on the New York Times site and seems to “predict” the current economic mess, while placing much of the blame on the Clinton administration. Here are some choice snippets from “Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending” (emphasis mine:) The […]

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8/1/2008: Kristin Alexander at the office of the Attorney General quickly got back to me on this. She says she can’t conform nor deny that there is an investigation going on. Many states Atty Generals are chasing after the culprits (UBS, Merrill) who pushed toxic Auction Rate Securities on an unsuspecting public. New York and […]

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Ingenious. 1)  Find some hedge fund rubes who actually think their stock picking “talent” can more than overcome the massive headwinds imposed by their fees, costs and expenses. 2) Bet them a million bucks that they can’t generate higher net returns for clients than an index that tracks the S&P over the long term. 3) […]

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