A few minutes ago, I was in the process of writing another post that mentioned cryptocurrency. I decided to check when was the first time I mentioned cryptocurrency on Borden's Blather, and it was way back in February 2015. I had written a post about my acquisition of $1.00 worth of Bitcoin, which was the … Continue reading As Always, Hindsight is 20/20
The following is an excerpt from a statement issued by YouTube on November 11, 2021: "... earlier this year, YouTube experimented with the dislike button to see whether or not changes could help better protect its creators from harassment, and reduce dislike attacks — where people work to drive up the number of dislikes on … Continue reading Co-Founder of YouTube Dislikes Google’s Decision to Make Dislike Count Private; I Like It
Somehow, I got the opening piano notes to a song stuck in my head last week, and I just could not think of what song they went with: I tried humming the opening into Siri, but to no avail. I scrolled through my playlist, it wasn't any of those songs. I mentally went through some … Continue reading Music Monday: It Was on the Tip of My Tongue for a Week
The Staples Center is one of the most well-known sports and entertainment venues in the U.S. The arena is home to the NBA's Lakers and Clippers, the NHL's Kings, and the WNBA's Sparks. Nineteen Grammy Award ceremonies have been held at the venue and it regularly hosts concerts from chart-topping music artists. Several high-profile events, … Continue reading The End of an Era
The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article this week about how many of us are suffering from alert overload. It could be a calendar alert, a news alert, an email alert, a text alert, etc. And if there are sounds set to go with those alerts, your phone, laptop, tablet, desktop, or watch will … Continue reading Snap, Crackle, Pop! Is That My Phone, My Laptop, or My Watch?
There has been a lot written about the Metaverse in the past few weeks. It was a bit confusing, and I thought one way for me to learn about it would be to write about it. So this post is more for my own benefit, but if anyone wants to read and watch along with … Continue reading A Brief Look at the Metaverse
This week's newsletter from Dan Pink contained links to a few websites that turn less into more. One of those sites was Just the Punctuation. Here is how it works: You paste some text into a box hit the submit button the program clears away all the words all that is left is just the … Continue reading This May Be My Best Post Ever
Prior to the start of one of my classes this morning, I looked around the room at the students who had arrived early. At this point there were about 10-15 students, about half the class. I then noticed every one of them had something in common. No, they weren’t all wearing Villanova Basketball t-shirts. No, … Continue reading The Times They Are a Changin’…
This is why I avoid investing in individual stocks. Each year, the incoming freshmen in our School of Business read a book as part of our Read to Lead program. The book then becomes the basis for discussion throughout the Intro to Business class they take during their first semester. This year the book was … Continue reading Sales Revenue Up! Profits Up! Number of Subscribers Up! Stock Price???
Walk on the moon in your pajamas? Watch a baseball game from the pitcher’s mound? Frolic in a field of unicorns—or be a unicorn yourself? (I'm looking at you, Tippy.) Such scenarios, according to tech visionaries, will all be possible in the future, in what is referred to as the metaverse. Here is the meaning … Continue reading The Metaverse Is Coming! The Metaverse Is Coming!
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