Thoughts for Today

SuperBowl 2010

2010-02-04T06:15:00.000-08:00

It's the Superbowl time of the year. Every year we hear the same story, irrespective of
the state of the economy companies are willing to pay millions for a minute of TV time.
Is it really worth to pay millions for a 30 second commercials on Superbowl?
Is it Justified? Do you think the shareholders of public companies should have a say in this?
Companies which are ready to spend 2-3 millions for a spot on Superbowl commercial
don't try to save the job of employees making $40K a year.
May be people think, companies are wise enough and they know if it makes sense or not
for the company. But if they are public companies they are spending the share holders money.
We know companies that have paid multi million dollar contracts for displaying their name on
sports stadiums and have gone bankrupt.

Farewell Tai Shan

2010-02-04T05:45:00.000-08:00

Tai Shan the Giant Panda, who was born at the National zoo in Washington, DC on July 9,2005 is set to leave today.He is scheduled to Leave the zoo via tractor-trailer for a flight via FedEx air freighter.He is being taken, according to an agreement with China.

Tai Shan will be transported in a crate,which weighs more than 1,300 pounds.
Tai Shan's exclusive charter flight to China will be deluxe with a motorcade, dedicated waitstaff
and in-flight meals. In-flight entertainment will be provided by their human caretakers.

iphone or Nexus One

2010-01-18T17:31:00.000-08:00

We all know the advantage iPhone has over other smart phones.But the million dollar question is will Nexus One or any other Droid based device be able to take the market share from iPhone and Blackberry?

Obviously the key here is the apps available for the devices and how cool they are.

I have used Blackberry more than the iPhone and I find Blackberry very convenient for
reading my emails and texts.I am not an expert on smart phones.But I like the look and feel of the iPhone and the thousands of cool apps.

bailout

2010-01-18T12:34:00.000-08:00

So much has been discused about bailout, ways of recovering the bailout money
from corporations.We have seen lot of discuusion on TV about the success/failure of
bailout program. I jus want to suggest a simple bailout program.
Instead of spending trillions to bailout the corporations why not bail out the indivduals by paying a million to every adult citizen of the USA?