Well, happy Monday to you. That's Bird Dog at the beach. He's older than that now, and the trucks are rustier. He left me in charge, and I ran out of his bourbon yesterday, and he won't be back for a week. He asked me to look after his Australian Goldfish, too, and that's not going so well, either. I assume they're Australian, because they're floating upside down right now, and they're so somnolent, I think they think it's nighttime. Ah, well, here's the links:
In Silicon Valley, Mergers Must Meet the Toothbrush Test
When deciding whether Google should spend millions or even billions of dollars in acquiring a new company, its chief executive, Larry Page, asks whether the acquisition passes the toothbrush test: Is it something you will use once or twice a day, and does it make your life better?
The New York Times assumes Google is full of geniuses. I don't. They're just sitting on a pile of cash. They have little idea how they got it, and it should have been distributed to investors and paid as taxes. Instead they hoard it and squander it. Nothing but their hijacking of the old fashioned Yellow Pages has ever made a nickel.
Venture Capitalists Get Paid Well to Lose Money
No one wants to have a successful business. Everyone want to be bought out by a successful business.
Feds: Red light camera firm paid for Chicago official’s car, condo
Hmm. That article has 2000 words in it, easy, and not one of them is "Democrat."
Starbucks to Revise Policies to End Irregular Schedules for Its 130,000 Baristas
I'm trying to wrap my head around 130,000 coffee shop clerks working for one company.
15 Signs You're an Entrepreneur
16: You're suddenly barista number 130,001?
SF cabdrivers vote to unionize as industry continues to take beating from ride services
That'll fix everything. Look for the union label! It's under the vomit on back seat.
Also from San Fran: Soccer program gives homeless chance to succeed
Aren't they already tuckered out from Midnight Basketball?
How To Make An Animated GIF From A YouTube Video
Dear lord, that's a bigger timewaster than the Final Four. Someone adjust GDP down a tenth.
I Quit Liking Things On Facebook for Two Weeks. Here’s How It Changed My View of Humanity.
This premise reminds me of my toddler showing me what he made in the toilet.
Well, why not go out there and change your view of humanity today. Drive to a Starbucks in a unionized cab, and try not to run over the homeless people playing soccer in the parking lot. But whatever you do, don't like anyone on Facebook.
