Yesterday was the most beautiful day ever, or close enough; today is overcast and muggy.  Blech.  With reading on the dock taken right out, I guess I'll have to blog :) ...

Where are you in the great :) vs :-) debate? 

Last night saw Dallas Buyers Club and liked it more than I thought I would (and obviously I thought I would like it).  Matthew McConaughey should totally win best actor for this.  After seeing such a movie one wonders why people like American Hustle or Her.  No special effects or weirdness, just an interesting story with interesting characters.  And ... movement! 

Two keyboards ... okay, quick; which is "better"?  Which is the more recent version?  I do not like IOS 7, Sam-I-am.  I do not like it. 

Related: Microsoft gives new Office Apps a new, flatter look.  Blech.  Rats following each other into the sewer, IMHO.

Hard to believe: 1+2+3+... = -1/12.  Seriously? 

Glenn Reynolds makes DayByDay: It doesn't get any better than this.  It does seem like colleges are ready to be disrupted, but will it happen all at once (Uber?) or slowly over time... 

Speaking of disruption: Arienne's business model is in trouble.  The Euro space launcher was designed to compete with Boeing, not SpaceX.  Still, this isn't quite disruption; the value proposition hasn't changed, just the economics. 

An analysis of last December's shopping: The Tipping Point (e-commerce version).  It's a pretty clear trend.  People are no longer just shopping online, they're buying there, too. 

Sigh: The Great Mom and Dad experiment.  The federal government spent nearly a billion dollars to help poor couples stay together, with almost nothing to show for it.  I'm shocked.  Make it less expensive, and it will just happen. 

Excellent: the Norwegian Curling team's Olympic uniforms.  They have already won.  You've got to love curling, what a great "sport", right? 

Scott "Dilbert" Adams wonders: Can robots own money?  Well, maybe not legally, but with bitcoin, they can practically... 

Lenovo to buy IBM's server business (for $3.2B).  Seems like IBM are throwing their furniture into the fire, what shall be left? 

Why have IBM sold their server business?  Amazon.  Um, yeah.  Who needs to buy a server anymore, when you can lease them as you need them for such low cost?

But...  are IBM doomed?  I think perhaps not, there may be lots of business in building software and integrating applications; now that hardware is commoditized, this is where the margin is...

Opportunity celebrates 10 years of roving Mars.  Awesome!  Not bad for a 90-day mission.  And still going strong... 

Seen on Facebook: "Maybe we should start emailing each other copies of the Constitution, so we know the government have read it".  Ouch. 

Finally, today's Eichhorn picture: a squirrel snacking in the snow.  Isn't he adorable?