I was in Geneva last week and it was in full throttle tourist mode. All of the lakefront hotels were booked solid by the Saudi princes and their entourages. Here is a picture in front of the Kempinski Hotel with “his and hers” Rolls Royce. Behind the Rolls is a Bentley convertible. Note that all [...]
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Petrodollars Buy Rolls Royce(s)
Posted in Commentary, tagged Autos, Cars, Ferrari, Gasoline, Lamborghini, Oil, Petrodollars, politics, Rolls Royce, Saudi on August 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Seatguru
Posted in Commentary, tagged Airplanes, British Airways, Seatguru, Travelling on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am sitting in the BA lounge waiting for my flight to London so I thought I’d post about a great travel website called Seatguru.com One of our travel managers recommended it and I have been using it ever since to check out my seat before checking in online. On this site, you can look up any seat on [...]
My College Roommate Nabby
Posted in Commentary, Friends, Random, tagged business, CNBC, MEMC Electronics, Nabeel Gareeb, Random, WFR on February 21, 2008 | 25 Comments »
I was watching TV this morning and saw my old college roommate Nabeel Gareeb on CNBC. He is now the CEO of MEMC Electronics which is a $2B manufacturer of wafers. Check out his interview below. http://www.cnbc.com When the rest of us were in college partying, he was up studying or working. His only vices [...]
Irvine Housing Market
Posted in Commentary, tagged Housing, Irvine, Recession on January 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The housing market here in the Irvine/Tustin area is clearly headed for a downfall. We have several properties on our street that have been sitting on the market for months. The number of foreclosures are at a record high and increasing monthly. On the weekends when we drive around, the “bank repo” signs are out [...]
Sony 52XBR4 Update
Posted in Commentary, Entertainment, tagged 52XBR4, DirecTV, hdtv, sony, XBR4 on October 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I thought I’d provide an update on our Sony 52 XBR4 TV after having it now for a couple of months. First, on the CNBC ticker problem I mentioned: I believe this to be a problem with CNBC and not the TV. Last week, DirecTV added CNBC-HD to their lineup and the ticker now scrolls [...]
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Dell Died, Reborn as an Apple
Posted in Commentary, Entertainment, tagged Apple, Computer, iPhoto, Wordpress on September 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Our 5 year old Dell computer died last week and took along all of the pictures on my hard drive. I am planning on sending it in to a data recovery service that will charge $600 to try to see if they can recover any of the pictures. Anyway, after being upset with Dell, I [...]
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