Bob Morris: Investing, tech, coffee.

Supply of Krugerands run out

Bob Morris — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:20:51 +0000

That’s how strong the demand for gold is.

Man weds virtual girlfriend

Bob Morris — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:56:34 +0000

No, really, he did…

How the once mighty Borg has fallen

Bob Morris — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:29:42 +0000

Microsoft once seemed unassailable in their position of power, and people actually called them the Borg.

Today, they’ve fallen so much they want to do a dirty deal with News Corp. in a desperate attempt to pump up their search engine numbers.

Golman employees to take out trash to prove they aren’t vampire squid

Bob Morris — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:41:35 +0000

For one day, to help feeding the poor. They they go back back and count their bloated bonuses.

Tweetville. Drill-down Twitter lists on a blog

Bob Morris — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:25:26 +0000

Jamie at Intoxination has a neat new app, TweetVille.

I did some upgrades to the new Tweetville application this weekend. It now supports drilldown rooms. How this work is that you can select a root room like Congress and view everyone in Congress. If you want to limit it to one party then you can select that party in the sub-room of Congress. There is also an “All” room now that will show the tweets of everyone being followed in Tweetville.

Baltic Dry Index soars on Chinese commodities demand

Bob Morris — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:05:12 +0000

This obscure index is what ocean shipping companies based their rates on. If it soars, their profits do too. This is hugely bullish for shipping stocks.

Dolphin humps man

Bob Morris — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:58:55 +0000

Seems staged though. Was the dolphin consenting?

Bloomberg plans to become the most influential news organization in the world

Bob Morris — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:26:59 +0000

Bloomberg already has more journalists than NYT or Dow Jones. And while those news organizations consider having walled gardens for all, the bulk of financial news that most of us need is free from Bloomberg. Plus they have a great iPhone app too.

Joan Jett Barbie Doll. I am not making this up

Bob Morris — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:42:11 +0000

Also in the upcoming Mattel “Ladies of the Eighties” series are Debbie Harry and Cyndi Lauper dolls. What, no Cherie Currie???

Happy dogs greet soldiers returning home

Bob Morris — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:44:33 +0000

Mental Floss has more videos.