How the world has changed
Not driving to the movie house, but staying home and watching online.
Not Ford, but Netflix.
The evidence: The last ten years. Ford is the miserable thin red line. Netflix is the big blue one.
Instead of developing an electric car, which no one will buy, maybe Ford should buy Netflix?
Retail is dead, but not for all
HD is big on customer service. I love shopping there. Their people are seriously helpful.
They also work with professional contractors and installers. They refer people like me who need jobs done.
See the full 24-slides here.
HD is not the sexiest stock, but it’s done fine by me. And I like the rising dividend.
Opportunity Lost
If you had bought $100 of bitcoin 7 years ago (on May 22, 2010), you’d have $73 million now, according to CNBC.
Read more here.
Stuff.
+ You’d better change your Windows XP machine to Windows 7 or 10. Nobody is supporting XP any longer, including Norton.
+ A Mophie powerpck for your phone is a good idea — especially if you use WAZE a lot. Mophie is here. Use this code F6L3TLHDR6Z0.
+ Don’t do stupid. These two idiots are six floors up. I watch them out my office window. It was raining yesterday when I snapped this.
Why is Russia spending billions to build a bridge to Crimea?
… When a few more ferries would do the job, much cheaper?
Read the full fascinating story here.
Recent wonderful New Yorker cartoons
Harry Newton, whose three grandkids continue to excel at beauty, intelligence, character and all their grandfather’s great traits!
First Peter.
Then Eleanor.
And then Sophie.
All photos from this past weekend, courtesy iPhone and, (of course) Adobe’s Photoshop.
Great pictures Harry. Your grandchildren are beautiful.