{"id":21810,"date":"2013-09-03T09:22:09","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T13:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=21810"},"modified":"2013-09-03T09:28:56","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T13:28:56","slug":"directv-microsoft-and-banana-slicers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=21810","title":{"rendered":"DirecTV, Microsoft and banana slicers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">They postponed Syria until next Monday, when Congress casts a heady eye on the flimsy evidence and the even flimsier reasons for bombing them back to the stone age. Meantime, maybe we&#8217;ll get a little buoyancy in the stockmarket.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Microsoft is buying Nokia. Makes you wonder what God could do if he had the money. They&#8217;re buying a dead phone company, 32,000 employees and one CEO &#8212; an ex-Microsoftee who may become Microsoft&#8217;s next CEO. $7.2 billion seems like a lot of money to buy a new CEO. I&#8217;ll take less. What do I know?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;m feeling increasingly fond of DirecTV. What&#8217;s there not to like? Profits are increasing year by year. Their service is excellent. I&#8217;m a customer. They&#8217;re executing well. And the stock keeps going on. P\/E is under 12.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DTVFiveYears.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21820\" alt=\"DTVFiveYears\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DTVFiveYears.jpg\" width=\"635\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DTVFiveYears.jpg 635w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DTVFiveYears-300x131.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Weekend reading:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">+ The most interesting billionaire in the world. He&#8217;s Brazilian. He&#8217;s called Jorge Paulo Lemann. And he&#8217;s partners with Warren Buffett on the Heinz takeover. The piece is excellent. Lemann&#8217;s partner Sicupira has a favorite phrase, &#8220;<em>Costs are like fingernails. You have to cut them constantly.<\/em>&#8221; From Business Week. Click <a title=\"The most interesting Brazilian billionaire in the world\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/printer\/articles\/148152-the-brazilian-billionaire-who-controls-your-beer-your-condiments-and-your-whopper\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">+ Archie Bunker and the doctor. It&#8217;s a beautiful video. You&#8217;ll die laughing. Click <a title=\"Archie Bunker is in hospital\" href=\"http:\/\/offtheedgehumorpics.blogspot.ca\/2013\/03\/archie-bunker-and-doctor-hilarious.html#.UfwE__tvdBU.email\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">+\u00a0Amazon&#8217;s funniest product reviews. My favorite:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bananaslicer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21816\" alt=\"bananaslicer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bananaslicer.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bananaslicer.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bananaslicer-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer by Hutzler Manufacturing Co.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;What can I say about the 571B Banana Slicer that hasn&#8217;t already been said about the wheel, penicillin, or the iPhone?&#8221; &#8211; Mrs Toledo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;Gone are the days of biting off slice-sized chunks of banana and spitting them onto a serving tray.. Next on my wish list: a kitchen tool for dividing frozen water into cube-sized chunks.&#8221; &#8211; N. Krumpe<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;As shown in the picture, the slices is curved from left to right. All of my bananas are bent the other way.&#8221; &#8211; J. Anderson<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Read the reviews <a title=\"Amazon's funniest product reviews\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/amazons-funniest-product-reviews-2013-08-29?link=kiosk\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Buy your $4.25 banana slicer <strong><a title=\"Banana Slicer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hutzler-571-Banana-Slicer\/dp\/B0047E0EII\/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1378210058&amp;sr=8-1-fkmr0&amp;keywords=Hutzler+571+Banana+Slicer+by+Hutzler+Manufacturing+Co.\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">+ This is the story of the Dutch politician who doesn&#8217;t like Islam\u00a0and has received many death threats as a results. He\u00a0explains why in great, well-researched detail. (He has 56 pages of references.)\u00a0 I admit to reading every word of the book. I was engrossed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/MarkedForDeath.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21823\" alt=\"MarkedForDeath\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/MarkedForDeath.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/MarkedForDeath.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/MarkedForDeath-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">Everyone should read this book and make up their own mind. It&#8217;s $13.42 on Kindle or $19.26 hardcover from Amazon. Click <a title=\"Marked for Death by Geert Wilders\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Marked-Death-Islams-Against-West\/dp\/1596987960\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1378211019&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=marked+for+death\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Favorite T-shirt.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/NSAListens3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21826\" alt=\"NSAListens3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/NSAListens3.jpg\" width=\"472\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/NSAListens3.jpg 472w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/NSAListens3-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Closeup of logo. I love the words &#8220;peeping while you&#8217;re sleeping.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/NSAListens21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21829\" alt=\"NSAListens2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/NSAListens21.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/NSAListens21.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/NSAListens21-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For your very own $15.99 T-shirt, click <a title=\"Buy your NSA t-shirt here.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/mf\/78962026\/the-nsa_tshirt\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21218\" alt=\"HarryNewton\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHarry Newton who had a wonderful long weekend, playing tennis, exercising, reading and resting. I apologize for being late this morning. The Internet Gods were playing up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Jon Stewart is back tonight on the Daily Show at 11 PM EST. The US Open continues. Federer, sadly, is out. He played awfully. Robredo, his\u00a0opponent,\u00a0played beautifully.\u00a0Nadal, Murray\u00a0and Djokovic are still in.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They postponed Syria until next Monday, when Congress casts a heady eye on the flimsy evidence and the even flimsier reasons for bombing them back to the stone age. Meantime, maybe we&#8217;ll get a little buoyancy in the stockmarket. Microsoft is buying Nokia. Makes you wonder what God could do if he had the money. 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