{"id":52101,"date":"2020-10-16T16:07:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T20:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=52101"},"modified":"2020-10-16T16:07:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T20:07:40","slug":"staying-alive-part-403-my-new-technology-continuum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=52101","title":{"rendered":"Staying alive, part 403. My new Technology Continuum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nothing to buy. Nothing to sell. Market’s up a little, except for tech stocks.<\/p>\n

I’m working on my Grand Technology Continuum<\/em> — looking at technology stocks for work-at-home. We have most of them. And then looking for companies which are embracing technology to improve their business. It’s hard. For example, the banks use a lot of technology, but they burden it with cumbersome procedures and bad marketing. Somewhere in between is a company like Honeywell selling the airlines the technology to clean the air inside their planes. I’ve owned SEDG and ENPH which add the technology to solar panels to make their output into electricity. Same modus operandi as Honeywell.<\/p>\n

So that’s my project: Find new companies aided by technology or buy more of the ones I already have.<\/p>\n

Somewhere there’s a nugget or two. Not that I’m complaining. We’ve done well.<\/p>\n

Don’t let your guard down<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The virus is coming back with a vengeance. It’s a Third Wave. These charts are from the front page of today’s New York Times:<\/p>\n

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The chutzpah (and stupidity) of Chris Christie<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor who was recently\u00a0battling a coronavirus infection, said on Thursday that he had been \u201cwrong\u201d not to wear a mask at an event honoring Judge Amy Coney Barrett or in his debate preparation sessions with President Trump, and that people should take the threat of the virus seriously.<\/p>\n

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\nChris Christie, the former New Jersey governor, attended a\u00a0 Sept. 26 event honoring the Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett in the Rose Garden.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

In an interview with The New York Times and in a written statement, Mr. Christie said that he had believed he was in a \u201csafe zone\u201d at the White House while he was there. He urged people to follow best practices, like mask wearing and social distancing …<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr. Christie said he had spent days in the intensive care unit of the Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey, after taking himself there on Oct. 3 at the insistence of his doctor. Mr. Christie, who was at high risk for negative effects of the coronavirus because of his weight and because he has asthma, was one of several people around Mr. Trump to contract the virus. Mr. Trump announced early on Oct. 2 that he had tested positive.<\/p>\n

There’s a moral in this story.<\/p>\n

Don’t Do Stupid. Wear a frigging mask. Keep your distance.<\/p>\n

Read the whole stupid Christie story here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Or as a wise doctor said recently:<\/p>\n

“Walking with these pied pipers into the arms of [the virus] because you think you’re not at risk or your elders\u00a0are taken care of is not a plan. It’s a massacre.”<\/p>\n

Fingertip Pulse Oximeters.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

They seem to be getting better. The older ones weren’t reliable.<\/p>\n

I just bought two new ones from Amazon both sporting excellent reviews:<\/p>\n

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\nUnder 90, you schlepp to the hospital asap.<\/p>\n

All the “deals” that rip your eyes out later<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

They’re everywhere. A dollar a week then zillions of dollars automatically stuffed on your credit card –without your saying Yes — or your ever hearing from them again.<\/p>\n

Latest two culprits: Bloomberg and FuboTV.<\/p>\n

Roku plus YouTubeTV is the best antidote to the huge expense of cable and satellite TV.<\/p>\n

Get the latest Roku. They’re on sale and cheap. They plug into your TV.<\/p>\n

Want to learn Yiddish and Hebrew slang?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The first YouTube teaches yiddish slang. The next one Hebrew slang.<\/p>\n