The Colorado Rockies stand still on the trading deadline
The Colorado Rockies have stood still on the Major League Baseball trading deadline and then proceed to get blown out in Miami by the Florida Marlins. It is currently 10-1 in the bottom of the fourth.
I am wondering if this was a good thing or not. Their pitching has been great lately, but the bullpen has blown some games and tonight their starting pitcher didn’t even last two innings.
Nothing is wrong with their offense, but there pitching has been suspect. In my opinion, it would have been nice if they would have gone out and done something.
But I guess nothing wasn’t there. Let’s see what happens the rest of the way this season.
Geoff Smith hits it again with Ones and Os
Thanks to Cali Lewis of GeekBrief TV for playing this on episode 401. This is a great video and song. Also thanks to Geoff Smith for the song. Well done!
If you want to purchase this song, visit Geoff Smith’s music site at ringtonefeeder.com.
Ones and 0s by Geoff Smith from Cali Lewis on Vimeo.
Rules, we need rules…
I play in a coed softball league and the lack of professionalism of the umpires just gets me upset.
Our softball league is pretty relaxed. For most of us, we want to go out there and have fun. For the most part we follow general softball rules, but we have instituted a few of our own to help balance things out.
One of those rules caused me to have a disagreement with the umpire. If you walk a male in our coed league, they get to go to second base. Easy, right?
Well in this instance, the male walked and he went to second base. But he did one thing that I think you are supposed to do, touch first base. So once he went to first base, I had the pitcher appeal to first base to get the out.
Well the umpire didn’t see it that way. He told me he was safe and that they player didn’t have to touch first base. WHAT!
Excuse me. As you go around the bases, you are supposed to touch all the bases. You don’t get to “skip one. Well he wasn’t going for it and despite my arguing, he told me he would say that he is safe.
So, the umpires are lazy and don’t follow the rules. Am I wrong to expect that the rules be followed? It is not that hard to touch first base.
What are your thoughts?
At the Colorado Rapids game
At the Colorado Rapids game, originally uploaded by Peter S on Flickr.
New York Times Explores the Secrecy of Apple and the Health of Steve Jobs
Talking Business - Apple’s Culture of Secrecy - NYTimes.com
This is a deceiving headline from the New York Times. The story is more on the health of Steve Jobs and when should a company disclose information about the health of their CEO.
It is quite a dilema. When should a company disclose that there CEO is sick?
A public company has the duty to disclose things that could provide information to its shareholers so they can make the right decision about their investment.
The article quotes a spokesman for the Securities and Exchange Commission who said that the law defined materiality as information that “the reasonable investor needs to know in order to make an informed decision about his investment.”
The issue of Jobs health came up in Apple’s Third Quarter Conference Call and an analyst asked the question. But Apple just kinda blew it off saying it was a private matter.
Other companies have dealt with the issue, each in different ways. Intel’s CEO was stricken with cancer. He informed the board and management, but not the shareholders. A McDonald’s CEO found out he had cancer and it was announced pretty quick.
Luckily for Intel’s CEO he survived, but the McDonald’s CEO resigned shortly thereafter and passed quickly after that.
To me, if Steve Jobs was sick and it would effect how he would do his job, then it would need to be disclosed. But Apple blowing it off and saying nothing but that it is a private matter does no exude confidence in the shareholders of Apple.
The secrecy veil that Apple has cast over its company creates more problems than they should be having, but it adds to the mystique and allure of Apple. It is the culture of Apple that everyone loves.
I just wish they and other companies would be more open about the health of their CEO’s so investors and shareholders would have more information to make the right investment decisions.
Someone just told me that you need to research and like the direction of the product, management, and marketing of a company. If you don’t, then don’t invest in it.
Right now, there are questions about management, especially Steve Jobs. Without Jobs, is there an Apple? I would be interested in your thoughts.
At the Today Show
At the Today Show, originally uploaded by Peter S on Flickr.
ExpressToll in Colorado will charge $7 to verify account holders
ExpressToll will charge $7 to verify account holders : Traffic : The Rocky Mountain News
I just want to say that this is the worst thing that I have ever heard of. Charging people to verify that their license plate & vehicle is in the system.
I am paying to use the road and they keep an amount of cash in my account. When I go through the toll booth, they deduct the toll.
Now if their (emphasis added) system does not pick up the transponder in my vehicle, they look at my license plate and see if it is registered in the system. If it is, they deduct the amount from my account. If not, they send out a ticket.
There have been several times where I have seen a VToll on my account. That means that my transponder failed to trigger the sensor and they had to verify it with my license plate.
If I get charged $7 for that, I will definitely be fighting it. I think it is ridiculous to charge that additional fee. Now if you don’t keep your account updated, that is another thing.
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