Holy Crap! Hybrid Cars Move Over!

Because I'm getting myself a freaking HOVERBOARD!

Apparently young french artist, Nils Guadagnin, has created a replica of the hoverboard from the Back To The Future II movie (damn thing even floats). It's ability to float comes from an electromagnetic system integrated into the board and plinth. This allows a laser system to stabilize the hoverboard allowing it to... well, HOVER! Next step, funding from government to get this thing to work on normal roads. +1 to greener transportation and -1 on relying on yucky oil.
Actually, next step... make the time machine car! OR does he have one already? Hmm...

Where Are All My Nintendo Gamers At?!

My cousin showed me this video a few days ago and I had a smile on my face the whole time I was watching the video. If I could meet the person who created this video I would congratulate him/her on being 100% AWESOME. It took the creator 120+ hours to create this video using 7000+ pictures and utilization of construction paper, LEGO blocks, play doh (or was it gum?), some candy, some Nintendo games, vegetables and even an iPhone (Apple-Nintedo fans will love this). Check it out and take a trip down memory lane (viral video style)!

Dyson Fan > Yours

So while I was on vacation, I saw this fan from Dyson in the stores. The air flow is projected in circle form and I thought to myself, "What's the point? If I wanted to cool down, I'd rather get blasted with a gushing stream of air instead of a dinky ring of air." BUT THEN, I saw this video. Now, I want one of these fans. Actually, make that a few hundred... and a balloon.

Can Anyone Stop The Oil Spill?! James Cameron Can!

Wait, what?!

"Federal officials are hoping film director James Cameron can help them come up with ideas on how to stop the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico."
-CBSNews

You got to be kidding me. The only idea I can see Cameron coming up with is to make a 3-D movie out of this. After all, the guy is considered an expert in underwater filming and remote vehicle technologies .....and 3-D..... (cha-ching). Then again, maybe that is why federal officials want his help? *shrug* So, this is what it's come down to? Film directors solving world crisis? Great, if 2012 is real... we are SCREWED. Anyway, this whole thing sure opened my eyes. This oil spill must be worse than I thought OR our government is worse than I thought. Well, at least federal officials didn't go to Michael Bay because he probably would just say, "Blow it UP! ....in slow motion..."

Market pointing up!

Today (June 2) the US markets pulled back from the prior week correction which had lost nearly 1000 points on the Dow. Gaining 2.25%, the Dow was embraced by the rosy implications sent by home sales for april which were up 6.0%. What does this mean for investors this week? Buy! When bullish sentiment is up for the week ride the wave with your favorite stock, this little jump is likely to be semi-permanent and stocks are ripe for the picking again, after coming down so much last week.
With increasing housing sales in mind look to the beleagured mineral and material sector which are at near 1 year lows at the moment. With rebounding housing sales comes increase in demand for materials.

Ocean Freight, Risk with no chance of reward

Paying attention to current dry-bulk stocks, you may have come across Ocean Freight(ocnf), in comparison to other stocks in the sector it is abhorrently cheap! Although it looks like a good deal at $.50 per share, dig deeper. Ocean Freight has issued so much equity in the past year that its shares have become diluted to the point that retained earnings are negligible when allocated across the masses of shares.
Ocean Freight is considered one of the most risky stocks in the sector for good reason, they have broken debt covenants, over-issued equity, and likely will continue slouching to their death.

Careful When Choosing Partners

So, here is the story:

The guy number one above and guy number two below become partners. Guy number one makes smartphones that use up a lot of data. He also has the uncanny ability to be nice to his customers. Guy number two provides the data network. He, on the other hand, comes off as a douche. What happens?

This is the case of one customer, Giorgio G, who emailed the CEO of ATT to voice his complaints about the company's data plans. Especially the ones that concern increased rates, removal of the unlimited plans, and the tethering option. In response, he was told not to email the CEO again or legal action would be taken against him.

There are two things to gain from this story. First, both parties in this partnership will be hurt by the loss of a customer. Second, even CEOs cannot be rude to their customers.

We can fix the latter one, though! Simply send out an email to the CEO of ATT and let him know he is in the wrong!