Thoughts on Valuing RIM by a Finance Professor at NYU Stern

01.26.2012 work
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RIM has been in the news a lot lately with the hiring of their new CEO. I dug up Aswath Damodaran’s article from over a month ago about what he thinks RIM should do (he’s a Finance Professor from Stern School of Business). It’s especially applicable when considering Apple’s awesome quarter and Monday’s news that [...]

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Haywire

01.23.2012 screen

We have us a situation here where a champion athlete is making the transition to the big screen, which is not uncommon. Many famous athletes have debuted in some respectable mainstream roles. Jim Brown began his acting career with a supporting role in a western called Rio Conchos. Chuck Norris’ first credited role was supporting [...]

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Call for the Dead

01.22.2012 books
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This is le Carre’s first book and it introduces George Smiley to the world. I happened to snag it from a used book store a few weeks back (gosh it was thrilling to spy it in the smelly racks of old paperbacks). I’ve decided to forego seeing Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy on the screen until [...]

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The Wire – Season 3

01.21.2012 screen

I’m trucking along with the same set of Baltimore cops and politicians and a few new characters. All told, I finished three seasons of The Wire in the last twelve months. That’s about 36 hours of video all consumed on my iPhone, mostly on airplanes. This show does not need a big screen. Who needs [...]

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A Primer on Data Analytics from 37Signals

01.20.2012 work
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The folks at 37signals have some great software. They also throw up a lot of good content on their blog. I saw this article on data analytics and it resonated with me. Noah has a few great tips for any budding data analytics expert. I help clients build a lot of spreadsheets for analytical purposes. [...]

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Black Swan

01.20.2012 screen

I’m getting concerned that I may have a full-on movie addiction. For the second night in a row I’ve spent ninety minutes (that I’ll never get back) watching a flick on the free hotel HBO. Oh I had grand plans; in order, I was going to get back to the room, get a workout in, [...]

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Red Riding Hood

01.19.2012 screen

I’m not proud of this. I’m not sure Gary Oldman should be proud of this either. On this very night that my wife went to see Gary Oldman in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, I sat in a sorry old Courtyard by Marriott about 600 miles away and watched Red Riding Hood on the free hotel [...]

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In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead

01.18.2012 books
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My man, James Lee Burke. It’s been over a year since I read you, which is too long, considering I’m only on the sixth Dave Robicheaux book out of eighteen. After this one, I may speed things up because you did some amazing work here. I have Dixie City Jam sitting next to my bed, [...]

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Billy Goat – Navy Pier

01.17.2012 food
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If you go into Billy Goat uninformed, you could be setting yourself up for some serious disappointment. If you were to take a page out of the classic SNL skit and just say cheezborger, well, you’re going to get mostly bread. The cheese and burger part of the equation will be hardly noticeable, which isn’t [...]

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Organizing My iPhone Home Screen for Business

01.13.2012 work
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When iOS5 dropped, I used it as an opportunity to reorganize my home screen on my iPhone 4. I’d had the same three screens for about a year and they weren’t working. Plus, freshening things up would hopefully eliminate any tech-envy I felt towards those who upgraded to the 4S. So I rearranged – and [...]

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The Descendants

01.02.2012 screen

My holiday movie marathon continues. I’ve had some varied experiences: a remake of a foreign thriller, a British period-piece/crime fighting buddy movie, and now, an Oscar front-running drama with a famous American actor. I won’t rank them or compare them, that wouldn’t be right. Okay, maybe I will. Suffice it to say, I’ve really enjoyed [...]

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A Game of Shadows

01.01.2012 screen

There are some great crime fighting duos in the annals of screened entertainment. Holmes and Watson can hold their own against the best of them, at least Guy Ritchie’s version can. I didn’t think this a few years ago when I left the first Sherlock Holmes so my expectations were low. Well, as it inevitably [...]

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