For Cheap PCs, It’s Hard to Beat the U.S.

PCs are getting cheaper and cheaper and cheaper in the U.S. After our Acer desktop PC gave up the ghost recently (we think the culprit was the video card) and after a few half-hearted attempts at fixing it, we did what most people do in this country when something breaks down – we trooped over […]

Suffering from Depression or Anxiety? No? Are You Sure?

We don’t know about your country but in ours anxiety and depression run rampant (we’ve heard rumors that even pets like cats, dogs and guinea-pigs suffer from depression here). An estimated 40 million suffer from anxiety and 21 million from depression in the U.S. Here are some signs of anxiety and depression – feelings of […]

Sun’s Ugly Third Quarter

Sun Microsystems, the sick man of Silicon Valley that’s being acquired by Oracle, has turned in another horrific quarter. What else can you expect from these bozos. In its fiscal third quarter ended March 29, 2009, Sun reported a loss of $201 million on revenues of $2.614 billion. For the comparable period in fiscal 2008, […]

Reddy’s Promises to Prettify Ugly Indian Faces

Updated To all ye schmucks who think that Indian babes are the prettiest sight on Planet Earth, let’s disabuse you of such fanciful notions. Folks, take it from us – there’s no uglier sight than an acne-marked desi face. Only a red-bottomed monkey comes anywhere close. Some Relief for Sore Eyes Anji Reddy’s Dr. Reddy’s […]

Senator Arlen Specter Comes to His Senses; Joins Democrats

A spectre is haunting the Republican Party: The specter of Arlen Specter (the sentence is a modification of Karl Marx’ Communist Manifesto). Folks, God Exists He/she/it most definitely does. And now, don’t you dare disagree with us because we have proof. After serving four decades in the company of a whole bunch of Republican loonies, […]