Does anyone still get real mail these days? Forget for a moment about the stream of advertisements, bills, and bank statements that populate (pollute?) your mail box, and consider the last time you received a real, personal communication in the form of a letter or a postcard. I doubt it is an overstatement to say [...]

After taking Google Finance for a spin around the block, I returned to Yahoo Finance this week and immediately stumbled upon an interesting new feature: add quotes to your website. (Actually, I am a bit late to the party as this feature has been around for a few months, but I still find it fascinating [...]

A buddy in the ski helmet industry sent this clip from the extreme skiing world. I’ve always suspected that extreme skiiers miscalculate any number of times during a long run, but are usually saved by their extraordinary agility and can recover from precarious situations with grace. Of course, there are also some situations which afford [...]

Seeking Alpha has published a fascinating interactive Q&A session with Katie Stanton, Product Manager for Google Finance. Google entered the crowded online financial data space fairly recently, so it had to bring something new to the table just to differentiate itself from the forerunners of online finance, such as Yahoo Finance, Bigcharts, and the TheStreet.com. [...]