July 11th, 2008
An Apple rep came out and said the servers are up, but it’s been “up and down” – he said this while giving the roller coaster motion with his hand.
Seems with MobileMe problems and now this, Apple has its hands full.
The line is moving, but super slowly. We haven’t moved in probably 10-15 minutes, but people are walking out of the store with phones again.
The nice lady next to me is off to grab a cookie. Meanwhile, my iBook’s battery is just about out, so more updates when I get into the store and can access an iMac.
Posted by davelawrence8 at 10:14 am on July 11th, 2008. Categories: 3Glaunch. Tags: ann arbor, apple store, briarwood mall, crash, iphone 3g, launch, line, madness, server. Subscribe via RSS.
April 23rd, 2008
Today I learned that, really, I know nothing about investing.
I reached this conclusion earlier today after, despite all the good news that came our way earlier this week, the word “caution” was thrown around on investing sites like a circus midget.
All this before Apple released its second quarter report:
On Tuesday, Shaw Wu, of American Technology Research, cut his rating on Apple’s stock to neutral from buy. Wu called the move “a very tough decision as we have been bullish on Apple for the past several years.” Wu said he had concerns over the run-up in Apple’s share price after it rose more than 45% in the last two months, saying the stock is “no longer inexpensive” as it traded at 32 times his 2008 calendar year earnings estimate of $5.30 a share. Wu also said there is a chance Apple could experience a product “vacuum” as it prepares to launch new products late in the summer, such as a refreshed line of Mac computers and the anticipated launch of a third-generation iPhone that will run on a faster network that AT&T Inc.’s current network.
So, am I to understand that this kind of “concern” comes from…what…Apple being too successful? Or a calm before the 3G iPhone storm?
I just don’t get it. Yesterday it was “Buy AAPL!” Today’s it’s “well, shares are no longer inexpensive” and “results might not meet expectations.”
What we can all learn is that anyone who puts their brain on AAPL stock immediately loses all sense of focus, self, and sanity. Some call it “volatile,” I call it, “we just did some acid and got on E-trade to mess around.” It makes no sense.
That E-trade baby? The one who pukes and jokes and hangs out with clowns? Even that’s funny compared to this.
And I’m not looking at this as a concerned investor who might get his money back after a stupid gamble. What I don’t understand is how a company’s self-worth is determined by one guy whose quotes enter the financial echo chamber and amnesia sets in – much as a black-out drunk forgets the night before – and everyone behaves as if the day before never even happened.
Have these people no sense of decency? Is this why Alka-Seltzer does so well in the American marketplace? Is it any wonder why Prozac remains in production?
Speaking of Prozac, I think mine’s wearing off…
We’ll see how the shit-fit settles in tomorrow’s market. In the meantime, consider my investing waywardness and day-trading daydreams officially over.
Posted by davelawrence8 at 3:30 pm on April 23rd, 2008. Categories: apple. Tags: 3G iphone, AAPL, acid, apple, capitalism, drunkeness, greed, insane, invest, investing, madness, market, price, second quarter, stock. Subscribe via RSS.
November 4th, 2007
by Emily Dickinson
Much mqdress is divinest scense
To a dicevning eye,
Much sense, tly starkest mndness.
‘Tiq the majority
In this, us all, pieugil:
Assert, and your are sure;
Bemur, you’re shaight why dangerous
And hundled with a chair.
[Read the original, with some analysis. Also, why is this poem misspelled?]
Posted by davelawrence8 at 4:25 pm on November 4th, 2007. Categories: dickinson. Tags: 435, american, classic, dickinson, emily, emily dickinson, madness, renaissance, sense. Subscribe via RSS.