by Leif Jensen | Jul 19, 2021 | General |
The Streaming Wars are upon us, and the deck is stacked against the small players. Amazon and Roku held HBO Max and Peacock out of the game at the beginning. Peacock is still not in the game, and seemingly may never be. Content is king, but what is amazing more so...
by Leif Jensen | Jun 23, 2021 | General |
A current and future growing tech challenge: Computer chips are using too much energy. On today’s trajectory, by 2040 the energy required for global computing would exceed the world’s estimated energy production. This worst-case scenario is probably unlikely, but it...
by Leif Jensen | Jun 22, 2021 | General |
It is amazing to believe but there is one Trump administration priority that will persist under President Biden: The return of manned missions to the moon and, eventually, to Mars under the Artemis program, now the first human deep-space exploration effort with...
by Leif Jensen | Mar 29, 2021 | General |
With the outbreak of the pandemic, more people have moved to contactless payments. Primarily contactless credit cards, which have a special chip that allows users to pay for a transaction simply by putting their card close to a payment terminal, rather than inserting...
by Leif Jensen | Mar 3, 2021 | General |
Finally the feds are cracking down on emotional support animals on airplanes. Here is an example of a “good idea” turned bad. In a new ruling, the Department of Transportation defines a service animal as a dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks...
by Leif Jensen | Jan 13, 2021 | General |
The emergency fund is one of the basics of long-term financial planning, but as an accountant when I touch base with my clients and ask them about the status of their financial wellbeing, I find that the verdict is split, some don’t really have one. Granted this is...
