TRUE STORY: A local business owner recently pulled up to an ATM only to be greeted by an out-of-order sign. Cursing his luck, he was about to speed off in search of another ATM when at the last minute a solution occurred to him. On other side of the wall holding up the ATM was a […]
It had to happen sooner or later. “No cash accepted” signs are popping up. Not long ago, CBS News Moneywatch reported that … … increasing numbers of restaurants and retailers are now snubbing the lowly dollar bill. Some merchants such as SweetGreen, a salad chain, refuse to open their registers for cash, telling customers they […]
Perhaps you heard: A couple of weeks ago the FCC under chairman Ajit Pai voted to repeal the 2015 regulations. It all started in 2008, when the people at Comcast noticed a curious thing. File-transfer giant BitTorrent was consuming more and more Internet bandwidth. More, it seemed, than Comcast cared for them to consume. Comcast’s […]
This time of year it’s traditional, and I am inclined, to offer a holiday thought. I admit to a bit of apprehension. Of late, what one says or fails to say has the potential to offend. I hope the spirit of what I wish to get across transcends. I live in the Salt Lake Valley, […]
We’ve come a long way since the 23rd century. Back in those days, Captain Kirk’s “communicator” was nothing but a flip phone. Not only that. He used it to place voice calls, of all things. The ship’s computer answered to “Computer” and spoke in a monotone. Only in one episode did it sport a personality. […]