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#192 Mike Thinks News, RIAA and MPAA rub the magic lamp, and make a wish

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 No Comments

We all have dreams, or at least goals that we know are probably not going to be totally realized. Its one of the hallmarks for a successful person, that they set goals that others will tell you are impossible to reach. These goals are the driving force behind many of the most exciting [...]

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Mike Thinks News “Only Driven on weekends”

Monday, April 5, 2010 No Comments

There are few things as harrowing to someone as buying their 1st new car.  Now I know your thinking, wow, thats kind of harsh…after all buying a new car is supposed to be fun Mike, isn’t it?  Well, Im not sure what its supposed to be, but I do know that its full of pitfalls [...]

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LifeLock in trouble with 35 states and the FTC

Monday, March 15, 2010 No Comments

Do you remember when we did the story a few years ago on LifeLock?  Ya, know the one where the owner who likes to showboat around with his Social Security number on a truck billboard.  All the while claiming how safe he is because that may be his real Social Security number, but he is [...]

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The Illusion of Time

Saturday, March 6, 2010 No Comments

Its no secret that time marches on, every day we are reminded about how things change.  Some days these changes are small, while others have magnitude that may cause you to question the very foundation of your day to day beliefs.  Sue time works out well for most of our everyday common place experiences, but [...]

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Couples Retreat movie review

Friday, March 5, 2010 No Comments

Couples Retreat, writeup to follow

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3D TV, may not be a good idea…unless your really bored

Monday, February 22, 2010 No Comments

This week broke a few very interesting stories.  First we have Apple taking the fight against all things titillating and taking the now familiar step of banishing apps from the iTunes store aka super Jobs nirvana land.  Seems that someone had the nerve to make apps that had cleavage and bare chested men and such…who [...]

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Apparently EA and UBI have forgotten something

Saturday, February 20, 2010 No Comments

How many of you have owned your own business?  Even if you haven’t I’ll bet every single one of you have hear the phrase, “the customer is always right.”  This is of course not the literal truth, but more of an axiom for how you want your customers to feel.  In business, it’s imperative that [...]

Valentine’s Day movie review

Friday, February 19, 2010 No Comments

Let’s start by saying it was Jeanne’s turn to pick the movie…so there will be no car chases or bombs exploding this week.  Instead we decided to celebrate the holiday many love to hate…and see “Valentine’s Day”.  The movie follows the interwoven lives of several couples as they experience the day of love. Some of [...]

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Getting jealous of Google, Iran wants a piece of the monitoring action

Saturday, February 13, 2010 No Comments

So this week it comes to light that Iran would like to be its own email client…seems they realized just how much information Google is able to glean by reading all your emails (you do know they do that right?)  Anyway, so now if you live in Iran you get the privileged of using the [...]

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Ipad, when you care enough, to giggle the very best

Thursday, February 4, 2010 No Comments

The perfect product is hard to make. It can be even harder to find a catchy name. I spent countless hours trying to decide what to name my show, and Mike Thinks what just the best I could do. In retrospect, maybe theres a reason I don’t work for a promotions company. [...]

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