Sometimes I feel that our modern life is so illaudably complex that people are extremely busy.

Take a look at this sentence on an advertisement flyer which RBC sent to me lately: "Finding the time to manage your household bills can be challenging and sometimes payments get missed." That sentence has struck a chord with me. It's so true. I believe that many Canadians feel the same way.

How to get our modern life simpler so that we don't have to juggle things all the time?

Should sovereignty states allow foreign capital, especially the speculative capital among it, to range on their lands?

If so, why? If not, do the states in the Second and Third World have capabilities to check the ranging foreign capital?

We are seeing the beginning of the end of the era in which the great sagacity of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs has pioneered.

American politicians often make plausible promises during elections, then fail to deliver afterwards.

Many people think that they've found out Obama belongs to the group mentioned above.

How many hypocrites are out there in this world?

I cast a wistful look over the past, and think time passed too fast.

The auspice of Samsung's continuous rise reveals South Koreans' capabilities and work ethic.

Pic - Nero

(By John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RemorsodeNero.jpg / United States public domain tag: PD-US)

Nero was an ancient Roman Emperor from 54 to 68. His notable wars included the British Revolt of 60–61 and the First Roman–Jewish War.

On another note, doesn't the once popular "Nero burning ROM" software, an optical disc burning program, have a fantastic yet provocative name? (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_Burning_ROM#Name .)

It seems that in Judaism, a human being is sinful, but he can expiate via some means.

What about in Christianity?

RIM and its critics use different extrapolations.

What the two Co-CEOs of RIM have been insisting is basically this: "look, we invented and dominated the smart phone market. We'll continue to lead the segment despite the current temporary slide in our competitive position."

On the other hand, its critics basically say, "see, RIM's market share has been sliding very rapidly since roughly two years ago. It'll continue this decline and disappear into oblivion."

You see, choosing which angle to extrapolate from is an art.

The contagion of Twitter, Facebook, and the like speeds up the transmission of information. It can speed up the dissemination of sagacity and knowledge, depending upon whether an information receiver uses his brain or not.

It may be the case that the smart gets smarter and the dumb gets dumber, in this era of social media, I suspect.

Perhaps the big Japanese electronics companies, such as Sony and Panasonic, will retreat from the TV sets market by and by.

What are they gonna focus on next? Software?

Seeking and vetting opportunities takes lots of time. But that's the price which people should pay in this world driven by competition.

If Sarah Palin ever became a president of the U.S., would she be out of her depth and the U.S. be a total mess?

There are so many wrangles in the American, Canadian, and Taiwanese parliaments. Debate, debate, debate.

It appears that democracy and wrangles go hand in hand.

I sounded several popular installed media player software programs. Among them are iTunes, Windows Media Player, and Real Player. And I still think Real Player provides the best sound quality, comparatively.

Good advertisements sort of play on people's feelings. That's a must.

Linkedin.com tends to pester users with emails about more available information which essentially are meant to remind people to use more of their services and stay longer on their website.

But hey, it'd better to stop badgering users, otherwise, they'll jump ship as soon as competitor companies emerge.

How to break the things and habits which throttle my creativity? Break through them.

I had been somewhat unmannerly in some situations in the past. Civilization comes from enlightenment and civil education, not schooling.