In the first and third Star Trek movies produced by JJ Abrams this song by The Beastie Boys is featured. In the future world in which this song is played this music is considered classical. Enjoy this classic from the 1980’s.
Verizon Ends Yahoo Independence With $4.83 Billion Deal – Bloomberg
Verizon Communications Inc. agreed to buy Yahoo! Inc.’s web assets for $4.83 billion, ending the company’s two-decade run as an independent business that took it from Stanford University startup at the dawn of the internet age to also-ran behind nimbler online rivals such as Google and Facebook Inc. Verizon Ends Yahoo Independence With $4.83 Billion Deal – Bloomberg
I have used Yahoo off and on over the past 20 years of being on the World Wide Web. Yahoo Mail was the thing back in the day and almost everyone had an address.
Hearing the news of the sale to Verizon saddens me a little because this was a once mighty company who made the Internet what it is today and they sold just to survive. Verizon earlier bought AOL which is another old tech company everyone used. Yahoo didn’t innovate fast enough and they weren’t ready for the mobile revolution we see today. I have a history with Tumblr which was bought by Yahoo awhile back and it will be interesting to see how this plays out there. I think Verizon will do some good things but I don’t expect Yahoo to remain what it is today or what it was yesterday.
Status Update
It’s Monday, I’m back at work. Still wondering where the weekend went. It was full of Star Trek and Pokemon Go. High nerd factor. I hope you all have a great start of the week.
Six Word Story
Being a nerd is simply awesome.
WOW! Star Trek: Beyond Is Awesome! #startrek
Star Trek: Beyond was one hell of a ride. It was very well done with plenty of action, adventure, thought-provoking questions and so much more. The story of a crew coming together under dire circumstances is a significant theme of this movie. It is also a love letter of sorts to Star Trek past and present. Beyond features new villains, new stories and a new direction I think for the franchise that will make it more a more serious series.
It’s a movie well worth seeing in the theater. This movie pays tribute to the late Leonard Nimoy and the late Anton Yelchin who have both passed away since the last Star Trek film. It’s a great film, it is a great piece of sci-fi too.
Star Trek: Beyond – This Afternoon’s Movie Adventure
I am looking forward to this! Beyond is the latest in the rebooted series of Star Trek films with J.J. Abrams as the producer/director. From what I hear this is pretty, pretty good. Let’s boldly go to the movies this afternoon.
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