Mad Money Machine

Making Cents of it all

Here are today’s random but circular ramblings:

On show 22 I mentioned that with the Vonage IPO coming out soon, what will that mean for eBay? Well the answer came today…

Skype announced that through the end of this year, all SkypeOut calls are FREE. You can now call from your computer to any landline or cellphone in the USA at no charge. I tried it just now and it is fantastic. The only thing I wish it had was feedback from my microphone back into my headphones so I could hear myself talk (like a real phone). But the quality is much better than using my cellphone to call (I only get 1 or 2 bars at home).

In other news…

The Cramer Portfolio has taken a pummeling these last three days. Crystallex (KRY) and Southern Copper (PCU) are part of the Metal Meltdown and Cienna (CIEN) is part of the new Tech Wreck. CitiTrends is also down from its highs. Could THIS be the bottom???

and then there’s…

I am one of the 10,000 finalists in the Google Da Vinci Code challenge and received in the mail today one of the Cryptex replicas. The final game will happen this weekend and if I win (Ha, fat chance!) then I get a trip for four to Paris and other goodies. Keep your fingers crossed. And I see some of the other 9,999 entrants have already listed theirs on eBay. (Not me, I’m keeping mine!) Now we’ve come full circle.

and lastly…

Stu has sent in a new logo idea for the Mad Money Machine. Thanks Stu, nice work!

Tell me what you think.

[Personally… I think I look really scary. 🙂 ]