Ever wonder why diet pills are so popular? Anyone with even an inkling of commonsense knows they don't work. Yet, people continue to buy them - even relatively smart people who know that they probably won't work. Why? I blame it on hope and an optimistic longing for a silver bullet - a shortcut to success.

Google Chrome has just overtaken Safari as the 3rd most-popular browser in the US. This finding comes from StatCounter, an analytics company which aggregates stats from over 3 million websites.

 So I'm burning the midnight oil looking over things and arranging my day tomorrow so I can be affective after a long day of meetings when I bump into during a very interesting website; Recorded Future. Evidently based on outside sources this company has been bought by Google for an undisclosed amount of money. I was able to sign up for a free version that's extremely limited and basically offers non-configurable reports based on the industry or information you'd like to track.