Get stuff, Help people
Right now there are some bundles of digital things out there worth buying for a good cause: 1. Humble Bundle #3 — you get 5 games (that work on almost Continue Reading →
Category Archives: inthenews
No Sympathy Here
Unless you were out of the country, you probably heard about the riots following game 7 of the Stanley Cup in Vancouver. A handfull of asshats did a lot of Continue Reading →
Actions speak louder than mouseclicks
Yesterday an update showed up in my twitter feed that I retweeted without hesitation: It had been retweeted by another friend and seemed a reasonable request so I immediately passed Continue Reading →
Blasphemy vs. The Rapture
There’s a whole lot of hoopla this week over tomorrow’s pending Rapture as proclaimed by Rev. Harold Camping who, even though he is telling the world that the rapture is Continue Reading →
Mixed Emotions
As much as I was yee-haw-ing all over the place about Iggy and Duceppe being defeated in their own ridings as their parties both tanked in the wake of the Continue Reading →
Twitter’s Shining Moment
Last night there was one big bright shiny star in the midst of the breaking news and its name is Twitter. Twitter is where I heard first that there would Continue Reading →
Screen by Screen on a Significant Sunday Night
It’s a Sunday evening, on the tail end of a pleasant weekend (which would have been much more pleasant had I been sans sinus cold) and the eve of yet-another-election Continue Reading →
Variations on a Theme
In the world’s smallest surprise move ever, Telus announced this week that they too would be moving toward Usage Based Billing (UBB). Their argument? “It’s only fair that people pay Continue Reading →
Confounded Shaw Part Deux
When the issue of UBB first hit the fan, I nearly lost it. When it looked like it was going to go through, I started actually reading CRTC rulings. And Continue Reading →
Flotsam & Jetsam Podcast Episode 5
Here’s my latest rambling post — this time about the political landscape in Canada. Flotsam-Jetsam-5 (Wow. When that plugin said “minimalist” they meant it! Haiku Minimalist audio player plugin) Music Continue Reading →