Just throwing a question out to the audience…I find I am getting alot of information from just a few American based podcasts from iTunes. I realize that without watching TV news, and reading a few articles and blogs online, I may not be getting much Canadian political news. I usually walk our dog for between [...]
Archive for November 2009
Canadian political podcasts?
November 28, 2009“The Littlest Hobo” is back on the air!
November 26, 2009This post is not really related to engineering, technology, or politics, just something of general interest. While flipping through the channels the other day, my sister-in-law happened to come upon the “The Littlest Hobo”. CTV is bringing it back on the weekend, and actually have season 1 and 2 online (here’s the first episode)! A [...]
South Korea, looking to keep ahead of the curve
November 26, 2009Interestingly enough, it looks like South Korea is going to be spending more government money in R&D and innovation. (see article here)In more than a decade in the electronics industry, and with some interaction with Korean companies, you can get the impression that at least some Korean companies are on the rise. They seem to be [...]
HST protest and the new digital age
November 25, 2009Yesterday I received an email from a co-worker that originated from the Ontario realtors association. The email proclaimed all the bad things the HST would bring for those who wanted to buy a house. It was obviously a biased email–BTW, I am still researching the HST, and don’t have a final answer on what I [...]
Ayn Rand is big again.
November 25, 2009I’ve been hearing alot about Ayn Rand recently–Crackpot Adam Curry keeps trying to get Buzzkill to read Atlas Shrugged, while Chris Gondak has reviewed the Jessica Burns book “Goddess of the Market”, a biography of Ayn Rand. With two of my favorite podcasts mentioning her, I decided to do a bit more research. I found [...]
N1N1 in Ukraine?
November 24, 2009The guys from No Agenda have made a few comments on what’s going on with the exceptionally large death toll for the flu in the Ukraine. Some have pointed to a new virus that is called A/N1N1. There still seems to be a lot of misinformation coming out of there. And of course the conspiracy [...]
Worldwide Neural Network
November 21, 2009It’s staggering to think of the ways the internet has changed the world. Information sharing, information storage, and various speeds of communication (from slow to very fast). Anyone in the world with a half-decent internet connection and a terminal (I’ll define as smart phone, netbook, laptop, PC) has the ability to connect to these vast [...]
Back to Nortel / Avaya
November 20, 2009Kinda lost track of the Nortel /Avaya purchase, and so has the mainstream media. A quick search on Nortel and I have found that everyone in North America has approved the acquisition. Recent article here.
The war on capitalism
November 20, 2009While reading an issue of MoneySense, the last page had a review of 5 recent DVD releases concerning the current state of capitalism, including Michael Moore’s new movie “Capitalism: A Love Story”. Capitalism is certainly taking a hit right now, and maybe the lack of regulation has definitely caused some problems. But I don’t think Communism [...]
…and is it really bacteria thats killing people?
November 18, 2009The more I read and hear about the deaths caused by h1n1, it seems that pneumonia, or other lung infections do the major damage. Which would make sense, a virus needs the host to live so that it can spread. While bacteria just doesn’t care. Should anti-biotics be given as opposed to anti-viral (tamiflu, etc.) [...]
