I enjoyed reading the coverage of the No Prorogue rallys around the country. Opposition parties are acting on the public outrage and attempting to draft some legislation to slow down our proroguing Prime Minister (and future PMs). The question now is, how does the public continue to show support for this initiative? How do we [...]
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After the protest, what’s next for concerned citizens?
January 27, 2010Can the government complete big projects?
January 27, 2010I’m still getting alot of information from podcasts that I listen to while I walk the dog and I recently listened to Chris Gondak review the book “If we can put a man on the moon”. This book explored the sequence of events that led the American government to succeed in the pursuit of it’s [...]
CSI–there’s something about it…
January 14, 2010I don’t know why, but there is something about the CSI shows that sicken me. I find that the premise is ridiculous, the science is ridiculous, and the acting is ridiculous. Really, scientists that physically arrest people? And the fact that the bad guys are just so bad, but really ridiculous?
I just watched an episode [...]
Wall Street: Can we live without it?
December 11, 2009During my very chilly walk with my dog tonight, I was listening to the Invisible Hand podcast from Heron and Crane. This episode was a review of the book “Liquidated – An Ethnography of Wall Street” by Karen Ho. Quite an interesting interview. Many know about how the people running the big investment banks may [...]
SEO and WordPress
December 8, 2009One thing I’ve noticed recently is that I’m getting hits from Google searches. When I do some searches myself I notice that this blog shows up relatively early on some of the search results. In my previous position with a media company, SEO was stressed as something important. Meta keywords were studied and all kinds [...]
Canadian political podcasts?
November 28, 2009Just 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 [...]
“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 great [...]
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 [...]
