Storm by Tim Minchin (with text)
I choked on my coffee this morning listening to this. Every time I go to get tattoo’d there is a girl getting a tramp stamp and fairies are an on-running joke.
Year: 2011
Top 6 reasons to micro-loan
I am a big believer in micro-loans. I have done a lot of reading about them and actively participate in loaning money. In celebration of my 100th micro-loan I thought I would share my top five reasons to participate.
FIFA bans head scarves
This picture saddens me. It saddens me because the fact that Iran actually has a women’s soccer team and they are not allowed to play with head scarves forcing them to choose between their religion and their passion. FIFA banned the Iranian women’s national team from an Olympic qualifier because of …
The Butcher’s update
I received a call on Friday from a nice gal from Buytopia. While we chatted, she informed me that it was not a scam (I asked point blank) that Marlone and the Butcher’s had been members of the Yonge & Lawrence community for years and that in no way had …
The Butcher’s update
I received a call on Friday from a nice gal from Buytopia. While we chatted, she informed me that it was not a scam (I asked point blank) that Marlone and the Butcher’s had been members of the Yonge & Lawrence community for years and that in no way had …
The Butchers scams Toronto?
Back in April, I, like apparently the rest of Toronto bought vouchers for a butcher shop on Yonge street aptly named “The Butchers”. At first I was wary it was a scam, I normally have a good nose for this stuff, but after checking out their website I thought, “what …
The ol’ helmet debate
A co-worker shared an old copy of dandy-horse, a Toronto cycling magazine. It was the spring 2009 issue and featured a debate between Geoff MacBride and Derek Chadbourne discussing the merits of helmets/no-helmet. I am very much a pro-helmet advocate. But only for me, I couldn’t give a crap if …
A case against personalization
As a Web Analyst the supposed holy grail of data usage and optimization is personalization. Disregarding the whole PI issue for the time being, the notion of a website that uses data to optimize itself to you; that tailors itself to your interests is awesome. Think of all the sites …
Sony PSN Breach: Fukushima of Privacy
Recently Sony shut down it’s PlayStation Network due to an intrusion into it’s customers’ personal information. Names, addresses even credit cards were taken. With 75 million+ PSN users affected, it is one of the largest breaches of confidential user information in history. As Chris Berry said to me, this is …