Category: Thoughts
Thoughts on the world and the things in it.
TTC sells off naming rights cheaply
The CBC reported that the TTC has sold the advertising rights, including the naming rights for the subway stations to Pattison advertising for 324 million dollars for the next 12 years. This reflects very poor judgement on the part of the TTC who have grossly undervalued the advertising properties of …
Bike lanes
Look, we get it. Rob Ford has clearly announced his agenda will be pro-car, pro-pollution, pro-obesity and that is just…awesome. And it is equally clear that without three assistants, John Parker would be incapable of doing the job he loves so much (the one with “hot chicks“) like removing bike …
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 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 …
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 …
How the earthquakes in Tokyo helped the environment
On March 11th the 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Sendai sent a tsunami which destroyed much of the coast and killed thousands of people. In Tokyo, the largest city in Japan and home to over 12 million people, the earthquake had a slightly different effect. It forced people to …
Earth hour scam
I captured this photo before I left for Japan. I think you would be hard-pressed to convince anyone with a lick of sense that Earth Hour is something other than a big advertising exercise. Hypocritical to say the least.
Problem with Earth Hour
inducWhy do we have an Earth hour? The earth is going to be here for billions of years, long after we are all gone. I guarantee it. If we pollute the world, to the point of no return and all human life ceases to exist, the planet will continue until …