Category: Thoughts

I was showing my co-worker how easy wordpress blogs are and accidentally screwed up my site.  Because all the ports are locked down at work I wasn’t able to login and fix it.  My site went the whole day without CSS.  Lesson learned.

One of the best things about Toronto is the multi-culturalism.  Where else can you hear three or four languages being spoken at the same time. We talk about Canada  being a cultural mosaic all the time, but the reality is it isn’t.  You won’t find to many Filipinos in Maple …

So the CBC lost the use of the theme for “Hockey Night in Canada” and while no one else will say it I will, shame on Dolores Claman. That’s right, shame.  CBC paid for that song many times over.  She received royalties every time it played and after negotiations broke …

I was watching live blog updates of Steve Job’s presentation at WWDC and a thought occured to me.  If Apple keeps naming their software after endangered cats, perhaps they could spend a little money, say one percent of total sales to protect that animal.  The next OS is called snow …

“May you live in interesting times.” – Old Chinese Curse A couple of weeks ago some friends were over and we began discussing China.  While most of them were not Chinese, a few were and a couple more, myself included, had been to China for extended periods of time.  This …

The government is still trying to take away your iPod! Well not really they are just trying to make it shittier to use while still allowing device shifting (think CD to iTunes to iPod) and time shifting devices like TiVo and PVR.   However, if you purchase a CD with digital …

An exhibition on homosexuality among animals at the Oslo Natural History Museum has apparently been well received so far, despite initial indications of strong opposition. “Homosexuality is a common and widespread phenomenon in the animal world,” says an exhibition statement. “Not only short-lived sexual relationships, but even long-lasting partnerships; partnerships …

Dave at thickslab wrote a post on the TTC strike. And I thought rather than argue away on his blog.  I would post a response of my own.  Dave was making the point that many people want to take away the TTC’s right to strike by making it an essential service.  Dave’s …

Some days I really HATE this country.  I really do.  I wish I could seize power and throttle it into some common sense.  The Federal government has moved to block the release of a refugee claimant who claims he has killed four people.  This is a good thing. However, They …