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Technology Scares Me
Don’t forget to take my five question reader survey if you haven’t done so yet. It wont take long, and I’d really appreciate the feedback. Click here and enjoy. My car is insecure. I don’t mean that I left it unlocked. It sent me an email; it wants me to answer some questions about its […]
Tying Up Some Loose Ends
I figured an update on a couple of earlier posts might be in order. As you may recall, Canada Post introduced community mailboxes to my neighbourhood just after last October’s federal election. This arguably was the first broken election promise for the new Liberal government, which had promised a moratorium on ending home delivery. A […]
Ashley
Ashley Madison is back in the news. A little more than a year ago, when the adultery dating site was in the news for a couple of weeks I put down some thoughts on the mater but didn’t post them. I had some posts scheduled, and once they had run Ashley Madison had faded from […]
End Of The Road?
Tonight Canada pauses. The Olympics are forgotten. Wars and rumours of wars are on the backburner. Only one thing is important: The Tragically Hip have returned home to Kingston’s K-Rock Centre for what is most likely one final show. The Hip are the quintessentially Canadian band. They can fill the largest arena in the nation […]
Sad But True
I came across a page on Facebook recently filled with memes created from “classical” art. Some were crude, some were silly, but others I found quite funny. Those ones I will post here over the next little while. That way you don’t have to wade through the dross – I’ve already done it for you.
Do You Care?
The Summer Olympic Games officially kick off today in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (though some events have already started). Does anyone care? Certainly the athletes do. For many this is the apex of their athletic careers, medal or no medal. But does the public care? Or have we judged the Olympic spectacle to be not […]
Diefenbunker II
There is so much I could say about my trip to Canadian Forces Base Carp, also know as the Diefenbunker, but it’s Sunday and you probably don’t want to hear me blather. So I’m going to let the pictures tell the story.
Somebody Is Watching Me
Think of yourself as a snail. Whenever you surf the Internet you leave behind a small trail of slime for others to see. And exploit. I know there are ways to cover my tracks online, to disable “cookies,” to use proxy servers and various other methods to give a certain amount of anonymity. That knowledge […]
Diefenbunker
I grew up in a society that prepared for a war that never happened. That is something we can all be thankful for. The Cold War was the longest major conflict of the 20th century, and arguably the one with the fewest casualties – and that’s even when you take into account the battles that […]
Random Thoughts About Computer Technology
I was doing a computer backup, something I probably don’t do as often as I should (and neither do you!). During the process I was struck by the advances in technology over the past couple of decades. What triggered the thought was watching the transfer rate on my laptop screen. Depending on the type of […]
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