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Revenge is more satisfying as a considered response enacted when unexpected I have been somewhat silent for a while due to a busy work and personal life. I also had trouble rousing myself for an ongoing spate of blogging when the impact seemed so futile. The die was cast. If

“David Braben, British game developer and co-founder of Frontier Developments, has created an ultra-low cost computer the size of a USB stick called Raspberry Pi. The expected price would be a measly $25 for a fully-configured system. He says he’s developed the PC in order to encourage the pursuit of

Well, after the catastrophic election results on Monday, and by that I’m referring to the harper majority, I suppose bashing the new opposition party for any reason whatsoever might be a way to pass the time. Karma, and all that. Anyway, Barack Obama decides that releasing the pictures of osama

The outcome of the 1993 federal election was perhaps one of the most divisive and transformative elections on record. It ushered in an era of mudslinging, contempt, cheap partisan tricks and mistrust. A chapter that may have only been closed with the recent 2011 federal election. Similar to the recent

NDP recruiting activist Matt Jelly to run in Ontario election: “ Community advocate touted for Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale “ NDP recruiting activist Matt Jelly to run in Ontario election Jelly considers running in provincial election Matt Jelly has been approached to run in the Oct. 6 provincial election, in the riding of

Is central air conditioning more energy-efficient than window units? from Slate Magazine by Brian Palmer For many urbanites, summer means being constantly dripped on from the air conditioners that fill virtually every city window. These ubiquitous boxes must consume a tremendous amount of energy. From an environmental perspective, aren’t central

My projection for the election was wrong. Like off by 100+ seats wrong if you add up all the differences in seat counts. I’ll start by saying that. But I don’t actually dismiss my model. Here’s why: First, I’m mostly wrong in Quebec where I had the Bloc holding on

The Alberta Party has done some short videos of the leadership candidates so the people of Alberta can get to know them better. Here is the Glenn Taylor video.  He is my choice to be the next leader of the Alberta Party and the kind of fresh thinking and collaborative

“Cybersecurity specialists are asking pointed questions about the way Sony manages customers’ sensitive information, based on new details about its massive data breach. Chester Wisniewski, a Vancouver-based senior security advisor with the computer security firm Sophos, said Wednesday that he was shocked when Sony disclosed Tuesday that an “outdated” 2007

So here we are, in a “stable majority government” in times of enormous uncertainty in the world.  Democracy has spoken and the collective wisdom of an ever diminishing number of democratically engaged citizens sets Canada on a new course.  It looks like voter turnout was even lower this time than

Canadian federal election, 2011 2008 ←members May 2, 2011 (2011-05-02) → 42nd (expected 2015) 308 seats in the House of Commons of Canada155 seats are needed for a majority Opinion polls First party Second party Third party Leader Stephen Harper Jack Layton Michael Ignatieff Party Conservative New Democrat Liberal Leader

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