Churn baby churn
Kathy Dunderdale is setting a record for changes in the senior public service.Dunderdale upped her score last week with a single announcement that made seven changes at the executive director…
2011
"Royal" Military made the New York Times!
Harper has added "royal" to both the sea forces and the air force of the Canadian Forces. There is absolutely no point in changing the name. It's a waste of…
protesters take to the whitehouse over the alberta to texas keystone xl pipeline.
Sixty-five Americans were arrested after a peaceful protest in front of the Whitehouse against the construction of TransCanada‘s Keystone XL pipeline, a 1,700 pipeline that would carry unprocessed bitumen from…
Hey! April is a Fan!
Well color us surprised to find out that April Gaede read our latest article concerning her and her.... uhm... endorsement of Barack Obama: Oh, April, you have it all wrong.…
Little Victor Update | Repetitive cacophony
A few years ago there was an episode of Family Guy called “Stewie Loves Lois”, where Stewie — the family baby who has spent most of his life trying to…
Kathy Shaidle Whines About Not Having A Column
Five Millimetres of Integrity blogger Kathy Shaidle is upset that she doesn’t have a column, but an actual journalist (who happens to have a transsexual history) does. Well cry me…
Sorry for lack of posts
Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I have had the flu, plus we have been dealing with some health issues for Sam, our black lab (that's Sam in the…
Patent That Becomes a Tool for Obstructing Innovation Needs to Go
Software patents have become an unnecessary obstruction to innovation. Company that used to oppose software patent are spending billions to acquire them (including Google). Small time developers (which could include…
you can look it up
"Can anyone on Capital Hill read?” demanded a sign held by a protester at one of the first Tea Party rallies, back in February of 2009."If so read the ConstitutionAs…
Deep thought
Nothing says open and accountable government like a little-known fiscal commission labouring in the shadows to decree what public services will get slashed and/or sold off. That is, unless it's…
A mixed day
On the one hand, the rainy cold weather, combined with a birthday party for her Nibs, gave me some daylight time to work on a long-neglected volunteer project. And clean…
Music for a Sunday: And do you feel scared?
I do. But I won’t stop and falter: And after a day like the one I just had, things had BETTER get better.
End of a very long road, or just a new corner?
The Libyan rebels are inside Tripoli in a so-far amazingly successful push against the tyrant Gaddhafi's stronghold. There are credible rumours that his son, Saif Al-Islam (pictured here), has been…
English Riots
"Yes, the looters may only be "relatively" deprived - but then, the politicians are only relatively corrupt, the police are only relatively on the take (and relatively prone to shooting…
Fun With Photoshop: Somehow, I always did suspect…
…that Rick Perry had a skeleton in his closet, dancing the Watusi in a pink tutu and high heels: Adam, on the other hand, looks like he’s had better.
E-Books
E-Books have drawbacks. They often come with typos and when written as e-books often lack the scholarship one might otherwise expect. That said, gosh, there is some much to read…
Asbestos is wrong, Even a Widow knows its true
If you feel the Government of Canada's support for exporting Asbestos is wrong, and you support the work of Michaela Keyserlingk. She is the widow who lost her husband to…
More tips
I stumbled on this somewhere around the fourth of August, and posted it to G+. In light of stumbling on John Baldasari’s Tips for Artists, I thought it was worthwhile…
Design Matters: Looking at a Re-themed Bugzilla
I'll be honest. There was a time when I thought design didn't matter. To my credit, it was a long time ago... but I used to think, if the tool…