Electric vehicles are not cheap yet
I was perusing the options for electric vehicles the other day, such as the Volt, Leaf, Focus, etc. Whenever we do need to buy a new car, I would be…
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Good week for Apple and Google, but wow RIM
I say it’s a good week for Apple and Google just because Google upgraded/added a bunch of apps that are awesome for me. They upgraded the Gmail iOS app to…
The most educated country in the world
Interesting list of the Top 10 educated countries in the world. I was surprised to see Canada at #1 with 50% of the population having post-secondary education. I’m sure we’ll…
How to codify anti-discrimination in law
This is great: Ontario amends Human Rights Code to extend protections to transgender people, but really, can’t it be possible to write the law in such a way that we…
Pushing students through high school
Alberta teacher kicked out of class for giving students zeros Edmonton apparently has a no-zero policy. Parts of the intention of the policy sound good, like trying to get teachers…
How to become more sustainable
There’s a new article up over at YouSustain called How To Become More Sustainable that turned out well. I think it’ll give a lot of people some perspective on where…
Pirating helps music sales? Uh huh
A new study says BitTorrent piracy found by study to boost music sales. Right. BGR even points out the obvious way this study seems suspicious. Look, everyone “pirates” stuff to…
Obama and same-sex marriage
I can’t believe it’s finally happened, but Obama’s declaration of support for same-sex marriage is huge. I read an interesting comment somewhere describing how this is a very good political…
When Mayors attack
Apparently, Toronto’s esteemed Mayor Rob Ford got into a tussle with a reporter: Daniel Dale on what happened near the mayor’s home: “At some point, perhaps 10 or 15 seconds…
The morality of atomic bombs
I’ve been listening to Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History podcasts for a while now and they’re fantastic. I look forward to episodes of his show more than any other media I…
Windfarms apparently don’t hard bird populations
Windfarms do not cause long-term damage to bird populations, study finds. Maybe this will put that part of the debate to rest, although climate-change deniers don’t tend to listen to…
More bad news for RIM, but what does it really mean?
Last night’s earnings report from RIM brought more bad news, even prompting BGR into a sensationalist headline of Research In Motion is dead. The comments in response to the BGR…
Sustainable ideas
There’s a new list of Top 10 Easy Ideas For A Sustainable 2012 over at YouSustain. This years list seems extra informative because of the ability to show what the…
The drumbeat of war
The last few weeks have seemed eerily similar to the build-up towards war with Iraq. First you have the pundits flooding the media with talk of how war is inevitable,…
Canada’s sub fleet
Our defense minister claims the sub fleet we bought from the British 14 years ago, which has been in dry-dock for most of that time, and won’t hope to be…
Getting perspective on CO2 emissions
I’ve just put up a tool at YouSustain called How Much CO2 Is That?, which I think is pretty neat. You can enter (or pick) an amount of CO2 emissions…
5 iPhones a second
The world is buzzing with news of Apple’s most recent incredible quarterly earnings and profit. Their profit was $13 billion on revenue of $46 billion. Also staggering was the number…
Bob Rae for the Liberal Leadership
I’ve never understood why there was a supposed agreement that Rae wouldn’t run for the leadership. Doesn’t that seem a bit un-democratic? I have no idea if him running would…
First impressions of the BlackBerry PlayBook
A few days ago I received a BlackBerry PlayBook. I’m not really in the market for tablets, just because we have enough computers and iPhones in the house that I…
Meat and sustainability
I posted a new article over at YouSustain: Meat and Sustainability: The Facts. It has some interesting comparisons of how resource-intensive it is to produce various types of food. Let…