Archive for December 2008

Breastfeeding – Facebook Style

Breastfeeding mothers are protesting a photo ban on Facebook, by changing their profile pictures to show themselves breastfeeding their babies. The group that has been set up ( http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2517126532 ) is almost 100,000 strong as I type this.

Over 5 Million Views

A very simple YouTube video. Just text and music for 5 minutes. Yet, over 5 million views as of today. Wow!

I am Legend

Just finished watching Will Smith’s I am Legend. Did not really like the ending, but, oh well. It reminded me of a Sci Fi movie that I saw many years ago. Same night only type creatures, and one human defending his property against them. Perhaps this one is based on the older one. (p.s. Just [...]

Snow Day

Several storm fronts have come through since Friday morning, and it is really dropping right now (1 pm Sunday). I was planning on going down to the Dollarama and No Frills at Jane, but …

Does Your 911 Work?

Very interesting series of articles in the Globe and Mail newspaper about the 911 system in Canada. I no longer feel as safe as I did. Examples In over 90% of the United States, the 911 centres can use cell tower triangulation techniques (that you see in TV shows and movies regularly) to locate a [...]

New Look

I was growing tired of the “green” look, so I am trying a theme called “Plainscape”. Comments?

Auto Industry Bailout

For obvious reasons, the Auto Industry Bailout continues to be at the top of the list. I read an interesting statistic this morning. The average labour cost of a vehicle is $1,500. If that figure is even close to accurate, gaining concessions from current workers is not going to help much. Likewise, getting executives to [...]