According to an article in the Globe and Mail this morning, pollsters are having trouble here in Canada. Part of the problem is that more and more people are refusing to take part in their polls. A more insidious problem is that there seems to be increasing fragmentation in Canadian society. We are losing social [...]
A photo of a model with a flabby tummy has sparked a bit of a discussion.
Visit this page and weigh in (pun intended !!!) on the debate. Maybe even leave a comment here.
and then the next, everything is falling apart.
A co-worker that I have known for 7 years lost her husband to an industrial accident the other day. He leaves behind 2 children under 15 as well. We all feel so bad for her. She was always saying so much about her husband, and how much they [...]
Billions (trillions?) of $ used to buy back shares, even while the economy almost ground to a stop. This article in the Globe and Mail makes me cringe. If this author’s data, and commentary, is accurate, then shame on our money hungry industries. Just another way that money is made without any real services or [...]
Should internet providers be allowed to “manage” the flow of data on the internet? Their normal excuse is that 1% of their customers use so much bandwidth that other customers notice a slowdown in their use.
Well, a Dutch provider is doing it. (see this story for more details)
Major Dutch cable provider UPC has introduced a [...]
Volcanoes are one of those parts of science that we all find fascinating; from a distance. Perhaps you are old enough, like Grandpa Richard, to remember the Mount St. Helen’s volcano erupting back in the 1980’s. A friend visited the area afterwards and brought me a jar of ash from the site. Unfortunately, I have [...]
How can we really tell?
The story of Caster Semenya begs an answer to the above question.
Caster won the women’s 800 and 1500 metre races at the World Athletics Championship by leaving the closest competitors way behind. Is she truly female the way we have traditionally thought of that gender, or is it possible that she [...]
I do not actually remember dad bringing my first real 2 wheeler home, but I definitely remember learning to ride it. I had some bricks piled up at 2 ends of a smooth field. My bike was a bit big for me, and I needed the bricks to help me climb up on the seat!
This [...]
Sorry. I am not very inspired these days. I think it is the high humidity and heat levels. (and no air conditioning in my suite)
An age old problem. How to choose a good marriage partner. One method involves mathematics.
Suppose you decide to marry, and to select your life partner you will interview at most 100 candidate spouses. The interviews are arranged in random order, and you have no information about candidates you haven’t yet spoken to. After each interview [...]
