I love this quote from a Globe and Mail article titled “A world awash in debt“.
Governments have been long aware that trouble is looming, but have struggled to muster the political will to do little more than postpone the threat.
Although the article is about debt, the quote is applicable to almost every serious policy [...]
I have a number of blogs, with Grandpa Richard Speaks my favourite. Most of my blogs get comments. Unfortunately, 99% of the comments are spam.
Some people spam me with jokes. Why do I consider jokes spam? The links they leave all point to sites that I would rather not share with my readers. I could [...]
Three of us were talking about insurance today at work, and the topic of the “Grey Power Road Rage Lady” came up. As I skimmed the news online tonight, wouldn’t you know it! A Toronto Star article about how the ad has finally been cancelled, much to the delight of probably 10s of thousands of [...]
Here is another example of an exercise by man that has gone bad.
Camels were brought to Australia in the 1840’s to help explore the deserts. Makes sense, but as usual, some of the camels escaped and started a wild herd. There are now an estimated million wild camels that compete with native species for limited [...]
The Cremation of Sam McGee, by Robert W. Service
There are strange things done in the midnight sun
By the men who moil for gold;
The Arctic trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold;
The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,
But the queerest [...]
I was poking around at amazon.com today and came across the “Most Wished For List“. There are 33 categories, from automotive to electronics to watches and more.
One of the categories is Industrial.
Come again!
People have a most wished for list in the Industrial Category?
Okay. So what is on the list?
When I looked (Sunday at noon) [...]
I came across this new animation site and made a short animated movie.
Be forewarned that I spent practically zero time on the script!
It was easy to put this together. Just took quite a while to render.
First step?
Assuming you have a decent GPA, or experience of use to Google, you need to understand the types of questions that they ask during an interview.
Questions like, “How many golf balls can fit in a school bus?”
Or, “Explain a database in three sentences to your eight-year-old nephew.”
To see not only 15 of the best [...]
I just found out that an item I ordered is being shipped by courier. That sucks!
Why?
Couriers tend to only deliver 9-5, or in some cases 9-6.
No one is home during the day at my place.
Couriers cannot guarantee to a residential address when they will deliver, so I cannot take an hour off work to [...]
Some would say no, they are just examples of domestic violence. In this article on the Globe and Mail’s site, it is reported that a judge in Ottawa disagreed with that point of view. She sentenced a father to one year in jail for threatening his daughter with violence. She also identified his deed for [...]
