I am not actually going to answer the question, “What did we do before Google?”, but I am going to look at some things we can learn from the search monster in our midst. What can we learn from Google? We can learn interesting things about people. Things that people want to learn about. Things [...]
And what is the suggested selection criteria in some cases? Gender. That is the suggestion of some professionals in the GTA, and it is resulting in subtle discrimination. At the national level here in Canada, according to the 2006 census figures, there are 932 girls to 1,000 boys under age 15 in the South Asian [...]
Should Internet usage in Canada be all you want at a low low price? Or, should the suppliers be allowed to cap speeds and volumes? Obviously, consumers want truly unlimited volumes (bandwidth), at maximum speeds. And all for some ridiculously low cost. To this Grandpa, that is unrealistic. The every increasing demands of today’s society, [...]
I reported this earlier in the post. The Toronto Star has published another item about food package sizing. It continues to go down, and the price stays the same. See the article here. Studies show that consumers are twice as sensitive to price as quantity, meaning you’re more likely to notice your morning coffee went [...]
According to Google, this Grandpa Richard is the #1 Grandpa Richard in the whole Internet world. Just look at this unaltered screen shot from Google, created November 17, 2011 at about 8:15 am. Not impressive on first glance? Consider that my site ranks first out of millions of sites with Grandpa Richard as a key [...]
Police in Ontario laid 306 distracted driving charges during the Thanksgiving long weekend. Most were probably cell phone related. In British Columbia, a September crackdown on distracted driving led to about 3,500 charges. One of the best excuses to me was, “It was my boss on the phone — I had to answer it.” And [...]
Peanut Butter. Who does not remember having peanut butter sandwiches when they were young? Or maybe on toast. My Aunt Mary was living with us for a while and she made my sandwiches for school lunch time. Peanut butter and honey. When I got older it was toast with peanut butter and banana slices. Yum, [...]
