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There’s nothing like the smell of a 2-stroke in the morning!

May 19, 2009

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The downside to Twitter is don’t get context, you don’t get explanations, you don’t get the meaningful conversations that can only happen in a blog (YMMV)! So I thought I’d follow this series of tweets about gas vs. electric lawncare tools with a bit more background and discussion

No honey, no money!

May 12, 2009

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Schultzter

in Editorial

I recently got a letter from the Liberal Party of Canada asking (begging) me to donate money to their “victory fund.” I have to admit that in the last federal election I contributed to the Liberals (both to Brent Fullard of CAITI fame and out of some misplaced sense of civic duty to my local…

PaaS for the hobbyist

Apr 28, 2009

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in Tech

Now that we’ve all gotten over our infatuation with SaaS (back from Wikipedia yet? Ok, let’s move on) it’s time to talk about PaaS (off to Wikipedia again aren’t you?!). Platform as a Service is a great idea. Back in the good ‘ol daystm®© we used to share our time on the mainframe provided by…

Google moves towards evil?! Part 2

Apr 15, 2009

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in Tech

In my on-going quest to validate Google’s Do no evil slogan I have more evidence that Google is becoming evil (or Microsoft is becoming good, but considering IE8 I doubt it)

No income, no trust

Apr 8, 2009

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in Editorial, The Economy

Like most Canadians my wife and I have RRSP’s and an RESP for the kids. And like most Canadians I’m not a guru, wiz-kid, or a day-trader. I make my contributions every pay cheque and put the money in some boring fund or blue-chip company and wait for retirement to come along (the sooner the…

OnProbation.ca Feedback Forum – ask Stephen Harper a question

Apr 1, 2009

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in Editorial, The Economy

The Liberal party of Canada recently (today?) opened a new web site, onProbation.ca where they are discussing their ideas and have a Feedback Forum called Ask the PM. So I added a question regarding the taxation of income trusts, which is currently ranked number six and rising steadily.

CRTC Launches Online Consultation on Net Neutrality

Mar 31, 2009

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in Blog, Tech

As I discovered onMichael Geist’s blog, the CRTC is ofering Canadians the opportunity speak out on Net Neutrality in advance of their hearings on ISP network management practices. I had this to say, in the Impact on User Experience section:

GMail cheat sheet is now on CheatSheets.org

Mar 29, 2009

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in Blog, Tech

Inspired by the vi/vim graphical cheat sheet I wrote a GMail Keyboard Shortcut graphical cheat sheet for Google’s GMail (using Google Docs off course).