So, today I woke up like any other day. A flash of light, a flicker of the house lamp and boom its power out. I take the dog for a walk, giant, sticky, snow flakes; I am covered from head to toe; a strange calm and quiet; a flash of light and a thunderous boom. Yup, thunder and [...]
Archive for February, 2007
How Will Journalisim Survive?
One of the best programs on televison is PBS’s FRONTLINE. The lastets series News War, examines the political, cultural, legal, and economic forces challenging the news media today and how the press has reacted in turn.
The first 2 parts of four have already aired but are available online. In the second part last night blogger Josh [...]
Time after time…daylight saving time.
In case you live under a rock, this year will mark the first change to the management of time since 1966. In 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This Act changed the time change dates for Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. and of coarse Canada so our Prime [...]
Sorry, gotta go.
Yet another total time waster, or is it. In fact, given the right circumstances you may be able to save time on the phone if the person at the other end is an ass. Just play one of these background sounds through your speakers on your computer and yell “I GOTTA GO THEY ARE _______ [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day…to the Extreme!
Sure, this shot is a couple of years old but I love it. We were out back in the day at a local Toronto “Hot Spot”. Can you guess the local watering hole and the year? Hint…you can dance if you want to…and BTW we are getting married this July despite this photo! Happy Valentine’s [...]
The “Rock Stars” of Reddot
Most of you may have no idea what Reddot is but in the community of Content Management Systems (CMS) it is a powerful tool. The development team here at CHUM are always on the bleeding edge when it comes to pushing the capabilities of our Reddot systems. Today our Technology Manager and our Senior Web [...]
Chocolate…Yet another reason not to eat it.
Lately, in the media, fair trade has been a huge topic. First oil and diamonds and now, chocolate. Just days before the biggest “fake” day of the year for scrumptious goodies, Valentines’ day, the media has jumped onto the next fair trade bandwagon.
Apparently 600,000 children are responsible for the harvesting of cocoa leaves and 200,000 of [...]
Oh Apple, Why do you lock your music?
I just found this open letter to the public from Steve Jobs on his thoughts on music.
Basiclly it covers, what I beleive to be a fair analysis, on why Apple and other companies are forced into using DRM technology to protect, and in effect tie our hands, when it comes to the distibution of tunes.
Here [...]
Just Another Tax?
That’s what I first though when the new recycling program rolled out in Ontario on Monday. For an extra 20 cents per bottle I could now feed the micro economy of the “Box Pinchers”. These are those helpful neighbourhood scavengers that peruse your bins on trash night for gems like the forgotten beer bottle or [...]
No Internet for Free
Well, they are actors not writers. I don’t know about you but I am all for a free Internet ACTRA. At the heart of their protest is the use of produced content on the internet that is available for free. There’s no way I am paying anyone to use this photo.
See in brief below or [...]