October 2003

October 14, 2003

Marley Leger, wife of Cpl. Marc Leger, was on the news this morning while I was doing my workout.  I heard her interviewed again by Anna Maria Tremonti on The Current while I was driving in to work.  Today is the day that the trial of the American pilots who accidently killed her husband begins.  The [...]

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October 12, 2003

A Nation of Nihilists.  This morning’s Ottawa Citizen editorial decries the erosion of the Liberal Democratic tradition into “Nihilism”.  When is tolerance not a virtue anymore?     

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October 10, 2003

SENS: BUDDY CAN YOU SPARE A DIME ?  

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Driving an SUV Supports Terror

October 9, 2003

Driving an SUV supports terror, new TV ads say. — SUVs have been called a lot of nasty things: gas guzzlers, road hogs, environmental menaces. Even an affront to Jesus Christ. Now, some racy U.S. television commercials call sport-utility vehicles and their owners the dirtiest name of all: Supporters of terrorism. Backers of bin Laden. [...]

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TiVo Networks

October 9, 2003

Tivo follows ReplayTV‘s lead.  Both of these are excellent products.  I want one of them!  My PC is jammed full of digital photo’s that I want to show on my spiffy HDTV in the media room.   My home is wired with a network to allow me to do exactly that, including a network access point in the media [...]

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Bloglet

October 9, 2003

Just discovered bloglet.  Over on the right hand side of this page, just below the links and the blogroll (scroll down a little) you will see a little subscription window.  Pop your email address in there, and you can be updated whenever I ship something new out on this page.  Enjoy!

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Paul Martin’s Blog

October 9, 2003

Found Paul Martin’s weblog tonight.  Lot’s of personal thoughts and family stuff.  No substance.  No RSS syndication.  Too bad.  A leading Canadian politician with a blog would have been cool.  

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SUV ads

October 9, 2003

The ads that caused the SUV controversy.  They’re not even that outrageous… Headshots This is the gas that George bought.

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Cheap Chips Drive New Wave

October 8, 2003

Cheap chips seen driving next tech wave: From News.COM. In general I think this is true, with the exception of the assertion that products will be sold below cost, and the difference made up in service fees.  This is a flawed model for most businesses.  Consumers have demonstrated that they are willing to pay for [...]

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Smartphones to Dominate Wireless Handset Market

October 8, 2003

Smartphones Will Dominate Wireless Handset Market By 2008.  No surprise in the article, but the "message from sponsor" is quite enlightening   

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