Published July 11th, 2007
in Astronomy and News.
I’ve been meaning to post this one up for a couple of weeks now, its a shot of the International Space Station taken from the Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis on STS-117. It’s a great shot of the station which looks much more symmetrical now that it has a second set of solar panels providing additional […]
Published July 1st, 2007
in News.
Well, here I am, 12 whole minutes late for my Canada Day post. It’s now July 2nd in most of the world, but I’d just like to take a second to reflect on the fact that it’s been 140 years since Canada was first declared a country under the British-North America act of […]
Published March 19th, 2007
in General, Internet, News and Web 2.0.
Late last week Reuters reported that the Oxford English Dictionary has now recognized the word “wiki” as an official word in the English language.
The folks at the Oxford English Dictionary perform periodic updates to the dictionary to keep it current. Some of the other inductees from the class of March 15 2007 are:
bad girl […]
Published October 24th, 2006
in Astronomy and News.
I friend of mine sent me a link to this YouTube video recently, his intent I’m sure was for me to marvel at how large some of the entities in our universe are. What happened, is that I realized without any hesitation something else: how small we are.
Most of us have a pretty […]
Published October 7th, 2006
in Hockey and News.
A couple of months back (when we were in the middle of all the wedding craziness) a story came out about Bell Globemedia pondering a large bid for the Hockey Night in Canada franchise. I found a piece on VancouverCanucksOpEd.com that I found tonight researching another article that talks about this story and a […]
Published August 8th, 2006
in Blogging, News, Security, Tech News and Utilities.
At the recent AusCERT 2006 Conference, a survey was published by Graham Ingram general manager of the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) which discussed the effectiveness of several leading anti-virus products. The survey states that an average of 8 in 10 threats are getting through the protection that these products provide.
Some research done […]
Published August 1st, 2006
in News and Tech News.
For those of you who don’t actively read the Dreamhost blog, or subscribe to Dreamhost’s newsletter, the link below has DH’s explanation of the difficulties they’ve been experiencing over the past month as well as commentary from their customers.
Dreamhost Blog: Anatomy of a(n ongoing) disaster
I have been a customer for just over a year, […]
Published July 3rd, 2006
in Miscellany and News.
This past week, Fortune magazine ran a story on Warren Buffet’s recent decision to give away 85% of his net worth. The vast majority (83%) of this donation will be given to the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation to assist with their continuing work fighting HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis worldwide.
The donation itself is tied […]