Terry O’Reilly, host of The Age of Persuasion on the CBC, will do Literature for Life the honour of serving as the keynote speaker at its annual “Black White and Red All Over” fundraising event on Wednesday, 10 November 2010. To learn more about O’Reilly, feel free to visit his website. Tickets to the event […]

If you and I were to try and pick the single worst moment of the Bush administration, then we’d have our work cut out for us. September 11 would obviously be a major contender, but what about the decision to go into Iraq under false pretenses? Or any one of the many decisions that led […]

Last night, Marc Ambinder of the Atlantic posted a set of figures that he felt defined the 2010 midterm election in the US yesterday: “56% of the electorate thinks the government is doing things better left to businesses and individuals. 80% of these people voted Republican. 38% of the electorate thinks the government needs to […]

The folks at Varial Technologies, who host this site and the many sites I’ve developed in turn, are currently offering the latest of their monthly discounts. Using the coupon code “NOVEMBER” between now and the end of the month, you can get yourself 10% off new domain registrations and transfers, as well as 10% off […]

KRS-One once cut a track with Goldie called “Digital,” in which he said the following: “I bet they’ll mention me in the next century / KRS-One, innovator in early rap poetry / Simultaneously you will be forgotten / While in the year 2000 Criminal Minded will still be rocking!” That’s all fine and good, but […]

Speaking of worthwhile quotes, as we near the end of the working day, here’s one from Rework, the new book written by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hanson of 37signals: “Workaholics aren’t heroes. They don’t save the day, they just use it up. The real hero is already home because she figured out a faster […]

I’ve mentioned the great David Suzuki on this site now and then, and of course I’ve linked to his foundation. Today, I’d like to share an interesting quote from his book The Legacy, which I’m currently in the process of reading. “We have always assumed that increasing wealth and technological innovation would enable populations to […]

Well, it looks like our first Hallowe’en at our new place has come and gone without a single child knocking on our door. If I were to guess, I’d say it’s because there are houses on only one side of our street, and the kids don’t want to waste their time along it. It’s either […]

As promised, I went down to the Devil’s Workshop after work last night and got my wedding band refitted. They were happy to do the job right away, in a matter of minutes, and at no charge. And in other good news, they thanked Kate and I for a referral; our friends Steve and Amy, […]

The good people at Doritos have debuted a new flavour that they’ve apparently, and cumbersomely, named “Doritos Late Night: All Nighter Cheeseburger.” And as much as I’d love to crack a slew of jokes about this fascinating development, I’ve got to admit that the damned things really do taste like a cheeseburger. I mean, I […]