Canadians are bad terrorists
As everyone already knows, police have arrested 17 people in an anti-terror sweep in the Greater Toronto Area. This story has headlined in major news agencies all over the globe. Spy and police agencies have been monitoring this alleged terror cell since the fall of 2004, and they finally made the arrest after the RCMP ...
New geek blog 1
I have just started a new blog where I’ll be sharing technical (geeky) stuff with the Microsoft .NET community. My first article is entitled “HttpModules and ASP .NET page caching in Sharepoint“. The articles I’m posting will mostly be Microsoft Sharepoint related, but it will also contain general .NET content as well. The next article ...
Bluetooth laser keyboard 1
A few weeks ago, one of my Microsoft boys told me about a high tech gadget that his co-worker got as a gift. It’s a bluetooth laser keyboard that projects an image of a keyboard on any flat surface and monitors the movement of your fingers to see which keys you are typing. This amazing ...
Bush regrets cowboy rhetoric
From this Yahoo News article, referring to a recent White House news conference along with Tony Blair. In unusually introspective comments, Bush said he regretted his cowboy rhetoric after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks such as his “wanted dead or alive” description of Osama bin Laden and his taunting “bring ’em on” challenge to Iraqi ...
Movie trailer voice over guy
Today’s entry comes from a co-worker who I call “office Bob”. I have often wondered about who the voice is behind all movie trailers and previews, and today I was enlightened when “Office Bob” sent out an email with some information on the voice behind the movies. Here is Bob’s email: I’m not sure how ...
Shock-factor
Two of my buddies who both left around September last year have returned to Ontario for the first time since leaving. Mark moved to Shanghai and Tim moved to Vancouver. I spent some time over the last week hanging out with them and catching up. One thing that Tim always gets a kick out of ...
TV ‘Guy’ and Pentagon video
Did you hear about this guy who went in to the BBC for an interview for a “Data Support Cleanser” position and ended up doing a live TV interview about the Apple vs. Apple court case that he knew nothing about? Pretty funny stuff. Click here for the full story. Also, today the Department of ...
Single-minded Inc.
I’m taking a 5 minute break from studying to point out something that I think is wrong with our culture of capitalism. At school this summer, the one course I’m taking is Finance. In reading my text, I came across the definition of financial management and its one goal. “The goal of financial management is ...
Auto manufacturers – who owns who
In the complicated auto industry, many auto brands are owned by larger parent companies such as Ford or GM. But with the strategic branding that the marketing teams employ, you wouldn’t know through their marketing campaigns that a Saab is in a GM, or a Jaguar is owned by Ford. I was curious tonight as ...
Eating Stickers
After you’re done eating an apple, have you ever questioned whether or not you removed the sticker before eating it? If you didn’t remove the sticker, would you have tasted it? Or would it taste like it was part of the apple? If you swallowed it would it make you sick? Is there a doctor ...