Some companies such as Home Depot take a realistic approach to knock off, rogue and spoof web sites, after a knock off site jumped to over 20 thousand hits a day.
A number of well-travelled online news sites began posting links to homedespot, amused by Mr. Nugent’s knockoff of home renovation behemoth Home Depot Inc.’s Web [...]
In developmental psych you learn about closed systems and open systems.
The ‘church’ can be notorious for closed system thinking and behaviour.
Rigid, controlling, inflexible, rule dominated, mocking….
Here is an example, told by a blogger who went to a Christian boot camp.
People in closed systems cannot handle being exposed to the larger community.
They attack to defend themselves [...]
Josh Sargent, who has been blogging for several months says good bye to the blogosphere. I enjoyed his blog and wish him well. It looks like his wife Beth is blogging on.
Snort!
Redwood Dragon is a dog lover. However, he manages to drum up a bit of sympathy for this poor cat. LoL. I’m a dog [...]
Insider Michael Spencer looks at the evangelical culture in western society and writes why he thinks they are a hated group.
You know that feeling you get when a telemarketer interrupts your dinner? I get that feeling sometime when my Pentecostal/Charismatic friends are trying to persuade me into their camp. It’s not that I don’t know [...]
Airdirt (ayr’ dirt) - n. A hanging plant that’s been ignored for three weeks or more.
Aquadextrous - adj. Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off with your toes.
Bimp (bimp) - n. A blurry or “double-edged” felt-tip marker.
Carperpetuation (kar’ pur pet u a shun) - n. The act, when vacuuming, of running [...]
I have mentioned my penchant for poutine before on this blog, and in emails, only to be met with a “Whaa….?
It’s a Canadian dish, this article takes a whimiscal look at something you love or hate in The Poutine-She’s Delicious.
Babel-Fish
Babel-Fish Canadian-American translation. LoL.
The Toque
Another Blogging Article
This time the Washington Post takes a look at blogs, [...]
Living-Room is looking at what types of people go into blogging. There does seem to be a bit of a trend. Head over, take the Enneagram free test and let him know your results. This is an interesting idea, and I think knowing can teach us how to communicate more effectively. So far, I’m [...]
Published 5 years, 7 months ago 8 commentsIf you are wondering who is behind HourEleven, this interview will be a good start.
T-Shirt Time
Picking up on Cre8d’s post about ad-jamming, For What it’s Worth comes up with some slogan ideas of his own.
Opera 7
If you are using the new Opera 7 browser you might want to read this.
They are working to fix the [...]

“We Canadians live in a blind spot about our identity. We have very strong feelings about who we aren’t but only weak ones about who we are. We’re passionate about what we don’t want to become but oddly passive about More
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