Monthly Archives: June 2004

Between the hacker, malicious adware and the ISP there was something else going on in my life that knocked me down. My twin was in hospital. I’m been bereft and lost. Even more lost without my down time spend blogging, … Continue reading →

My absense from blogging is driving me a bit batty. Not that I take this amazing medium for granted, it’s just that an enforced absence is hard. There were nearly 500 pieces of spam in the blog comments, dumped over … Continue reading →

I apologize for my light posting lately. It’s been a forced exile, and I admit to going through mixed emotions and withdrawal. I miss reading other blogs, I miss conversations, ideas, and really miss bloggers and readers. I miss linking … Continue reading →

The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.- Brooks Atkinson (1894 – 1984) Bureaucrats write memoranda both because they appear to be busy when they are writing and because the memos, … Continue reading →

So, why has Canada gone down to 77th in the world in voter turnout? We are tuning out and telling ourselves and our civil service that politics don’t matter. Next Monday we go to the polls. Maybe 68.4 percent of … Continue reading →

How are we Canadians doing with our computer usage? Are we getting the message we need to at least attempt basic security? Are the ISP’s helping or hurting users? Man. When author Jim Carroll gets a call from his ISP … Continue reading →

How to argue religion looks at five easy ways to win any religious argument. 1. Subtly Claim Moral Superiority 2. Assert Spiritual Supremacy 3. Suggest Intellectual Dominance 4. Ridicule Your Rivals 5. Make Scathing Accusations via Tim Samoff I rather … Continue reading →

Opportunism runs amok would be more like it. Today election campaigning got a bit personal. The Conservative Party had some over eager beaver worker sending out press releases and retracting them and sending them out again. Of course the leaders … Continue reading →