Monthly Archives: May 2005

How many blogs are out there?

The Blog Herald estimates in the US, Canada, New Zealand, UK and Australia there are over 36 million blogs. Asia: Japan, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Phillipines and India: 24.5 million Europe: France is known to have … Continue reading

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Blogebrity

Last week I came across Blogebrity. My initial response was why would anyone wish to read it. My second thought was all is, vanity, vanity, all is vanity. I don’t care about the A list, nor the B, C, or … Continue reading

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Exalead

Exalead is a snazzy search engine out of France that has some interesting features you won’t find with Google or Yahoo. It has a clean interface entry. There are a couple of excellent features. Advanced search offers fuzzy queries and … Continue reading

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Dishonor?

A few days ago Joe Carter at The Evangelical Outpost posted about a picture that is currently up on the official US Marine site. (still up – I just checked). As a former marine, Carter is objecting to content on … Continue reading

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Gomery Inquiry

This isn’t a surprise. An auditing firm hired by the Gomery Inquiry tabled a report today saying another 105 million dollars has been found regarding linked to Liberal sponsoship. The firm went back to 1994. Auditor General Shiela Fraser’s report … Continue reading

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Sinclair Stevens

Stevens was a member of the Mulroney government who resigned in 1986 over conflict of interest charges. 17 years later the report was overturned. In 2003 Stevens launched a legal challenge against the merger of the Progressive Conservative and Alliance … Continue reading

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Does she belong in jail?

An 86 year old woman is in jail in North Carolina for misusing the 911 system. You can read the story for yourself here. She may well be saner than you or I. She may well be lonely and cantankerous. … Continue reading

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Huh

There was a disconnect yesterday between my online life and my offline life. My family friends and neighbours come in all sizes, shapes, ages, economic status, beliefs, and political stripes. Not one I’ve talk to watched the budget vote yesterday. … Continue reading

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