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For Those Who Have Always Wondered…

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

For those who have seen me type who have wondered just how fast I am… I was “inspired” to take an online test when a friend of mine did.  Hate to say it Justin, but… I kicked your butt.  Actually I should take the test again, because the browser crapped out at the beginning and […]

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Why I’ll Never Buy Sony Hardware

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Don’t get me wrong.  I love some of their audio products, and I recently had one of their cameras that I can say nothing but nice things about.  But there’s something terribly wrong in the minds of their computing products division.  The root kit thing was pretty bad, and it made a lot of people […]

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The Ultimate Guitar Hero Controller?

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

As a musician, I’ve used (or rather, “been subjected to”) a fair amount of Peavey equipment in my life.  On one hand, the KB 100 keyboard amplifier I owned when I was a teenager was one of my favourite pieces of equipment I’ve ever owned.  On the other hand, it’s no secret that most concert […]

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The Arrest Of Perry Dunlop

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

When I was a kid, I knew a cop named Perry Dunlop. He was a friend of my father. Perry investigated and uncovered child abuse and pedophilia that led to the arrest of a lot of people who didn’t want to be arrested. A lot of them had ties to the Roman […]

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A Big Fire In Toronto

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

One of the big news stories in Toronto this week was a six-alarm fire in the downtown core in the Queen and Portland area. Thankfully nobody was seriously hurt, but a lot of people are homeless now.  On a lesser note, that block of the city is looking none-too-pretty right now after several […]

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I know I try to keep this place pretty PG-13, but a story like this — that involves the French — is just too much to resist.
A French scientist by the name of Ludwik Leibler has developed a condom that he claims “can be pressed back together” (and even reused) if it is torn, […]

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A Reason To Cheer In Vancouver In 2010

Friday, February 15th, 2008

I saw this on the news the other day (another story here) and I was dumbfounded. The articles I linked don’t do credit to the interview Lloyd Robertson did on CTV news a few nights ago.
There’s a guy from Alberta who desperately wants to compete in skiing in the 2010 Olympics. He has […]

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