France five weeks ago. Australia this one. I keep thinking about how riots in the one place are like the riots in the other:  •  “Prime Minister John Howard called the violence "sickening," but denied it was rooted in racism. Arab community leaders said the unrest would heighten racial tensions as …

The future is almost here.

I knew the world was a really cool place when one evening in undergrad I first heard The Beat aka The English Beat's cover of "Can't Get Used to Losing You". Applying the goodness of ska to Andy Williams' hit was masterful, slamming and respect.  •  Andy William's growing up from 2 to 12 from 1965 …

Two and a half years ago I liked the idea of wikipedia. But the New York Times article on wikipedia today points out the obvious fact that has made me lose faith in its usefulness: the amateur web encyclopedia is jam packed with falsehood. This, unlike much of the content of wikipedia, in fact is …

As you all know all too well, I am a radio nerd. I was a member of the Radio Prague Listeners Club, have received reception report confirmation cards from many nations, held a trans-Atlantic reception record for a while when I heard local East German radio in my old Nova Scotian home, listen …

Jay has been noting events at the disasterously bad idea of Pajama Media - great evidence in itself that the A-list idea of 2003 never was - and I repeat the noting of this quotation below from the discussion board at "pajamasmedia.isfullofcrap.com" just for its sheer 1998-ish-ness:  •  “When the …

Micheal is putting the boogie curse on my one share of Google. I suppose that the collapse of Google in itself would trigger the end of this bubble economy. But what of the small investor who puts just enough in to get the annual report and little else? What of me that person? Shouldn't that …

The counter-culture has truely begun when someone figures out how they can get back at their credit card company through digital banking:  •  “Don Rogers wanted to make a statement. A 32-foot credit card statement, to be precise, one he hopes will help him win a long-simmering privacy feud with …

I wish I was an electrical engineer so I could know if I was seeing a boondoggle or not. The Federal Government has announced that PEI is to get a 30 million dollar electricity cable to assist in its wind generation plans:  •  “The federal government has announced money to build a third electrical …