Sometimes I just write a headline to see what I can make of it. Before I wrote on these things, I used to think that I was missing recording all these great ideas I would make something of. Now I figure they just get out of my head. I have three things to actually write now that are not related to …

What do you know? I was waiting for my fellow lunchers to arrive today and saw Rob's post about how satellite radio is not going anywhere and he made me think of the following which goes someway to describe my periodic rant that the bloggy world is not really so new but it may still be better …

Interesting to read this lead in an Associated Press story running in the Toronto Star this morning:  •  “BEIRUT (AP) — Battles between Israeli forces and Hezbollah guerrillas raged Tuesday across southern Lebanon as diplomats at the United Nations struggled to keep a peace plan from collapsing …

Jay Currie makes an observation which is much more interesting decontextualized and expanded upon:  •  “In the comments at RightGirl’s highly entertaining blog Linda from PumpkinWatch provides this rather wonderful quote from the old trickster himself, Malcolm Muggeridge:  •  “Back in 1977 Malcolm …

I was yapping away quite merrily the other day on another blog making fun and being made fun of when a very good fellow and I got into a email discussion in which he indicated some unhappiness about some position I was taking. This quite surprised me and I had to indicate that I was surprised and …

Rob has written something very interesting and has packed in his faith that a tipping point is coming. I suppose my first inclination to find this interesting is based on the fact that I have never been a tipping-pointer or a dichotomist. The world and human participation in it is too complex. But …

A book must be out somewhere because there are interviews about the Long Tail all over the place. The Long Tail refers to a graph and that point on a graph where many different things are happening so rather than describing an spike in activity, it is showing an extended diversity. Someone has …

We have been comparing notes on satellite radios, podcasting and other innovations and have come to the conclusion that the $7.99 radio that receives simple broadcast in AM/FM is still the superior technology. Why? Surprise without a bill.  •  First surprise. What is so wrong with experiencing the …

Wow. I am sure glad that my folks got to this place. And not just cause Europe (and Grannie, too!) turned out to be socialists! But because Canada is really great as our celebrations on July 1st...celebrate. Here is my list about what I really like about Canada - you add yours:  •  Paddle to the …