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I agree with most of what he said except that he has missed one thing. Apple is first and foremost a hardware company and they always will be. Anything they do is purely [...]

Union must be part of auto sector rescue

Union must be part of auto sector rescue
Talk about the two biggest dinosaurs around. The auto industry and unions in general.
“Clement is due to visit the Washington and Detroit soon for talks on how to handle the auto sector’s woes.”

I can tell you how to handle your woes. Instead of focussing on milking as [...]

More on OTA TV Boadcasts

Previously I sent some e-mail to all the local TV broadcasters asking about there OTA plans.
It’s been over a week and I have heard nothing. Not even a peep to acknowledge that they got my question. That’s great customer service for you isn’t it? You wonder why broadcast TV is [...]

Bailout execs get bonus billions from taxpayers

All I can say is this is unreal.
Bailout execs get bonus billions from taxpayers
(Via Aftermath News.)

The State of the Auto Industry

A good piece on the state of the auto industry from the New York Times
Best quote:
“Lastly, somebody ought to call Steve Jobs, who doesn’t need to be bribed to do innovation, and ask him if he’d like to do national service and run a car company for a year. I’d bet it wouldn’t take him [...]

MobileMe and OpenID

Wouldn’t Apple’s MobileMe service becoming an OpenID provider be good selling feature?
Thoughts? Comments? Ideas?

Blue Bombers Fire Coach

Although I didn’t see this coming this quickly, I knew the firing Doug Berry was more then likely inevitable.
I was listening to it on the news on the way back to work and Lyle Bauer was quoted as saying they expect to have a new coach in place with in two weeks. That got [...]

del.icio.us and url shortening

Is it just me or would del.icio.us and url shortening (ala bit.ly or tinyurl.com) be a great fit? Did I just miss this feature at del.icio.us?
Do I get a finders fee?

Ditching Cable TV

Another thing I want to do in ditching my cable TV is to find out if I can pick up local stations digitally OTA (Over The Air). I’ve sent emails to all the local TV stations(CBC, CTV, Global and City) asking what formats, channels, etc they broadcast on. If they do not I’ve [...]

The Perfect Iced Tea

I know it’s not really the season for it, but I think I’ve finally perfected my home-made iced tea.
8 cups of water
3 orange pekoe tea bags
1/2 cup of sugar
1/4 cup of fresh lemon juice (approximately 1 lemon)
Boil the Water and add tea bags. Let steep for 30 minutes. Remove tea bags (duh!). [...]

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