crazed monkey

In true Canadian style the federal government has handed the issue of gay marriage to a committee. Never mind that a Canadian court has “found that the restriction of legal marriage to heterosexuals is unconstitutional” (GAM) or that a majority of Canadians think that same-sex marriages should be recognised. Save the courts’ time and the taxpayers money and just recognise same-sex marriages already.

Posted on August 8th, 2002 in culture - No Comments »

Walking by the sales office just now I heard one of our sales guys exclaim, in a jovial voice

“You can’t get any more penetration than that!”

Sometimes, you just don’t want to know.

Posted on August 7th, 2002 in Uncategorised - No Comments »

Why is it that when I delete a few items in Radio’s news aggregator, a bunch of previously-deleted items suddenly appear and I have to spend a few minutes cleaning them out? What Radio needs is a ‘Check All’ option or something like that so I can uncheck the items I’m interested in reading later. When I get a chance, I’ll try installing myRadio and see if that helps. Anything has got to be better than the built-in aggregator, which is feature-poor.

Posted on August 7th, 2002 in computers, internet - No Comments »

While high-speed wireless access in Toronto might not be so great now (Clark Hornbell claims that we’re leaps and bounds ahead of Vancouver, however.) it seems like it could quickly get better. The rumours of the death of “mom and pop” ISPs have been greatly exaggerated. Unable to afford the cost of competing with the big boys in the cable and ADSL space, independent Canadian ISPs are tackling the wireless market. Some of the Toronto-area players include WorldWithoutWire and Storm Internet Services. The prices are reasonable, too: $40/mo for personal use, although you’ll need a $400 antenna. If you could share your wireless access between your home computer and your wireless PDA, that would be great. I won’t hold my breath, however.

Posted on August 6th, 2002 in computers - No Comments »

I had a reasonably good weekend which included heading out to the Caribana parade on Saturday afternoon. I never thought it possible, but there was just too much booty. Everyone was dolled up and looking for some action, much like this article describes.

I find it a little interesting how Caribana, a yearly occurrence, attracts roughly as many people to this city as the Pope’s visit during World Youth Day, a twice-in-a-lifetime event. Estimates for the Pope’s WYD mass were around 800,000 while the Globe & Mail article suggests that “nearly a million” visitors came to Toronto for Caribana. Meanwhile, we’re bending over backwards for the WYD visitors but Caribana seems always in danger of folding.

Posted on August 6th, 2002 in culture - No Comments »