Everybody wish Victor Ng a happy birthday!
Nov 6, 2003
Go forth and wish that curmudgeonly old man a happy 28 years. Do it now before he gets any older.
Let us not put El Al passengers at risk
Nov 5, 2003
Something which looks like a letter to the National Post (via Smuggy) has been making the rounds of a few weblogs. It concerns David Collenette’s plans to investigate the feasibility of future El Al … Read more
RSS for some
Nov 3, 2003
I grow weary of constantly reloading sites which lack RSS feeds to determine whether they contain new content. If I was still using Syndirella as my news reader I would be able configure those sites as web feeds. Unfortunately (or fortunately), I switched to SharpReader as it allows for grouping of feeds and … Read more
Ontario Tories just can’t admit they were wrong
Nov 2, 2003
If the $5.6 billion Tory deficit wasn’t troubling enough, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario is now attempting to spin it in their favour and, I kid you not, use it to smear the Liberals.
In a Friday news release entitled Read more
A (somewhat) indecent proposal
Oct 28, 2003
I mentioned yesterday how my weblog ranks high on searches for John Nunziata and John Tory. As it turns out, I received an offer earlier today promising six figures and a cushy job at City Hall in return for turning … Read more
On My Mind
2017 will bring a movie about black female mathematicians at NASA for Friendship 7 mission. Huge deal in our house. theculture.forharriet.com/2016/03/janell…
First Twitter poll I've seen pushing a message w/out gauging opinion. Poll splits the tweet, forcing engagement. twitter.com/TorontoHydro/s…
I am considering auctioning two Trump-related domains I bought in 2011. They're really yuge. Any advice from experience?
Beware the iSuper iRainbow001 "smart" LED bulbs—controller includes an active wifi device w/ DHCP and telnetd. #IoT twitter.com/mjg59/status/7…
Some interesting company for @reshminair in today's @metrotoronto crossword. Wow, Reshmi's in a crossword! https://t.co/CWCrZ1qbin
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