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Thursday, January 31, 2008
09:12 - Boiling water and polycarbonate plastics don't mix: Boiling water and polycarbonate plastics don't mix. Boiling water in...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
09:14 - Transparency in government: Transparency in government. Robert Marleau, Canada's Information Commissioner, makes a...
08:20 - Reading Diary: Reading Diary: Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies : administrator's pocket...
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
13:08 - Student bullies: Student bullies. Anne Galloway has an excellent post on contrapower...
12:30 - Wal-Mart finds the margin: Wal-Mart finds the margin. Wal-Mart chops prices up to 30%...
11:21 - Small tweaks: Small tweaks. This week I've switched to drinking 1/2 cups...
Monday, January 28, 2008
16:02 - SharePoint UI madness: SharePoint UI madness. Find the attachments....
14:44 - Reading diary: Reading diary. William Gibson’s Pattern Recognition was a nice change...
Saturday, January 26, 2008
17:13 - Reformatting an old PC: Reformatting an old PC. We're passing on our old home...
Friday, January 25, 2008
11:42 - Ugly sidewalks: Ugly sidewalks...
09:47 - The Chalk River reactor affair: The Chalk River reactor affair. Firing of nuclear watchdog head...
Thursday, January 24, 2008
13:36 - US housing and financial woes: US housing and financial woes. We've heard stories of folks...
13:03 - E-mail note: E-mail note. I found out today that McGill deleted my...
10:46 - Marché Byward: Marché Byward...
09:20 - Bluefin tuna contaminated with mercury: Bluefin tuna contaminated with mercury. High Mercury Levels Are Found...
09:11 - Pollution expected to plague Beijing olympics: Pollution expected to plague Beijing Olympics. Olympic Teams Vying to...
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
15:39 - Missing Montreal: Missing Montreal. Folks in my old town have a chance...
13:45 - eOpen frustrations: eOpen frustrations. Microsoft's eOpen site has got to be one...
10:07 - Grateful: Grateful Today may stretch before you grey, a span of...
09:48 - Coffee news: Coffee news. NY Times: At Last, a $20,000 Cup of...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
12:51 - Migrating to Office 2007: User education is key: Migrating to Office 2007: User education is key. We're looking...
11:16 - Hire people to do your work for you: Hire people to do your work for you. The Holy...
Monday, January 21, 2008
10:22 - Currupt me: Currupt me...
09:42 - The intersection of luxury and sustainability: The intersection of luxury and sustainability. The WWF Deeper Luxury...
09:23 - Ouch!: Ouch! Macbook Air and Commodore SX-64 compared. While this only...
09:13 - Going green through acquisition: Going green through acquisition. Burt’s Bees acquired by Clorox for...
09:04 - Retooling: Retooling. Walk out this morning into a crisp, brutal morning....
Friday, January 18, 2008
10:42 - Blogger flashbacks: Blogger flashbacks. Reading about the performance problems Twitter has been...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
15:32 - Light snow: Light snow...
Monday, January 14, 2008
17:02 - Academic banning of Google and Wikipedia misguided: Academic banning of Google and Wikipedia misguided. I came across...
Sunday, January 13, 2008
21:23 - Reading diary: Reading diary. Alistair Cooke's American journey : life on the...
20:40 - Making informed decisions about food purchases: Making informed decisions about food purchases. Jon Udell on the...
10:59 - Again, CS is not software engineering!: Again, CS is not software engineering!. Jeff Atwood on the...
Saturday, January 12, 2008
22:00 - Reading for pleasure: Reading for pleasure. This afternoon I spent an hour or...
21:33 - Skating on the Rideau Canal: Skating on the Rideau Canal. 'Gloves are off' in Winnipeg-Ottawa...
Friday, January 11, 2008
10:23 - Building tops: Building tops One of a handful of pictures I took...
09:52 - Tokyo green: Tokyo green. A nice article on efforts by the city...
08:15 - The return of the clothesline: The return of the clothesline. Ontario to cut down clothesline...
08:08 - Good morning: Good morning. Overcast, misty, grey. It snowed last night, the...
Thursday, January 10, 2008
12:52 - Ottawa's idling buses: Ottawa's idling buses. Ottawa buses spew fumes despite idling ban:...
09:19 - Microsoft Surface video: Microsoft Surface video. Core77 has a video of part of...
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
15:38 - Free RSS reader: Free RSS reader. FeedDemon is now a free download. Not...
11:51 - Promotion: Promotion. Today the news broke internally and to our membership...
08:25 - An example of explicit and tacit knowledge: An example of explicit and tacit knowledge. On Monday as...
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
11:57 - Confusing computer science with software engineering: Confusing computer science with software engineering. Joel Spolsky comments on...
09:11 - Local university news: Local university news. For first time, Carleton picks woman to...
09:03 - Canada urged to adopt carbon tax: Canada urged to adopt carbon tax. Federal report calls for...
08:04 - SharePoint history: SharePoint history. Joel Oleson, who has been working on SharePoint...
Monday, January 07, 2008
20:41 - Dark path through the park: Dark path through the park The warm front has brought...
Sunday, January 06, 2008
21:19 - You have to work with what you have: You have to work with what you have. Dave Pollard,...
12:07 - Reading diary: Reading diary. It had been over twenty years, probably since...
11:53 - Reading diary: Reading diary. The Rebel Sell provides a strong critique of...
11:32 - Arguments for concentrating Ottawa's social services downtown miss the mark: Arguments for concentrating Ottawa's social services downtown miss the mark....
11:03 - Dangerousmeta! redesign: Dangerousmeta! redesign. Garret has redesigned dangerousmeta!, migrating to ExpressionEngine in...
Saturday, January 05, 2008
21:34 - Rideau Cinema... egads!: Rideau Cinema... egads! Yesterday we went to see a movie...
20:57 - OLPC fails to impress: OLPC fails to impress. The Economist has a negative review...
20:40 - Lowertown depanneur: Lowertown depanneur...
11:40 - Ottawa needs to clean up its act: Ottawa needs to clean up its act. Garbage crisis looms....
11:25 - Good idea, good luck!: Good idea, good luck!. Minister wants services out of downtown...
11:11 - Shortage of doctors prompts call to reduce duration of medical degree: Shortage of doctors prompts call to reduce duration of medical...
Thursday, January 03, 2008
19:15 - Linux/Apple won't be making inroads onto the business desktop in 2008: Linux/Apple won't be making inroads onto the business desktop in...
12:06 - Paying homage to our old kitchen knives: Paying homage to our old kitchen knives. Over the holidays...
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
22:55 - Museum of Civilization: Museum of Civilization. Today we decided to walk over to...
21:48 - Another Facebook lament: Another Facebook lament. This time, from Ben Brown: If all...
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
11:54 - A return: A return. Discovering that Karl has resumed blogging is a...