I feel quite a bit like that.
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Carbon neutrality and general care of the environment is something Maija and I have been getting into more and more. Maija is very likely changing her thesis topic to something politically environmental, for reasons that will become public soon. A part of our interest in sustainability is due to moving to Finland, where everyone cares […]
Guess what’s coming to dinner
Published May 17th, 2008 in Personal and Recommended Reading. 0 CommentsI have to take a moment here to praise Battlestar Galactica. If you’re not watching it, or have never watched it, just do yourself a favour and pick up the DVDs. You’ll be in for some of the greatest television ever. If you don’t know what the show is about, that’s fine, you’ll like it. […]
Congresspedia and video game laws
Published October 12th, 2007 in News, Recommended Reading and Video Games. 0 CommentsLittle bit for the politicos.
Congresspedia is a US congress related wiki. They recently launched a project called “Wiki the Vote” where you can read, add, and edit the profiles of all US congressional candidates. I think is absolutely superb.
Senator Leland Yee is a hated figure by many in the video games industry for the bills […]
Ontario Election and Reforendum
Published October 7th, 2007 in News and Recommended Reading. 0 CommentsAlmost there friends. Don’t forget to go out and vote… because I forgot to organise it for myself.
Matthew Neugebauer wrote a nice little piece on MMP. Requires effbook.
The Pirate Bay sues Big Media
Published September 23rd, 2007 in IT Industry, Movies, Music and Recommended Reading. 0 CommentsThe Pirate Bay are a large bittorrent tracker. That means they provide tracking data so you can download bittorrent files, which are streamed from other people’s computers. They made a documentary recently about their experience with the Swedish police and the US government.
In a nutshell, by Swedish law they are providing nothing more than […]
Most polluted places in the world
Published September 17th, 2007 in News and Recommended Reading. 0 CommentsBefore you think, Toronto! or New York city! try this article on for size.
Norilsk, Russia — This city above the Arctic Circle contains the world’s largest metal smelting complex and, therefore, some of the world’s worst smog. “There is so much pollution going into the air from this place that there is no living piece […]
Slashdot highlights for January 31st
Published February 1st, 2007 in News and Recommended Reading. 0 CommentsOddworld game designer takes the series to the big screen
Seven ways to be mistaken for a spammer
Geophysicists try to choke a volcano with concrete and steel
Teen fights back, accuses record companies of collusion
DRM in the BitTorrent Age (great article!)
Apple ordered to play legal fees for free rights blogger movement
Forget Second Life, how about a first […]
I knew a bit about the dodgy dealings in the diamond industry before going to see this movie. My wife in fact does not wear a diamond on her finger; her engagement ring is adorned with a moissanite. But having now seen Blood Diamond there’s even more going on than I had realised.
I’d recommend you […]
Microsoft, up until the year 2007
Published December 21st, 2006 in IT Industry and Recommended Reading. 1 CommentI’ve got a 2 part story coming up here, a story of reinvention, of dreams lost, and of dreams reborn. This is the first part.
Microsoft. In the last forever…
It’s a known fact, that almost 10 years ago, Microsoft had already defined office productivity software. Microsoft Office is the most widely used office productivity software in […]
