Yeah…I’m a geek

Have you recently been wondering how the economy has gotten so bad in such a short time; or how business leaders go from being demigods to demons in less than a year; or how about those fluctuations on a stock from external forces that make little to no sense (i.e. a cotton farm in Bangalore [...]

Although the use of electronic warfare is not new, the approach taken recently by Russian “hackers” is an eerie way in which to wage war in the 21st century.  Arstechnica sheds some light on recent reports of Russian “hackers” launching a massive distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack on Georgia.  Over at Shadowserver(a not for profit security [...]

Announced months and months ago, the CRTC has finally confirmed that their National Do Not Call List (also known as the Call me Again and I Am Going To Have to Resort to Violence List) will be operational and ready for business on September 30th.  As per ITBusiness.ca: To put their numbers on the National [...]

Having recently blogged about OLPC’s struggles and challenges here, this news comes as no real surprise.  It’s a bit sad and frustrating that OLPC isn’t able to get more traction in the global marketplace.  Machines like Intel’s Classmate PC and the EEPC compete (at least on a cost and basic form factor perspective) directly with the [...]

Have you ever wondered how presidential candidates stay knowledgeable and informed on all the issues of the world?  As well, have you ever wondered how they develop their opinions and policies on such diverse and sometimes muddy issues?  Well, being the geek that I am, I wonder this stuff all the time.  Well, as this [...]

To a packed audience in Washington yesterday, Al Gore issued an inspirational address and challenge: “Today I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years” Gore goes on to discuss the economics, and potentially more importantly, the politics of such a [...]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder…and in the hands of the graphic artist in this case. If you haven’t seen this video yet, it is an absolutely incredible view of how the fashion industry goes about selling consumers a bill of goods.

A recent National Post piece (citing a BBC article) is presenting the idea that Iran may target Canadian troops in Afghanistan. While I am certainly not an expert in the ways of the military or current Middle East tensions, I can’t help but think this is just more of the same fear mongering that the US [...]

Well, it’s nice to see Canada leading the way in terms of gasification plants in North America.  While the tech is that all that new, it hasn’t really caught on outside of Europe until now.   PlascoEnergy Group constructed the first demo site in Ottawa back in 2006 and is now in the process of constructing the permanent [...]