Monthly Archives: June 2008
The price of freedom of speech
photo credit: stan So I’m playing late catch-up with the story of Canada’s Human Rights Councils. The French philosopher Voltaire once wrote “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” ... Read More »
Great headline #423
Dating service that bans ugliness comes to Canada Read More »
Turnabout is fair play
Seems reasonable enough Read More »
Me me me me meme!
Edward Willet has proposed that folks that read his blog get in on the 123 meme*… so here I go: If that tide should shift against us… From The Judas Strain by James Rollins – as yet unread, but ... Read More »
It’s Download Day!
Today’s the day to download Firefox 3, if you want to help the Mozilla foundation set a world record. Why should you update? The open-source web browser is the fastest and most secure version of Firefox yet. Significant improvements have ... Read More »
The truth hurts?
This should be raising some eyebrows – it’s a concatenation of the research done on social attitudes of people with particular political leanings. The findings? People who are politically conservative are nicer, more generous, less envious, more charitable, and hug ... Read More »
Write your MP
Do you like recording TV shows you don’t have time to watch when they’re aired? Do you enjoy only having to buy one copy of your music, and playing it on CD, on your computer and on your MP3 player ... Read More »
Iphone v2
Wow…3G, $200, and Enterprise ready. July 11. In Canada, and 21 other countries. Apple is taking over the world Read More »
Guaranteed to generate controversy
Threat of world Aids pandemic among heterosexuals is over, report admits A quarter of a century after the outbreak of Aids, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has accepted that the threat of a global heterosexual pandemic has disappeared. In the ... Read More »
Funny stuff!
If you, like me, are a fan of LOLcats, you will appreciate their new-ish sister sites, GraphJam and PunditKitchen. A couple of examples: GraphJam PunditKitchen Read More »