October 28, 2007
Health Minister Tony Clement says sodium is a bigger health threat than artery-plugging trans fats. "It's almost become a silent invader of our food supply and only now are we seeing the consequences of it." -...
September 13, 2007
For the longest time, Google Maps' super-high-resolution images were only available in large city areas, like New York, Toronto, etc. I noticed recently, however, that Kitchener-Waterloo has it now.
September 5, 2007
There's a great little article over at What's the next action about how to make an effective To-Do list. If you don't find making lists effective, it might be because you're doing it wrong!
August 17, 2007
Tim Ferriss (author of the 4 Hour Workweek) recently posted a great list of "stressful and common habits that entrepreneurs and office workers should strive to eliminate." My two favorites: 1.
July 30, 2007
This makes me mad. The recently released CRTC Telecommunications Monitoring Report highlighted how lack of competition in the cellular phone market is leading to increased profits year after year.
July 26, 2007
Update: New 2010 numbers can be found here. The other day, I was wondering to myself, "What are the most popular web frameworks right now?" Finding accurate numbers is actually pretty hard, so I decided to go to the...
May 16, 2007
Since I work from home, I'd say my car is generally parked at my apartment building an average of about 23 hours / day (95.8% of the time).
May 3, 2007
I called Fido today to ask about data plans. The standard rate is 5 cents / KB = $51.20 / MB . To give you an idea, at mobile speeds (about twice the speed of a modem) you can download about 50 MB / hour.
April 28, 2007
A couple of the worst possible ways you can manage people: Ostrich mentality (a.k.a. Head in the sand): Refers to the "ignore it and it will go away" attitude.
April 16, 2007
Economic trends are notoriously hard to predict. Lately, I've been reading about (and seeing) some things that make me wonder if we've already entered a slow-down period.