Musings & tangents & asides

What can you say about Canada?

I suppose there are many things you could say about Canada but if I could only pick one word to characterize it that word would be big. (Pretty too).

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Can you hear me now?

Calvin seeded Americans Lose Touch, Report Fewer Close Friends and it prompted me to post this, which is something I wrote a while back and posted on one of my other blogs. But I always like this one, so ...

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Improved posts, better debates, a nicer world

I’m not sure this is a good plan. I’m just tossing the notion out to see how it feels.

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Acronyms: when AI means AI and not AI

One of my favourite hobbyhorses is acronyms – they drive me crazy. I understand why they are used. I think they can be practical, even functional. But it just makes me nuts the way they are used with the assumption that readers are aware of their meaning.

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The full story and the spin

The story about climbers stopping their ascent of Mount Everest in order to help a climber has me troubled about reporting.

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This can’t be good - Oilers implode

Doh! Amid all the high expectations and cheers and beers … the Oilers started the Stanley Cup final by not only losing the game but losing it in a less than stellar way (blowing a 3 to 0 lead). And to cap the debacle, they lost their goaltender, Dwayne Roloson.

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Online ads - who cares?

I’ve seen posts and comments in a number of places about ads and ad blockers and so on and I can’t help wondering … why?

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