October 25, 2007 – 11:23 am
This is probably no surprise to anyone, but Canada is run by a bunch of children. I was reading in the paper today about a discussion in the House (like Congress in the US) over product price differences. As you may know, our graceful loon has overpowered the not-so-tough bald eagle in the marketplace. Yet, [...]
October 1, 2007 – 1:43 am
In one of my classes, a mini assignment was to choose any material symbol that represents change and examine it materially as well as symbolically for about an hour. We were to describe the symbol’s significance generally and with regard to change. I chose a cell phone. Here is my analysis:
The [Cell]phone as a Symbol [...]
September 27, 2007 – 7:34 pm
On October 10, Ontario goes to the polls. Hopefully most of you know that along with the election we are having a referendum. This referendum asks: “Which electoral system should Ontario use to elect members to the provincial legislature?” Your choices are “The existing electoral system (First-Past-the-Post)” or “The alternative electoral system proposed by the [...]
September 24, 2007 – 7:52 pm
For my Wealth and Poverty class this week, one of my readings is by Plutarch, a Greek biographer and moralist (46 A.D-120 A.D.) who was very influential and even a source of inspiration for many of Shakespeare’s works. I would like to share a few of his statements regarding the Love of Wealth from his [...]
June 22, 2007 – 9:46 am
Last night I watched Michael Moore’s new documentary SiCKO. Let me tell you, it was fantastic! Moore’s witty humour and eye-opening style is at its finest in this movie. As “the only country in the Western World without free universal health care,” the US is a health disaster, leaving its citizens to foot the bill [...]
May 24, 2007 – 4:14 pm
So there is a lot of talk going around about the heated feud yesterday on The View. I don’t generally watch the show, but Rita sent me a YouTube clip of yesterday’s verbal attacks. The debate starts off discussing reasons why Bush should be impeached but quickly deteriorates into personal attacks. Although the issue itself [...]
May 2, 2007 – 12:00 pm
Efficacy is the belief that you can make a change. When dealing with topics on a global scale, do you think you can make a difference? For example, do you think you can make a positive difference on global warming (assuming it is in some way related to human actions), hunger, ethnic conflict, or AIDS? [...]
April 18, 2007 – 4:44 pm
Thank you Ontario. Consuming 4x as much energy as Compact Fluorescents, the dirty incandescent is now a dead bulb walking in Ontario. By the end of 2011 the ban will be in full force although the government of Ontario has already pledged that they will not buy one more incandescent bulb starting today. Some exceptions [...]
April 13, 2007 – 6:16 am
Each year, between the months of December and March, thousands of dolphins are brutally killed in small towns and villages across Japan. In Taiji, a village popularized for these acts, fishermen go out in small boats and strategically place themselves in the paths of migrating dolphins. Once the dolphins are spotted, the fishermen drop long [...]
April 10, 2007 – 2:56 pm
After writing the last article on North Korea’s 100,000 person “pixel board” at the Mass Games, I came across a video on YouTube showing training for the various events at the event. The discipline is unbelievable and you can see the pixel board in action about 1 minute into the video. They do sequences of [...]
April 10, 2007 – 2:15 pm
In the ultimate display of authoritarian control and precision, North Korea has created a 100,000 person “pixel board. After practicing for a full year, performers held sequences of coloured placards to create massive images. Each “pixel” (the little dots that make up the image) is a person holding up one of these coloured cards. This [...]
March 10, 2007 – 2:26 am
You’ve heard a lot here lately about robots. Recently I wrote about robots with emotion and in the article I noted that if robots were to adopt emotions, then perhaps they would need to be given rights as well.
It turns out that this week, experts in South Korea were drawing up a code of ethics [...]
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