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The Complicated Biofuels Proposition

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Back in February, I wrote about a New York Times story that basically heralded the death of biofuels as an alternative to gasoline. I want to follow up that post with new information that comes from another newspaper - but one from the West Coast this time. On May 3, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ran this [...]

From Russia With Hate

Monday, May 12th, 2008

I normally write about science and technology on Monday mornings. This week, I’m going to bump my science and tech slot to Tuesday in favour of something that inflames my passion to an even greater degree - hate crimes. The following video won both a 2008 Webby Film and Video nomination and a Webby People’s [...]

The Eightfold Path to Consulting Bliss

Friday, May 9th, 2008

This article might ring a little false after my antics earlier this week:

“Wah wah wah! I’m a consultant, not a wage slave! I can drop the F-bomb on my blog if I want! Wah wah wah!”
I want to take a step back though because all of these shenanigans have caused me to reflect on my [...]

The Tone and Flavour Of This Blog

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Unbenowst to me until the hate mail started to flow in, my friend Garth at Jigsaw included a link to my review of Jigsaw in his latest customer newsletter which goes out to (according to Garth) 200,000 some-odd people. While the resulting traffic spike is flattering, I thought I should take a moment to address [...]

Would You Drive the New Volkswagen 1L?

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

I know that I normally write about research methodologies on Wednesdays but to be frank, I’m running out of ideas for that category and most of my readers seem to be more interested in the technology and business topics I write about. This week, I want to talk about something that captured my attention: the [...]

CERN Update: Large Hadron Collider Still Set to Fire Up In June, Possibly Destroy Earth

Monday, May 5th, 2008

I wrote about the CERN Large Hadron Collider earlier this year and suggested that it may create some unexpected and dire consequences for Earth. Since then, anyone concerned about the LHC has been decried as a “nutjob” because the scientists at CERN have declared that it’s safe! An independent study by Sir Martin Rees has [...]

Ten Reasons Why Having A Salaried Job Rocks!

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Every now and again, it’s important for us self-employed folks to take a look back at our former lives as wage slaves and remind ourselves of the good times that drove us into our current situation. Here’s my ten reasons why having a salaried job rocks:
10. Colds/Flus
When you work from the comfort of your own [...]

Today is RSS Awareness Day

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

I’ve had a couple of my regular readers ask me in the past few months how they can subscribe to my blog. I invariably tell them “just subscribe to my RSS feed”. This is usually met with some confusion. I’ve been using RSS feeds since Firefox came along but I hadn’t realized that less than [...]

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