Thursday, September 28, 2006

Asian Fusion

I saw this story buried in the Reuters newsfeeds, apparently China did a successful test of a fusion reactor.

I figured that kind of a story would get a bit more attention, but then again, who has time to worry about the planet's energy needs when Tie Domi is boning Belinda Stronach.

China Fusion Story

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Net Creeps

I'm sure other people have talked about this already, but the internet could be a bit creepy in 100 years. What I mean by that is.....if a person has a level of internet participation, their legacy could be a search and a mouse click away.

(assuming web browsers, google, and mice are even used 100 years from now!)

Blogs, home pages, and social networking sites contain a tremendous amount of personal info. Will people start to study "the old net" like palaeontologists dig for fossels? Will lives be reconstructed by *really* bored futuroids?

Ah, the planet will probably self-destruct before that happens, so I guess it's dumb to think about it.

Monday, September 25, 2006

Telemarketers

Every once in awhile I'll complete reverse my opinion about something, and this is one of those topics.

I used to feel bad for telemarketers, because let's face it....they have probably the worst job in the world (next to a TTC bus driver). And people must yell at them every day. My policy was always to wait for that first pause, and tell them in a nice way that I'm not interested.

Well, things have changed. Now they'll call your cell phone, at any time of day seemingly. At you can't interrupt them anymore. Even if you manage, they won't let you hang up. It's like they have morphed into bacteria resistant tuberculous!

I was letting them get me mad, but now when I get one of those calls....I feel calm because I know it's ok to hang up on them.

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Shavers

The electric shaver business is kind of frustrating for the consumer.

Everytime I go to buy replacement blades for my shaver (usually once every year or two), the blades always end up costing as much as a new razor (in this case, around $47). I know what you're thinking....."Wade, why do you buy such cheap razors?", but still, I don't think a replacement blade should cost anymore than $20, do you?

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Fox

I saw a fox. No, not a hot chick. A real red fox. In the city! Right around Lakeshore and Parklawn (Toronto). I was on the Queen streetcar and I saw it go thru a parking lot and behind a building. And it was big too, for a fox that is. No one else on the streetcar seemed to care.

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Suri

Not that I was really interested, I was browsing magazines today and spotted the Vanity Fair issue with 22 pictures of TomKat's new baby.

As I was flipping thru the magazine trying to find the shoot, I was hoping it'd be some freak of nature with one eye and a curly tail. But, of course, the baby looked perfect, just as you'd expect.

Oh well, maybe I'll pull for a flood in Guatamala instead.

Friday, September 15, 2006

Autopsy

Autopsy is a funny word, it sounds like topsy-turvy. (thx for the spell check EasyJ)

Anyway, I was reading a follow up article about Anna Nicole Smith's 20 year old son passing away. The article is about how she wants a 2nd autopsy done....

"It's nothing unusual for families to want their own pathologist to confirm or look for something that may have been overlooked," head coroner Linda Virgill told the Associated Press.


Who has their own pathologist? And did Anna Nicole Smith look over the pathology report and become concerned that the science wasn't sound? Just wondering....

Link To Original Article

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Perspective

I've been a bit down lately, but recently something made me realize how lucky I am to have a roof over my head, heat, food, spending money, etc. I just wish there was a way I could have this perspective more often.