I had a successful foray into urban naturalistic photography recently. Upon a truck in the downtown area, I noticed a large raven perched there. It is rare to see one of these large birds so close, and at street level to boot. I happened to have a digital camera handy, but at the moment I took the picture, [...]
As a Beatles fan, I have always been fascinated by the ‘Paul McCartney is Dead’ rumour, in a tongue-in-cheek sort of way. This whole supposition grew after numerous clues became apparent to fans upon careful scrutiny of both the album covers and lyrics which The Beatles released. It was clear to them that there had to have been a [...]
Continuing on in the spirit of the last post (where I had mentioned some heartening ecological news from Africa), there appears to be some positive changes starting to occur in the wake of one of the largest environmental disasters left over from the well thought-out planning practices of the Soviet Union.
The Aral Sea, found a distance east of the Caspian [...]
Occasionally, some good environmental news passes us by. We all know that the continent of Africa has plenty of difficulties as it is. Natural disasters, political disruptions, and disease pandemics among others. In particular, there is one type of problem known as desertification. There are three large deserts on the continent (The Sahara, Kalahari, and Namib). For a long time, I was under the impression [...]
No website of a cynical nature would be complete without an occasional mention of politicians. Recently, there was a municipal election in our fair city of Sudbury, with the previous mayor (David Courtemanche) being usurped by John Rodriguez, with 52% of the popular vote.
I suppose one of the reasons for the incumbent’s downfall was that he failed to [...]
I am aware that Hallowe’en is more than two weeks in the past, but that simple fact does not preclude us from the possibility of being frightened later on in the year, particularly now, as the readjustment from daylight savings time and the late-autumn sunsets beckon darkness upon us much earlier in the day. I recently listened again to a sinister [...]
My last post included the seemingly bizarre statement that PC’s were actually inferior to Commodore 64 computers as recently as the early 1990’s. Very true. If you wanted to avoid irritating PC-speaker beeps, and graphics represented upon highly visible pixels by an embarassingly colour-poor palette, you were best to go with a C64 until screen picture and sound each started to make dramatic leaps in [...]
In less than a month, a far-ranging exposition will be held down in Toronto to showcase and celebrate one of the finest computers which has ever been produced: the Commodore 64. Originally released in August 1982, its versatility, stability, and ease-of-use eventually made it the best-selling computer model to date, with in excess of 17 million units sold, up until [...]
Highly sugary breakfast cereals are a staple of most North American childrens’ upbringings. This has not changed for a while, as grocery-store aisles continue to display more corn-syrup-based breakfast food than ever, as was begun in 1928 when the Kellogg brothers first introduced Rice Krispies to the burgeoning section of the cereal market which specifically dealt with marketing directly to young kids. [...]
This post formerly titled ”Getting High on My Image 5″.
I have received some complaints about the on-going saga of my trip to Ishpatina Ridge which I’ve been posting. Not because of the unintended lengthiness of the posts, but due to the fact that some individuals feel that I haven’t exactly completed the entire tale of the trek. Originally, the story’s [...]