Sunday, October 30. 2005
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This is a particularly nasty street gang. With 50,000 members they should be watched.
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The book is very well done and the photography is superb. Buy the book and see if you can spot someone you know.
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It just doesn't pay to stay. They should take the lead from little tropical island nations that have favourable tax regimes as their product.
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Hasta La L8r
Señor Headline Hunter
Thursday, October 27. 2005
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That should give the local economy a kick in the differential. Seventeen is just about half the population of Sedgewick!
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This just begs the question, "What the hell ya going to do with CAN$54 big ones?"
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May I make a suggestion?
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Why not create a philanthropic foundation of some sort with 10% of the loot?
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Just a thought.
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Help these guys change an incandescent light bulb with a CF (compact fluorescent0 on every porch in Canada and reduce pollution by the equivalent of taking 66,000 cars off Canadian Roads. A noble quest!
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High technology LEDs (light emitting diodes) meet low technology, scrap bicycle powered generators and recycled batteries.
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If it looks like it might hit the US you will hear about it big-time otherwise this will likely be one of the few places you will hear about it.
I'm not a gambler. Call it the fear of losing, fear of winning, or what ever you want to call it. I just don't gamble. That's likely the reason I'm starving. In any case, if I were to win, or be part of a winning group, my first thought would be, "How can I make this good fortune do good. I'm not kidding. That would be it - in a nutshell - no question that at least 10% would go to the care and feeding of the inhabitants of planet earth.
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Hasta La L8r
Señor Headline Hunter
Tuesday, October 25. 2005
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This just has to be one of the most significant breakthroughs in medical research. Not only that but it's available now, it's some kind of natural extract and it's manufactured in Edmonton. What makes it noteworthy is that the results of the study are being published in the peer-reviewed Canadian Medical Association Journal. The clinical researchers are no lightweights either.
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Big feet and big and hands! You know what that means? Big shoes and big gloves.
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Slide the yellow arrows to see the polar ice cap melt over the last 26 years. 26 year time-lapse satellite images. Doesn't look like Greenland is going to be sprouting palm trees anytime soon. If there was some kind of thermostat for global warming I would set on "No Snow" for Central Alberta. The BBC is covering all this as well.
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Tax your knowledge intake and mental storage to the limit. See what the human creature is made of.
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I think I'm going to be wanting one of these.
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Hasta La L8r
Señor Headline Hunter
Thursday, October 20. 2005
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This was just way too ironic to pass up. I receive an interesting newsletter from Marilyn Jones of Mediamag e-Zine, a well done site out of Edmonton geared towards media interests in and around the Capital City.
It's quite a lengthy newsletter and as I was scanning the various headings I ran across this one:
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OCTOBER 19 TO 21
NETSPEED CONFERENCE for librarians, technicians and knowledge workers. Presentations on SuperNet, digital production, copyright, privacy and more. Sponsored by the Alberta library. To be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Edmonton. For more info see the "Conference Website".
The mere mention of "librarians" and "privacy" in the same paragraph immediately grabbed my full and undivided attention. Should you be interested in finding out exactly why this would have been so noteworthy to me, check out this site I put together regarding my involvement in the unfortunate keystroke logging incident at Parkland Regional Library.
While checking out the link to the "Conference Website" I noticed that one of the plenary speakers was Dr. Michael Geist from the University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law. A quick scan of the Adobe Acrobat PDF linked from the Alberta Library website indicated, on page four, that Dr. Geist would be speaking on a touchy subject considering Parkland Regional Library is a member of the Board of Directors at the Alberta Library consortium. From the conference program I provide the following:
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Dr. Michael Geist Room: SALON A
Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law University of Ottawa
Michael Geist will identify the challenges that lie ahead for Canadian
privacy law in light of emerging new technologies. A pending Parliamentary
review of Canada’s national privacy legislation in 2006, combined with
a growing number of existing provincial privacy laws, have created a
challenging national privacy patchwork. New technologies such as radio frequency
identification tags, web cam video surveillance, keystroke logging,
and Internet telephony are stretching the boundaries of current privacy
legislation. Michael will focus on how policy makers can adjust to emerging
technologies and how organizations can anticipate the future shifts of the
Canadian privacy law landscape so that they can be ready for future privacy
compliance requirements.
I sat back for a moment to absorb some of the irony this provided and that's when I noticed that the "contact for more information person" was Mary Jane Bilsland, whom I worked with at Parkland Regional Library and who was also the sister of Parkland Regional Library's legal counsel, John Bilsland. Throw some more irony on the irony blaze why don't ya! I just about flipped my chair over backwards when I leaned back laughing.
Anyhow..., I would have loved to have been there in some shape or form. For one thing, I respect Dr. Michael Geist for his tireless pursuit of privacy rights for the individual but from the personal entertainment angle, being there would have been priceless.
Check back regularly, no telling what little nugget of gnarled knowledge or whimsical wisdom you're going to unearth here but it could be a 'Foul Smelling Nugget' - and the odour appears to be coming from behind some library bookshelf.
Hasta La L8r
Señor Gordo Low-life Scumbag
Wednesday, October 19. 2005
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Believe me - this hurricane is a serious threat to places other than the Florida Keys
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Book your Tuktoyaktuk beach party now.
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OK..., so this politician who owns a couple of bulldogs decides to introduce a new "Dangerous Dog" law. What could possibly go wrong?
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This could turn out to be something much bigger than a nano-problem.
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Speeds comparable to pigeon based broadband.
Check back regularly, no telling what little nugget of gnarled knowledge or whimsical wisdom you're going to unearth here but it could be a 'Breaking News Nugget' - and you can say you saw it here first. Others will just have to wait for the rest to catch up.
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Hasta La L8r
Señor Headline Hunter
Tuesday, October 18. 2005
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If the banks were held responsible for phishing fraud the problem would disappear fast!
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Sue the bums! Litigation is the only thing that gets our southern cousins attention.
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OK..., so it's not a flash of revelation. On the other hand, why do we accept this without question?
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Puffy should have no trouble blowing out ten candles.
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I'll bet you're wondering if that home-made $20 you slipped the cashier at the beer store is going to come back and chomp your butt.
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OK..., and it's not even a slow news day.
Check back regularly, no telling what little nugget of gnarled knowledge or whimsical wisdom you're going to unearth here but it could be a 'Breaking News Nugget' - and you can say you saw it here first. Others will just have to wait for the rest to catch up.
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Hasta La L8r
Señor Headline Hunter
Thursday, October 13. 2005
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First refinery in 25 years. I just have to believe that, somehow this is going to mean gasoline is going to cost more.
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Alberta Premier Ralph Klein says, "Not only are your hands oily but they're dang cold!"
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As a kid I envisioned a machine that you would throw your used or dirty stuff in and it would spit out a newly manufactured replacement. This would be like the dishwasher of the future but with many new features. It would be your average particle disassembler/reassembler and everyone would have one. Fancier models would be capable of replacing a tired Honda with a shiny new Harley.
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I wish they would make a contribution to my nano-bank account.
Check back regularly, no telling what little nugget of gnarled knowledge or whimsical wisdom you're going to unearth here but it could be a 'Breaking News Nugget' - and you can say you saw it here first. Others will just have to wait for the rest to catch up.
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Hasta La L8r
Señor Headline Hunter
Wednesday, October 12. 2005
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The thieves already have access to too much information.
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Click the "Listen" link to hear what I'm talking about.
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I'm still waiting for the self-filling bank account.
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I want one that I can send to the ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) to empty my self-filling bank account on a daily basis.
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Their site is excellent! Easy to navigate, fast loading, and straight forward.
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And lets hope there are many more.
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Is there anybody out there doing a port for FreeBSD?
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Hasta La L8r
Señor Headline Hunter
Friday, October 7. 2005
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This is moot point as robo-bartenders have been spotted mustering on the horizon. Why not research something useful like an instant sober-upper pill or something.
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I'm speechless!
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OK..., on to the next big killer - old age.
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Is there any safe way to transport a research virus? Just throw it in a box and ship it FedEx - what could possibly go wrong?
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Swollen rivers have knocked out bridges and roads hampering rescue efforts.
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This guy must be a superhuman if he can survive a hundred Air Canada flights in sixty days. He will likely - in parallel - achieve some sort of record for volume of lost luggage in sixty days.
Check back regularly, no telling what little nugget of gnarled knowledge or whimsical wisdom you're going to unearth here but it could be a 'Breaking News Nugget' - and you can say you saw it here first. Others will just have to wait for the rest to catch up.
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Hasta La L8r
Señor Headline Hunter
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