Seth asks In his recent article "Is Google Making the web stupid," if the control exerted by Google in keeping as much within it's sphere as possible, is preventing the dissemination of quality information contained in documents which do not meet Google's marketing goals. Not only is there...
The Festive Board after a Lodge meeting can be a nerve-wracking time for the Junior Warden. Having experienced being on both sides of the gavel, I have found the linked files to be useful for me in organizing the event, and staying on track. The list ensures I miss nothing (usually), provides text w...
Canada's Globe & Mail newspaper published an article on January 12, entitled "Readers pick again - six retirement hotspots" listing Creston amongst five other hotspots, selected by their readers. Other contenders include Osoyoos, Chatham-Kent, and Port Stanley, Ontario, Gimli, Manitob...
I have cold feet.
Ask my partner; she'll tell you: VERY cold feet.
During the day, I manage this with appropriate footwear, and in some cases by avoiding activities, such as ice fishing, from which there is no respite. However, bedtime has long been a problem. I've added extra blankets, fluffe...
I've owned a number of personal computers since being introduced to the utility of mainframes in the early 1980's. Here are some of the ones I've experienced.
The Commodore VIC 20 was the first computer I owned. It connected to our family TV, and used a specialized tape recorder to store ...
The Conference Board of Canada recently published a document entitled "The Economic Impact of Reducing Physical Inactivity and Sedentary Behaviour." This report indicates the financial cost of the increasing levels of inactivity in our population to be on the order of $6.8 billion (2009). ...
Leaving Squamish, we had to traverse Vancouver one way or another to get to White Rock. We stopped at MEC near the Iron Workers' Memorial Bridge, as we needed seasonal jackets, and mail order doesn't work so well for size & style. Not sure how we managed without GPS - paper maps would ha...
We had travelled many times through the Fraser Valley on the way to the coast, stopping only for gas. This year we decided to rectify that by spending more time there. Two million people - there must be something of interest! We usually travel in September, once school is in session, as it is easier...
Britannia Beach Mining Museum
You may be familiar with the song Sixteen Tons and wondered about the lyrics. While the line "I owe my soul to the company store" is a familiar refrain to those who have studied early Canadian and Newfoundland fisheries history, it was also common in the minin...
I've been looking for a suitable backup plan for some time now, reviewing a number of options. Until very recently, my Internet connection has been relatively slow, and I've wanted to avoid a large upload across a slow connection. As such, I have created a backup plan with two Apple Time Cap...