Anti-Locking Brake Systems - bad, bad, (generally) bad.

• November 14, 2006

ABS is one of my favourite rants ever. I’m not a fan. I don’t believe they alone make a car one bit safer than a car not equipped with them. Trever called me on it, I’m sharing the rant. Please note, I am not an automotive engineer and I am strongly biased in my opinion. It’s also my blog - I don’t have to be tactful, you can argue in the comments. Read More

Can I get an amen from the congregation?

• November 13, 2006

1. I shall not teach others my vocabulary. 2. I shall not open the board to my lessers. 3. I shall examine my options and not lay the first word I see. 4. I shall not play games less than 30 minutes in duration. 5. I shall ensure that “ratsofrass” and “coner” make it into the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. Idiots. I hate them. Brian: 264. Me: 191. All hail Brian. Read More

Lest we forget

• November 11, 2006

Remembrance Day matters to me. The kids were talking about it all week with me, I know I’ve planted the seed that will make it matter to them, as well. The kids and I went down to the ceremony at the Jubilee again this year. It’s wonderful to get down there at 9:30 and worry about whether we’d find a seat at all. We did, on the terrace, house right. It was a good day again. Read More

Snippets of my life..

• November 8, 2006

“Honey, do you have suspenders?“ “Uhh… Yeah…“ “Can I borrow them?“ “Uhh… Yeah…“ —– I think what frightens me the most is not that I have stuff she wants, but that stuff I wear on a daily, semi-regularly, or occasional basis gets amalgamated into “a costume.” Read More

Halloween at the speed of Dragula..

• November 5, 2006

“Dig through the ditches and Burn through the witches I Slam (the dog) in the back of my Dragula.“ C’mon. Like you didn’t know I had to do it sooner or later. Well, I have at least three people I know of that are considering buying / test driving the Murano. I’m sure they’re breathless awaiting an update. Point Number One: The dog loves it, but he wishes he had a window that opened. Read More

Kevin and Kieran

• November 5, 2006

Well grab me by the listening holes and whisk me straight to heaven. Two of my favourite musicians came back to the Bow Valley Music Club last night. Kevin Welsh and Kieran Kane brought the absolutely amazing Fats Kaplin with them and together they denied they were a quartet with their drummer, Lucas. Lucas Kane? Kieran’s son? I suspect so, although I’ll freely admit that I tend to need the road mapped out for me completely on occasion. Read More

The Vista in Novemba is Mainla for the Buisnessa

• November 2, 2006

And while I’ve been talking about the browsers, I notice that Microsoft is releasing it’s newest operating system Vista to businesses at the end of the month. Regular people will be able to get it at the end of January 2007. It’s been pushed back to a November 2006 release date. Nice to see they’re squeezing it into this month. (They have plenty of egg on their face because they’ve been so late with this - and they still probably deserve plenty of ribbing. Read More

I'm browser obsessing...

• November 2, 2006

I’ve been taking a lot of time over the past week or so messing around with Firefox and Internet Explorer 7.0. My particular interest has been IE, primarily because I don’t understand it as intricately as I do with Firefox. IE7 is a big change from IE6 and when you make the upgrade, you’ll need to take some time to learn what’s changed. If you use Firefox, you’ll probably be productive pretty much immediately with Firefox 2. Read More

The ears have it..

• October 28, 2006

For what it’s worth, the kids have made 8 sets of ears tonight. They’ll be available to the first 8 kids at the zoo tomorrow for the Firefox with the Swift Foxes party. You can see the first pictures posted in the Photos department. Everyone is certainly welcome to attend the party tomorrow. I’ll try to keep the kids interested and around the Cequel Energy Lodge for an hour for anyone else to wander by. Read More

Hello, my name is Mark and I'll be your host this afternoon..

• October 26, 2006

So it’s a weekend with the kids, Firefox 2.0 is released, and it’s the perfect mix of “something to do” and “let’s celebrate for the sake of celebration.“ And “Lethbridge had one scheduled, but Edmonton still doesn’t.“ ;-) If you’re not aware, the Calgary Zoo has just won a significant award for it’s program to re-introduce (pdf warning!) the Swift Fox back into the Canadian wilds. It’s considered to be one of the biggest successes of a re-introduction of a carnivore back into the wild. Read More