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Giving Molson some BIG blog love

September 18, 2008 9:38 am /Soapbox, Vancouver /Comments Off
What do you say when someone representing a brewery calls and asks you if you want a night out on the beer? Err… yes? Finally, blogging has paid off for me. Years of tapping the ...

Blog filler: Ace Frehley guitar solo, Japan 1977

September 16, 2008 2:12 pm /Soapbox /Comments Off
I haven't blogged for a while, so here's something to fill the void: Ace Frehley truly showing what screaming white hot guitar solos are all about. Gawd, I do love this stuff.

Battle of the Star Chambers

July 19, 2008 8:35 am /Soapbox /Comments Off
It's ironic that closed-door decision makers decry closed-door decision making This chiding editorial from the Vancouver Sun towards our Premier and his cabinet caught my eye because, well, the paper does not practice what it ...

No Cabbage Patch: Notes on the Rogers iPhone Debacle

July 14, 2008 12:59 pm /Media, Soapbox /Comments Off
One month before the launch of iPhone 3G, Steve Jobs addressed a crowd at the Apple Developers Connection. 30 days later one of the most embarrassing corporate SNAFUs in Canadian history occurred. It is yet ...

The Canadian iPhone Conundrum

July 5, 2008 1:19 pm /Soapbox /Comments Off
NEWS FLASH: Rogers caves to complaints, unveils new 3G data rates I've been watching the online rancor build about Rogers' outrageous voice/data packages linked to the iPhone. The fact is that wireless has been the ...

Vancouver is accessible, but is it enlightened?

June 2, 2008 3:46 pm /Soapbox /Comments Off
Here's today's editorial page cartoon in The Province. Mayor Sam Sullivan caricatured as Dr. Strangelove, the morally bankrupt ex-Nazi scientist in Kubrick's brilliant 1964 movie. The reference is probably lost on anyone under 40. Also ...
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