Monthly Archives: December 2008

PC vs. Mac

Posted on December 30, 2008 by

There’s an additional second being added to tomorrow, New Year’s Eve.  The atomic clocks that are used to track time degrade in a stable pattern while the earth’s rotation is not as regular.  So, from time to time, an additional … Continue reading →

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Notable Canadians who Died in 2008

Posted on December 30, 2008 by

Selected from a month-by-month list drawn up by the London Free Press: Milt Dunnell, 102, Toronto Star legend and Hall of Fame journalist known for his deft turn of phrase and encyclopedic breadth of experience. [. . .] Robert Weaver, … Continue reading →

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Order of Canada–New Companions Appointed

Posted on December 30, 2008 by

The Order of Canada was established in 1967, Canada’s centennial year, as a national system of honours.  Appointments to the Order were announced today by the Governor General, Michaëlle Jean. Appointees with the greatest international name-recognition are Céline Dion and … Continue reading →

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http://twitter.com/dialogicmed

Posted on December 25, 2008 by

I’m at about Stage 3. (H/T: idealawg & guykawasaki)

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Newsflash: Santa busted!

Posted on December 25, 2008 by

If Santa didn’t bring you everything on your wish-list, this could be the reason: more about “Newsflash: Santa busted!“, posted with vodpod

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Some Christmas Cheer

Posted on December 25, 2008 by

(H/T: Stephanie West Allen) Merry Christmas to All!

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Prospect Public Intellectuals 2008

Posted on December 23, 2008 by

In 2005, the British magazine, Prospect, held a write-in contest to select the top public intellectual of the year — the winner was Noam Chomsky, the MIT linguist and political activist.  This year, the editors alone decided to name General … Continue reading →

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Guess who’s the author. . .

Posted on December 23, 2008 by

A human being is a part of a whole, called by us ‘universe’, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest… a kind of optical delusion of his … Continue reading →

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Interdependence

Posted on December 21, 2008 by

“Mind boggling, how interdependent we are.” The human brain takes up 2% of the body’s weight yet requires about 25% of its oxygen. The number of states the brain is capable of at any given moment is 1 followed by … Continue reading →

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Holiday Wishes

Posted on December 21, 2008 by

Excerpts from Ed Halliwell’s Reasons to be cheerful in the Guardian’s Comment is free but facts are sacred: The next week or so will bring most of us a higher-than-usual number of wishes for our “happiness”[...] [...]Whereas the word happiness … Continue reading →

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