sduford on Oct 29 2006 | Filed under: Science
Here is an article on a new report that looks at the economics of climate change. It basically destroys the Bush administration’s very short-sighted and self-serving argument that trying to curb climate change now would just be bad for business.
Proof of that is the fact that businesses and countries who have made significant efforts to [...]
sduford on Oct 28 2006 | Filed under: Mobile Devices, Music
Three weeks ago I was in Seattle and visited a long time friend and she had a beta version of the Zune (she works for Microsoft). I liked what I saw. The Zune is not as cool looking as the iPod and the user interface is not quite as slick (at least not on the [...]
sduford on Oct 28 2006 | Filed under: Blogging
I upgraded this site from WordPress 2.04 to 2.05 this morning. You shouldn’t notice any difference, just some minor bug fixes and improved security.
sduford on Oct 27 2006 | Filed under: Miscellaneous
Check this out. This guy took a picture of himself every day for eight years and assembled them into this two minute video. He intends to keep taking pictures of himself like this for the rest of his life; pretty neat idea.
sduford on Oct 27 2006 | Filed under: Miscellaneous
I’ve been following the implosion of the real estate bubble in the US for some time. It is now in full swing and is likely to draw the whole country into a recession. Since our economy is so dependent on the USA this will surely have an impact on us, but just as for the [...]
sduford on Oct 27 2006 | Filed under: Computers
Microsoft Canada is getting ready for their biggest launch event ever. Over the coming two months, they will be launching Windows Vista, Office 2007, and Exchange Server 2007 all at once! My employer is preparing to hit the ground running with these new technologies so we can assist our customers in deploying and leveraging them. [...]
sduford on Oct 27 2006 | Filed under: Panama
This week we closed on our lot in Altos del Maria, Panama. So we are now planning for the cottage we will build first, hopefully starting this winter, but it will be difficult to get everything designed and settled in time.
The plan is to start with a cottage that we will use as a vacation [...]
sduford on Oct 26 2006 | Filed under: Politics, Rant
Ah, I knew the title would attract your attention…
My friend Sieg over at The Atavist had an interesting post last week on sex in the mainstream media. While I do not disagree with his premise, it reminded me again of one of my biggest pet peeves with Anglo-Saxon culture in general, and American culture in [...]
sduford on Oct 25 2006 | Filed under: Miscellaneous
I am now starting a new role at Avanade. As of October 1st I am the Lead Architect for the Canada Region. This means that I now report directly to the CTO and will be involved in pre-sales activities, helping to shape and review deals, doing customer presentations, doing QA reviews on our larger deals, [...]
sduford on Oct 23 2006 | Filed under: Panama
Yesterday the people of Panama voted 79% in favour of the $5.2B project to expand the Panama Canal. If it is well managed, this should be a great thing for the country, assuring continued revenues well into the future. If mismanaged, this could become a huge nightmare that will draw the country into apile of [...]
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