Long time, no post.
Today is kind of a special day for me - it is my first paid vacation day ever! And it only took me until I was 26. My job came with a 6 month probationary period, which was up October 30. So I decided to make a 4 day weekend for myself. I get Monday off for Remembrance Day, although some people don't get anything since it is not a stat holiday, although it will be soon if a number of veterans groups are able to get the required amendments from parliament.
But enough rambling. I'm heading off to Nova Scotia this afternoon.
Referring back to my previous post, another phone that is making people bananas is the Google phone. The disappointment around the various tech sites was palpable when it turned out that the long-rumored gPhone was not to be an iPhone-slaying piece of hardware. Hey - Yankees - we know you're sick of the iPhone already, but few people up here have even seen one in the flesh at this point. Anyway, Google's entry is in fact an operating system which aims to make an operating system that is common to pretty much any manufacturer's phone. Right now each line of phones has its own setup, which makes life hard for third-party developers. So rather than Google vs. Apple, we can watch the fire fight between Google, Microsoft, and cell OS specialist Symbian. And possible Palm and Canada's own Research in Motion. Now if we can only drag the HD-DVD and Blu-ray consortiums into this, we can have a tech industry fight club! Ah, nerdiness levels in this blog just hit an all-time high.
In music, find Immaculate Machine's album Fables and buy it. 'nuff said.
In world news, the military took over Pakistan. Again. I'm suprised that even makes the top stories anymore, none of the last 7 elected governments in Pakistan have been allowed to finish their terms in office.
Somalia is going to the dogs again and neighboring Ethiopia is getting dragged into it.
And all the writers in Hollywood are on strike because they are not getting paid for every time their work is so much as mentioned on the internet. I'm not sure that you can even make a workable royalty system for the internet, since it is basically uncontrolled while TV and radio broadcasts are heavily regulated. The news is not all bad, though. With all the writers in Hollywood out walking the picket lines, the quality of movies may actually improve.
Speaking of improving, Cadillac is coming out with a hybrid version of the Escalade. You heard me. It has an electric drive sufficient to get it to 30 mph, combined with regenerative braking and a cylinder deactivation system gives it a 50% fuel saving versus the standard model (which gets 14 mpg - is it really fair to compare gas guzzlers and say that this one is better?), When the electric drive just won't cut it, the 6 litre V8 kicks in ... GAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Just stop making hybrid SUVs - there is no point!! The whole enterprise is an abuse of what I'm sure are some very talented engineers, not to mention a debasement of science. These guys could probably drop similar technology into a compact and an average driver would only have to fill up once a month.
But enough rambling. I'm heading off to Nova Scotia this afternoon.
Referring back to my previous post, another phone that is making people bananas is the Google phone. The disappointment around the various tech sites was palpable when it turned out that the long-rumored gPhone was not to be an iPhone-slaying piece of hardware. Hey - Yankees - we know you're sick of the iPhone already, but few people up here have even seen one in the flesh at this point. Anyway, Google's entry is in fact an operating system which aims to make an operating system that is common to pretty much any manufacturer's phone. Right now each line of phones has its own setup, which makes life hard for third-party developers. So rather than Google vs. Apple, we can watch the fire fight between Google, Microsoft, and cell OS specialist Symbian. And possible Palm and Canada's own Research in Motion. Now if we can only drag the HD-DVD and Blu-ray consortiums into this, we can have a tech industry fight club! Ah, nerdiness levels in this blog just hit an all-time high.
In music, find Immaculate Machine's album Fables and buy it. 'nuff said.
In world news, the military took over Pakistan. Again. I'm suprised that even makes the top stories anymore, none of the last 7 elected governments in Pakistan have been allowed to finish their terms in office.
Somalia is going to the dogs again and neighboring Ethiopia is getting dragged into it.
And all the writers in Hollywood are on strike because they are not getting paid for every time their work is so much as mentioned on the internet. I'm not sure that you can even make a workable royalty system for the internet, since it is basically uncontrolled while TV and radio broadcasts are heavily regulated. The news is not all bad, though. With all the writers in Hollywood out walking the picket lines, the quality of movies may actually improve.
Speaking of improving, Cadillac is coming out with a hybrid version of the Escalade. You heard me. It has an electric drive sufficient to get it to 30 mph, combined with regenerative braking and a cylinder deactivation system gives it a 50% fuel saving versus the standard model (which gets 14 mpg - is it really fair to compare gas guzzlers and say that this one is better?), When the electric drive just won't cut it, the 6 litre V8 kicks in ... GAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Just stop making hybrid SUVs - there is no point!! The whole enterprise is an abuse of what I'm sure are some very talented engineers, not to mention a debasement of science. These guys could probably drop similar technology into a compact and an average driver would only have to fill up once a month.
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