Archive for March, 2007
30
Mar
If this story had appeared on Sunday, I might have suspected an April Fool’s joke, although there is a fair amount of marketing savvy behind this idea, in my opinion. What idea is that, you ask? News reports this week have 20th Century Fox negotiating with 7-Eleven …
Posted in Comedy, Commentary, Current Affairs, Elron Steele, Global Paradigms, Media, TV, The Simpsons, View From The Edge, steeletech | 2 Comments »
29
Mar
There’s been a few inquiries lately into what happened with the magazine I used to run on the www.globalparadigm.info domain, and while I sort of explained it when I brought my server back up, I thought I’d post a more explicit explanation here …
Posted in Elron Steele, Global Paradigms, View From The Edge, steeletech | No Comments »
29
Mar
I’ve recently stumbled across a fun little site that I wanted to share with everyone. In some ways, this is a follow-up article to the piece I did a few weeks ago called “Wiki here, Wiki there, Wiki Wiki everywhere” on the growth of information “wikis” …
Posted in Comedy, Computers, Elron Steele, Geeky stuff, Global Paradigms, View From The Edge, steeletech | No Comments »
27
Mar
I’ve been spending a lot of time wandering around Medicine Hat (and the prairie around Suffield, Alberta) over the past few days with my camera. On Saturday, a good friend of mine took me to the Aberdeen area to show me around, and while I am sur…
Posted in Elron Steele, Global Paradigms, Photography, View From The Edge, flickr, photos, steeletech | 1 Comment »
26
Mar
For someone who grew up in the 70’s and 80’s, a mention of the city of Belfast conjures up memories of bombings and sectarian violence. As a Canadian teenager, my only real involvement with the “Troubles” was through the media reports we saw on TV
Posted in Commentary, Current Affairs, Elron Steele, Global Paradigms, Media, News, View From The Edge, steeletech | 2 Comments »
25
Mar
A good friend of mine, Doug from Darkworld, pointed me towards a new product that looks to be a fascinating next step towards virtual reality. In some ways, I’m a little surprised this hasn’t been created before …
Posted in Elron Steele, Geeky stuff, Global Paradigms, Science & Technology, View From The Edge, steeletech | No Comments »
24
Mar
I realized today that comments were down on my blog, probably since the crash. I’d forgotten to change something in the default comment code, which left it impossible to comment to any post. I just corrected and tested this, so it should now b…
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24
Mar
I haven’t raved much about the Hour this year … I like their new format, and I continue to enjoy George’s direct style (I do wish he’d get a bit more in-depth in some cases, but in others, he does fine). This past week, he had a great interview with Tony Campolo
Posted in Christianity, Commentary, Current Affairs, Elron Steele, George Stroumboulopoulos, Global Paradigms, Jesus, News, Religion, TV, The Hour, View From The Edge, cbc, steeletech | 3 Comments »
23
Mar
Last month, former CFL star Trevis_Smith was sentenced to 5.5 years in jail on aggravated sexual assault charges for having sex with a variety of women without disclosing his HIV positive status …
Posted in Commentary, Current Affairs, Elron Steele, Global Paradigms, Media, News, View From The Edge, steeletech | 1 Comment »
22
Mar
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/
In other posts, I’ve talked about the unimaginable size of the universe …
Posted in Cosmology, Elron Steele, Global Paradigms, Nature, Space, View From The Edge, science, steeletech | No Comments »