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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-22

@willsasso know any stupid tricks? in reply to willsasso # Need a couple of spares for a league game tonight @ Kits Arena … msg me if you’re interested. #Hockey #Vancouver # Beware the Social Media Charlatans http://tr.im/m37a filed under my “damn,...

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-21

@chr1sa Yes, actually… but you couldn’t use them simultaneously. Put your XBL ID on a memory stick and move it between the XBOXes. in reply to chr1sa # @timbray Anything you see on TV, print, or billboard now was likely bought & paid for six months...

iPhone Skype not in Canada due to … Trademark issues?!

Skype for the iPhone is a much-hyped and very cool app that’s not available (legally) for us Canadians despite the fact that it is free and offered by a global company.  There are of course workarounds but this is a kludge and not for the feint-of-heart. In...
The Fox and the Hedgehog: Which one are you?

The Fox and the Hedgehog: Which one are you?

“The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” — Archilochus Which one are you?  The ancient parable of the fox and the hedgehog has come into increasing view in popular culture lately.  And while its origins are somewhat ambiguous, the...

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-19

@PhillyMoms emailed me today to tell me how cool she thinks #RosterBot is.. Soccer Moms FTW! # South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster = Douchebag. Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster layeth the smacketh down: http://tr.im/lGV7 # Wow. #Adium now has a twitter user...

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-18

learned about the LA #earthquake on Twitter, but the big thing is for the first time I didn’t need to go to the web for further details. # … doesn’t need two XBOX360s: http://tr.im/lBJD # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-17

@Dick Happy Bachelor Party, my friend… wish I could join you. in reply to Dick # Can eating 1-2 cups of yogurt per day really stem years of allergy suffering? My personal experience: yes! http://tr.im/lyti # What impact does a big-money goalie have on team...

Follow-up to C-17 Crash

One of the most popular articles on my blog recently was a post about C-17s encountering difficulties landing at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.  The US Air Force announced recently that they had completed their investigation into the incident, essentially concluding...

NHL goalie salaries and playoff impact

It’s such common wisdom to say that your team gets you into the playoffs but your goalie gets you to the final that the phrase has become a hackneyed cliche. But there’s a new cliche in town:  One lesson is starting to become clear in the new NHL is that...

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-15

RT @advanceresearch:New blog post: Whither Google, so goes the Web http://bit.ly/VJxpP # Jesse Ventura: “Give Me a Water Board, Dick Cheney and One Hour, and I’ll Have Him Confess to the Sharon Tate Murders” – http://tr.im/lmjO # Powered by...