Archive for 2007
Monday, December 3rd, 2007
They’ve given up on forecasts in Calgary
Calgary has the distinction of being one of the few places in the world where you can go “WTF?” when reading a weather forecast. I give you tonight’s forecast:
It would seem that from the -18 C we are right now, it is going to rise to +2 C by midnight, with a wind chill of […]
No Comments » - Posted in WhoKnows?, rant by ralph
Sunday, November 11th, 2007
TakeTV, Something I want for a change
Okay, it is a rare day that a new tech toy comes out and I go “I want one, now”. It is a rare thing because most of these things do not satisfy my criteria of:
-It must do something I want to do, or it does something I want to do, easier than what I […]
No Comments » - Posted in Computers, internet by ralph
Monday, November 5th, 2007
Review part Deux: The Dog & Duck Public House & Restaurant
Pub Makes Amends and Proves the Personal Touch can Still be Found in Calgary
Address: 5340 2nd St. SW Calgary
I love management that actually cares about what people think of their establishment. They know that word of mouth can be the kiss of death or the hot inside tip that spreads like wild fire. In these […]
No Comments » - Posted in Food, review, beer by ralph
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Top Gear does again - Why can’t we get funny stuff like this here?
Still recovering from laughing. Too bad I can’t buy one.
Tiny Car Review
Need more Top Gear!
Still can’t embed videos worth shit!
1 Comment » - Posted in WhoKnows? by ralph
Monday, October 29th, 2007
30 Years of Atari, 30 ads
If you are of a certain age and have any love of computer games, “Atari” is not a company or a maker of video games, but a former way of life. I never owned an Atari system, but so many people I knew did that I might as well have. Many fond memories. Here is […]
No Comments » - Posted in Computers by ralph
Sunday, October 28th, 2007
One of the better rants on the state of the music “business”
Highly recommended reading:
When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.
I am not a huge music fan. I used to buy the occasional CD, occasional becoming even less so due to my frustration with a)Finding any music I liked b)Price of […]
No Comments » - Posted in The system, internet, Podium by ralph
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
The headline for the Calgary Election should be “Dollars don’t buy you Votes”
Another predicable boring election is over in Calgary - other than Helene Larocque being voted out of my former Ward, the rest of the results I mostly don’t care about. But there were some good signs - voter turnout up to 33%, still dismal but not the pathetic last election turnout of 20%.
The story of […]
No Comments » - Posted in The system, Podium by ralph
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
Review: Paddy O’Leary’s Irish Pub and Grille
Suburban Pub Tries to be all things to all people
Address: 8294 Centre Street NE Calgary (403) 275-6601
A pub located outside of the normal inner city circle, Paddy O’Leary’s is a growing trend in the last few years for some pubs to locate out in suburbia, where it is handy to visit from home rather […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Food, review, beer by ralph
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Alnoor Kassam just lost any chance of getting my vote
Occasionally, a politician does something so monumentally stupid that with a single act, they kill any hope of their being elected. Sometimes they just do something to honk me off and permanently loose any chance of getting my vote. I don’t know quite where this falls yet.
I first heard of Alnoor from his attention grabbing […]
4 Comments » - Posted in zoo, The system, rant by ralph
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
Review: The Dog & Duck Public House & Restaurant
Interesting House converted into a Pub - Ruined by bad Service
Address: 5340 2nd St. SW Calgary
Edit: You may want to check out my newer review, which comes on a re-visit with much better service
A bit tricky to find, this is a house converted into pub located on a back street just east of MacLeod […]
