Archive for October, 2007
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 […]
