Author Archives: ralph

About ralph

Just another blog to share some thoughts with the world. Want to comment? If you know how to contact me, I can manually set up a commenting account for you. Sorry, commenting is not open to the general public at this time.

Westjet vs Air Canada small screen smackdown

Posted on Monday, 2008-Feb-25th by ralph

So last week I flew Westjet east to Ottawa and returned west on Air Canada. That sounds like it’s backwards, but hey, it’s the way it worked out. The situation being such that Westjet didn’t have a flight at a … Continue reading →

Tagged , | 1 Comment

Monty Python-esk parody “Adolf Ballmer”

Posted on Sunday, 2008-Feb-24th by ralph

One thing you have to say about Steve Ballmer is that he ain’t boring to watch on stage. But when you combine him with some goofy special effects to give him a Hitler hairstyle (Hair and moustache) and throw in … Continue reading →

Tagged | Leave a comment

Mikey 19?? – 2008 (He Lived Long and Prospered)

Posted on Tuesday, 2008-Jan-29th by ralph

This was Mikey (or Michael, for formal occasions) He passed away this last weekend, having spent the last few years in a good home where he had all the care and attention he every wanted or needed. Mikey, in his … Continue reading →

Tagged | Leave a comment

They’ve given up on forecasts in Calgary

Posted on Monday, 2007-Dec-3rd by ralph

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 … Continue reading →

Tagged , | Leave a comment

TakeTV, Something I want for a change

Posted on Sunday, 2007-Nov-11th by ralph

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 … Continue reading →

Tagged , | Leave a comment

Review part Deux: The Dog & Duck Public House & Restaurant

Posted on Monday, 2007-Nov-5th by ralph

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 … Continue reading →

Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Top Gear does again – Why can’t we get funny stuff like this here?

Posted on Tuesday, 2007-Oct-30th by ralph

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!

Tagged | 1 Comment

30 Years of Atari, 30 ads

Posted on Monday, 2007-Oct-29th by ralph

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 … Continue reading →

Tagged | Leave a comment

One of the better rants on the state of the music “business”

Posted on Sunday, 2007-Oct-28th by ralph

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 … Continue reading →

Tagged , , | Leave a comment

The headline for the Calgary Election should be “Dollars don’t buy you Votes”

Posted on Tuesday, 2007-Oct-16th by ralph

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 … Continue reading →

Tagged , | Leave a comment