Archive | January, 2008

Premier bully

Dave, an acquaintance of mine from the university, has been threatened by Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach for registering “edstelmach.ca” and using it as a redirect to his blog. Before this threat letter, he had had no contact with the premier’s office. Snippet: This letter was sent to me regarding my ownership of the domain name [...]

Signposts

I’ve always been enamoured of this symbol. When hiking was a weekend ritual for me a few years back, I would create one along the way, or at the terminal end of a hike to signify my having been there. Fitting, then, that the word inukshuk translates to “substitute for a person.” Inuksuit differ from [...]

Office life

I came across The Office Newb blog today, and have thoroughly enjoyed the posts I’ve read. An excerpt: After all, who would you rather trust to get your important project done? The person with the great hair and coordinating accessories (shoes, necklace and purse) who was thoughtful enough to detail to make it all match [...]