Some 30 years ago when Maria was taking courses in Computers for Schools there was already a lively debate going on about the future of PCs in the classroom. Not to mention the future...
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Paul Martin was Canada’s Prime Minister. Dubya was in the White House. If anyone said Donald, you thought of Disney’s cartoon duck.Maria had just finished her teaching career, and I was 6 months into...
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I have done a lot of refurbishing and upgrading of personal computers over the years, but the parameters have changed lately. When I first started out, my typical upgrade candidate was an older desktop...
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48 years ago today, Maria and I embarked on what is arguably life’s greatest adventure. We are still on it, thankfully. “White lace and promises” as the Carpenters’ song goes. We’ve gone from young...
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That is what they call it now – camping off the grid. No water or electrical services available. It might be in a state or provincial park, or in a Walmart or Cracker Barrel...
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I learned recently that Norm Fairbairn had passed away in January at the age of 94. Norm was one of the giants I got to know as a young scientist at General Foods in...
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It’s welcome news for many that Ontario is moving to stage 2 of the COVID-19 reawakening. Soon it’ll be possible to go into a shopping mall, get a haircut, maybe associate in groups of...
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Perhaps you remember the old George Carlin joke: Think of how dumb the average person is. Then remember that half the population is stupider than that. I was reminded of George’s comments when I...
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I remember hearing about the “Guns versus Butter” model when I first started learning about macroeconomics back in the Cold War era. It’s a simple enough concept, really. Assume that a country can either...
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We were out for another food run today, and if anything shopping in the Valley is becoming even more aggravating. The nice weather is bringing more people out, and a number of different stores...