Archive for August, 2006

Maclean’s university survey


Friday, August 18th, 2006

CBC News: 11 universities bail out of Maclean’s survey

While not totally surprising that Ottawa U was one of the 11 as they constantly rank very low, I WAS surprised to see U of T, UBC, Mac and others that generally do *very* well in these surveys.

Huh.

OSes


Sunday, August 13th, 2006

Room 101: The Evolution of Desktops

Oh my. Windows 3.1 — ah the memories!

Slow News Day Part 2


Thursday, August 10th, 2006

Dealers lower crack prices to stave off competition

Ah, the good ol’ crack dealers, responding to supply and demand!

Slow News Day


Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

CBC News: Laid-back loners love the internet: StatsCan

Ha! I originally thought the title was Laid-back STONERS love the internet. But otherwise, yes, very true, especially when considering this:

The study defined a heavy user as one who spends more than an hour on the internet during a 24-hour period.

An hour? Really? Doesn’t seem like that much to me.