I’ve got it. I wasn’t particularly excited for the 2010 winter Olympics heading into it, but as soon as it kicked off, I started watching and was addicted right away. I knew I would watch hockey, but didn’t really care that much about the rest of the sports.
So why the sudden interest? [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Canada'
Olympic Fever
February 21st, 2010 · Comments Off · Topics Of Interest
SolarBotics Is Canadian!
January 19th, 2010 · Comments Off · Topics Of Interest
So in the “parts for your robot” game, there are a handful of names that you’ll come across. After another company suffered a meltdown, I went looking for other places where I might find some of the stuff I need. Solarbotics is most famous for their small low voltage gear motors that you’ll [...]
Tags: Canada·electronics
The Great Canadian Songwriters
April 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Topics Of Interest
Canada has a history of great songwriters, so it’s not always easy to take people seriously when they call someone a great Canadian songwriter. The list is long with names like Bryan Adams, Leonard Cohen, Stompin Tom Connors, Burton Cummings, Gordon Lightfoot and Neil Young to name a few. But the two gentlemen [...]
Culture Wars! Canada vs US
March 6th, 2009 · 30 Comments · Rants
So what happens when a polite people encounter a less polite people? Pepper spray!
The crux of it is that the US customs guy told a Canadian to shut off his car. “Please”, replied the Canadian. The US customs guy replied with a bottle of pepper spray. Now most Americans might read [...]
How “Buy American” Will Affect The Rest Of Us
February 7th, 2009 · 18 Comments · Rants
If you’ve been paying any attention to US news these days, there’s been a bit of a stir caused by President Obama’s buy American statements. In a global economy, saying things like that can make your trading partners uneasy. Now nobody’s going to panic just because he mentioned that buying American goods would [...]
Canadian Political Mess
December 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Rants
Well now we’ve done it.
We’re in it up to our eyeballs at this point. I explained the nuts and bolts of the situation a few days ago, but now things have just gotten ridiculously messy. The Governor General chose to prorogue Parliament. That means that we have another couple of months for [...]