I watched a mildly interesting TED talk on blogging. It was by one of the inventors of typepad and was mostly about the unique opportunity that bloggers have to express themselves. She also mentioned that while some people blog well about politics, many more do not. That bloggers should write …
The UK Times Online reported a new bill attempting to get past in the UK legislature will legally require ISPs (Internet Service Providers) to cut users off from the internet if they are suspected of illegal downloading music. Essentially it follows a three strikes you’re out mentality with users suspected …
I just received a notice in my inbox that Spore is coming! It is scheduled to be released September 7, 2008. I have been waiting so long… The actual release video is a big disappointment, showing little of the ingenuity or creative flair that the game promises. This screenshot shows …
The Star put up a post today about the ethics of selling body parts, which I had already posted on. What stunned me about their post was they asked Moira McQueen, director of the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute to contribute. Now obviously Dr. McQueen has a right to an opinion, …
The Star put up a post today about the ethics of selling body parts, which I had already posted on. What stunned me about their post was they asked Moira McQueen, director of the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute to contribute. Now obviously Dr. McQueen has a right to an opinion, …
First person shooters are freakin’ awesome. The first, first person shooter (FPS) was Maze War which, for 1973 was pretty revolutionary. The simple line art indicated space and users should move along and shoot opponents. We have come a long way from this: to this: Call of duty 4 has got to be …
Robert Zurrer, the man mentioned in an earlier post recently commented on my organ donation is ugly business post. First off I would like to thank Mr. Zurrer for responding, obviously he has a very special view of the issue. Here was Mr. Zurrer’s response: You are looking into the …
“A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what’s going on.” William S. Burroughs The Canadian government, with the help of the B.C. and Ontario governments is pilot testing “enhanced” drivers licenses. They are being touted as an alternative to having a passport when crossing the US border, and …
In following this “Dr. Horror” organ story, I came across the story of Robert Zurrer a guy in his 30s in Victoria whose kidneys were failing. His sister Carol gave him a kidney but 20 years later he needed a new kidney so he bought one. He paid $38,600 for …
© Bruce MacKinnon / Artizans.com I have been following the whole gay organ donation thing for awhile now and been in correspondence with Health Canada, particularily around the donation rules. I recently wrote them concerning the donation rules and the prison population. The rule is that anyone incarcerated for more …