Problem with Earth Hour
inducWhy do we have an Earth hour? The earth is going to be here for billions of years, long after we are all gone. I guarantee it. If we pollute the world, to the point of no return and all human life ceases to exist, the planet will continue until …
People may have lost their homes…
From CBC’s live blog: Disaster in Japan The man standing beside the photos is Yosuke Oda, who lost a friend in the disaster, as well as his house. He has decided to collect photographs from the rubble and put them together on a sidewalk so that people who recognize themselves …
Behind every successful man…
One night President Obama and his wife Michelle decided to do something out of routine and go for a casual dinner at a restaurant that wasn’t too luxurious. When they were seated, the owner of the restaurant asked the President’s Secret Service if he could please speak to the First …
Streets of Tokyo
I spoke to Zuimei last night about getting out of Tokyo. To close the bar for two weeks and take his parents to Beijing or Hawaii. He noted there are no flights to be had; most of the flights out of Tokyo are booked. I asked if he needed food …
Racial Segregation
I just came across some fascinating maps on Business Insider Detroit: Everyone is black in the city, and everyone is white in the suburbs Note: Red is White, Blue is Black, Green is Asian, and Orange is Hispanic, and each dot is 25 people. Image: Eric Fischer on flickr
No Cookies for You!
The EU announced that starting May 25th explicit consent must be gathered from web users who are being tracked via cookie. Obviously the biggest impact is to online advertisers (who I care very little for) who use euphemist terms like “interest based advertising” to hide the fact they would happily crawl through …
Japan Earthquake 2011
Zuimei is okay, his bar survived the 8.9 Richter earthquake which has devastated parts of Japan. I am obviously relieved. It could have been much worse. If the earthquake had happened farther south Tokyo would have been rocked even harder. This video makes me a little nauseas even though that is exactly …
We are Equals?
Dame Judi Dench and Daniel Craig are part of this incredible public service announcement about gender equality and www.weareequals.org I all I can say is Kudos to both of them. Very poignant and very well done.
Becel Ride for Heart Tips
Having done the Becel ride for heart numerous times, including riding as a team captain I have some tips which new riders may find helpful. And will help to ensure their day is a success. The subway does not run that early. I lived at Yonge and Finch and had …