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Mar 29, 2008Interior Design
Permalink | 2 Comments | by ArnabA friend and I went to the Opening Night Preview Party of the inaugural Interior Design Show West that was taking place at the Vancouver Convention Centre. My strong interest in interior designing and the proximity of the convention centre to my workplace spurred me to attend the event. My desire was further enhanced upon discovery of some interesting statistics which stated that over 70% of attendees would be females with post-secondary education and incomes over $100,000. After entering the convention hall, I was also able to verify that 70% of attendees were over the age of 50 as ...
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Jan 10, 2008The business and user benefits of open source software in a nutshell
Permalink | No comments | by PeterOpen source software is everywhere. OpenOffice.org, an office suite with much of the same functionality as Microsoft Office. eZ Publish, the enterprise content management system that runs sites such as Elle magazine in France, Italy and the UK. WordPress, the blog platform that runs this site. Firefox, the browser that you might be using right now. Even Facebook "has been developed from the ground up using open source software..." What is open source software? Basically, it's software where you ...
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Sep 03, 2007PPPissed off
Permalink | No comments | by ParryToday I caught the 3rd to last tube home after work... at 5:30pm. I had the distinct pleasure of having a smelly armpit in my face whilst being anally probed by at least three people over the course of the journey. Welcome to the London Underground... or today, better known as the world's best example of a failed Public-Private-Partnership. See, a few years ago numerous tube lines were consolidated into Metronet, which was run by a consortium of companies including Thames Water (now Australian owned, which have problems of their own) and Quebec's favorite subsidy, Bombardier. About a month ago it ...
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Aug 21, 2007Giggity Googly
Permalink | 2 Comments | by ParryAm I the only person who get's a lil hot n' bothered at the mere mention of Google? Back in the day whilst perling away in Unix, I found Google in its Beta launch. Much like the first time I laid eyes on Angelina Jolie in Hackers, I felt my loins churning... My daily routine at work these days is to start the morning with a peppermint tea while perusing 50 or so blog feeds. Each morning, there are always at least 5 Google tidbits... and I hark back to the days of Microsoft in the early 90s, when it was the ...
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