tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35998932009-02-20T21:58:08.416-07:00Miscellaneous ramblings of little or no importance to anyone but the blogger.toneroonoreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-38637102746781754392008-11-27T09:53:00.001-07:002008-11-27T09:53:26.236-07:00

Finally, someone who isn't all doom and gloom about the world. Thank-you Charles Adler. A number of weeks ago I decided to swear off reading about, Tweeting about, "liking", and otherwise supporting all of the panic that the media and others are spreading about the fate of the world economy. Why are we panicking and dwelling on only the bad things? Don't get me wrong, many people are in really

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-48642545683176144772008-09-08T11:27:00.001-06:002008-09-08T11:27:59.236-06:00

Just when the U.S. election was getting fun, we are stuck with a staid boring Canadian election. Oh well, a lot more fodder for blogging.First thing I noticed? There are 3 pictures of Stephane Dion on the home page of the Conservative Party of Canada. There are only 3 pages of Dion on the home page of the Liberal Party of Canada. What does that tell you? I don't know but the Conservatives are

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-42754636387778704732008-09-02T18:14:00.001-06:002008-09-02T18:14:04.810-06:00

So I have said that I think Sarah Palin is a good thing for the McCain campaign. However, that doesn't mean I necessarily agree with the Republican's platform. This article shows conservative hypocrisy at its best."Palin on Monday revealed that her daughter Bristol is pregnant and willmarry the baby's father, adding that she and her husband are "proud ofBristol's decision to have her baby and

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-33716739029423735202008-08-29T09:45:00.001-06:002008-08-29T09:45:55.759-06:00

I would just like to say two things for the record...1. McCain will likey be the next POTUS2. If McCain chooses a female running mate, Obama has no chance.If McCain chooses Sarah Palin as his running mate, it will be a brilliant move. Obama and Clinton would have been unbeatable and I think Obama blew it by not sucking it up and asking her to be VP. I have thought from day 1 that if McCain won

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-57538437989380256682008-08-26T15:08:00.001-06:002008-08-26T15:08:52.062-06:00

Alright, so the Canadians had a pretty fair showing after all. They beat their medal count over Athens, but... there will still plenty of opportunities left behind. A lot of the favorites didn't perform as hoped and it was often the underdogs who did. I'm not sure what that means. Why did van Koeverden place 8th in a race that he was expected to medal in, yet we had a mountain biker who placed

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-69935912115780496042008-08-18T14:16:00.001-06:002008-08-18T14:16:55.004-06:00

Well, Canada now has as many medals as Michael Phelps! It's been a good weekend and it looks as though we're in line for some more. I've also been hearing a number of athletes say that they will be disappointed if they don't win a medal. That's more like it! I still stand by my more funding rant though. China had a plan after the Sydney Olympics to increase their medal count. They went about it

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-7183636413145162812008-08-13T12:58:00.002-06:002008-08-13T13:05:12.283-06:00

I don't intend this post to appear as a slam against any of our athletes currently competing in the Olympics. I can't do what they're doing and they're working hard to represent our country. My concern is that these people aren't being given the tools then need to be competitive and I don't think it's fair to them...OK, so we're only six days into the Olympics, but already Canada is behind

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-37333141111949656762008-07-08T10:47:00.002-06:002008-07-08T10:53:33.920-06:00

Yet another example of what Robert Mugabe has done to this country.I'm not sure how history will deal with the way other African leaders have handled this situation, but I hope it is harshly. The leaders have watched from the sidelines as a single person has financially ruined a country at the expense of it's citizens. Mugabe should be taken out of office and forced to live the way he has forced

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-40499624665591765522008-05-30T14:32:00.002-06:002008-05-30T15:08:40.085-06:00

So I haven't had a whole lot more time with the Mac so I can't really update my impressions on the OS after having used it for a while. However I am going to comment on the hardware. Just an FYI; as an IT manager I've used notebooks from IBM/Lenovo, Acer, HP, and Dell within the last two years so I'm not just comparing this to a Thinkpad T62 or something.As I mentioned in my previous post, I am

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-77069987348387340132008-05-23T11:11:00.003-06:002008-05-23T11:34:27.207-06:00

Those of you who read my post a long time ago regarding American Idol will be surprised to hear that this season I watched the entire thing from start to finish. Well almost, I didn't record it if I was going to be out, but I always watched some of it if I was home.Why the change of heart? I'm not sure, but I do have a couple of theories.1. I normally watch until the final 12 and this year the

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-27802619967085571432008-05-02T16:09:00.001-06:002008-05-02T16:09:37.374-06:00

What is it about Apple products? How have they achieved such a lofty reputation and rabid following? Why don't people just view the products as over-priced, form-over-function devices? Are they really that much better? Well, here is my opinion (note, I said opinion).I am currently typing this on a MacBook Pro running OS X 10.5 and MS Office 2008 (although I'm using ScribeFire in Firefox to create

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-79683214420791759542008-04-22T14:57:00.005-06:002008-04-22T14:59:19.952-06:00

I haven't tried this yet, but I'm going to. It looks like creating your own Outlook Today page is easier than I would have thought.Tech Recipes Blog

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-51758378142648434842008-04-22T13:50:00.001-06:002008-04-22T13:52:27.613-06:00

So here I am, a year and a half later. I have a new job, the Liberals didn't get elected and there is an upcoming election in the US of A. Should be some good blog fodder.

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1136829356234537972006-01-09T10:55:00.000-07:002006-01-09T10:55:56.290-07:00

...I will be voting "Liberal". Here are my reasons:Because I believe in the extent to which the Official Languages Act is carried out and enforced; that every public servant even in the most remote part of B.C. should be fluent in the French language, but that government business in Quebec should be in unilingual French. Because I believe that only lawyers from the province of Quebec are

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1135285058684096422005-12-22T13:57:00.000-07:002005-12-22T13:57:38.740-07:00

Two more rings discovered around Uranus - Space News - MSNBC.com: "Astronomers aided by the Hubble Space Telescope have spied two more rings encircling Uranus" Well, you'd better get that checked then. Sorry, couldn't resist a little childish humour there.

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1132869059684170572005-11-24T14:50:00.000-07:002005-11-24T14:50:59.723-07:00

The Spoof - Oil Found in Antartica - Bush Sends in Military: "'We know those penguins are hiding Weapons of Mass Destruction. ' says President George W. Bush, " What more needs to be said...

toneroonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1131394044679818242005-11-07T13:07:00.000-07:002005-11-07T13:07:24.723-07:00

The Politics of Playtime - Newsweek National News - MSNBC.com: "'Girls Inc.,' one mother warned, 'is pro-abortion and pro-contraception and pro all the other lies the secular world wants our girls to believe.' " All I can do is shake my head.

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1130267503828848752005-10-25T13:11:00.000-06:002005-10-25T13:11:43.856-06:00

Florida begins long, costly cleanup after Wilma - Hurricane Wilma - MSNBC.com: "“I wasn’t prepared for anything. I never thought it would be this bad,” said Virginia Davila, 29, as she waited at the stadium." You have got to be kidding! People! Listen to the hurricane forecasters, they are pretty good at what they do. Anyone who says they weren't prepared should have to stand at the back of the

toneroonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1129236596359579452005-10-13T14:49:00.000-06:002005-10-13T14:49:56.400-06:00

Pregnant woman allegedly beaten for fetus - Crime & Punishment - MSNBC.com: "Peggy Jo Conner, 38, of Ford City, was arraigned Thursday on charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault and aggravated assault of an unborn child." This kind of story really gets me into the "What's this world coming to?" mood. Really, this is absolutely sick. If it wasn't for the fact that Peggy Jo is obviously

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1128723040745533872005-10-07T16:10:00.000-06:002005-10-07T16:11:28.316-06:00

Attention: testy visitors risk being shot in Florida - Yahoo! News: "Supporters call it the 'Stand Your Ground' law, while opponents call it the 'Shoot First' law."Sounds like it should be called the, " Hey we've all been given an excuse to shoot people!" law. How is this going to protect people? All a criminal has to say is, "I was robbing his house when he came in and looked like he was going

toneroonoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1127157403622860082005-09-19T13:16:00.000-06:002005-09-19T13:16:43.656-06:00

Ex-Tyco executives get up to 25 years in prison - Corporate Scandals - MSNBC.com: "He’s a good man. He’s a decent person and his reputation has been tarnished but his life should not be destroyed.”" Right, aside from the fact that he and his buddy stole $600,000,000.00 so that they could throw huge parties and have fancy houses. Thanks goodness the juries in these trials aren't falling for any

toneroonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1126288365067042472005-09-09T11:52:00.000-06:002005-09-09T11:52:45.136-06:00

Massachusetts' Move to Open Format is Close-minded: "Opinion: The State of Massachusetts should not forsake Microsoft file formats, which are 'open enough' for many users. " There are so many things wrong with this column, I'm not sure I even know where to start. The whole reason MS is what it is today is because it's products are good enough, or open enough, or stable enough. I think what MA is

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1124816009316036292005-08-23T10:53:00.000-06:002005-08-23T10:53:29.360-06:00

Calgary Herald - canada.com network: "The majority of crops in Alberta are in good or excellent condition." Once again, the media dooms the farmers to another year of crop failures. Now that those words have been printed something has to go wrong. I'm going to place my bets on an early snowfall. Check back in a month or see to see if I'm right.

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1123539038763755122005-08-08T16:10:00.000-06:002005-08-08T16:10:38.790-06:00

Gretzky 'excited' about coaching the Coyotes - Yahoo! News: "By no means am I (Hall of Fame coach) Scotty Bowman" The "Great Question" about "The Great One". Can he coach? Lots of people are saying that he was such a natural talent that he won't be able to explain what he wants from his payers. I tend to disagree though. He's worked with at least one excellent coach in his career (Glen Sather),

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1123269994049056142005-08-05T13:26:00.000-06:002005-08-05T13:26:34.093-06:00

Copy-protected CDs iPod-incompatible but sell well - Yahoo! News: "Meanwhile, record industry officials said the Dave Matthews and Foo Fighters CDs are selling well." Of course they're selling well, people want the CD's. If they put out a non-copywrite version of it, I'll bet it would sell even better. Why can't the recording industry just wait until the technology is there? This type of thing

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