January 2007

Karl Marx called religion the ‘opium of the people’. Modern media pundits have ripped that quote, calling television the ‘opiate of the masses’.
I wonder what they’re going to make of Joost.
On first blush, it’s streaming TV for the broadband-connected PC — internet TV if you will. Pick your channel and watch. Simple, just like traditional [...]

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Like so many other pop-tech folk, I immediately jumped on The Venice Project (they’ve since changed the name to Joost) site when it became clear that this was a TV for the internet project by the same folks who are changing the rules for internet telephony; Skype.
My beta test invitation arrived today, so that means [...]

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File this under the fun/cool funny, parody and homage categories.
Can’t wait for the Apple Inc. iPhone? Then check out iPhony, a free (as in beer) launcher /skin for your Palm device. The developer is a respected Palm application / simulation developer who put this together for fun, and is now taking a bit of heat [...]

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I took this photo in the mid ’90s, along Saskatchewan Drive overlooking the North Saskatchewan River after a fresh snowfall. This is my kind of Edmonton winter. Not this warm, slippery, icy, brown-ish winter. I like something White, crisp, cold and clean.
It also makes for cool photography

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