Ramblings! I’ll tell you what I don’t know, and so much more.
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International Day For Biodiversity
A really quick post, since it has been a few months since I posted anything. It’s not that there is nothing that I think is interesting to post, just that I’ve been busy on other website work and carpentry projects. I’ve been using the excuse that I have used my twitter account to post neat…
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Billions of People Do Not Have Internet
4.3 Billion is the best guess. It’s often forgotten by us “First World” people that there are many – the majority of the worlds population in fact – That have never “gone online”. I’ve wanted to repost a map I saw in National Geographic showing a world map done in black with every IP address…
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Getting Paid On Time
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a slump in the oil prices around my neck of the woods. Alberta, Canada that is. Frankly I haven’t a clue what the prices are doing around the world. It’s been quite a while since I was working directly in the oil patch. My go-to source was “The DOB”,…
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Open Book Publishing
I found Open Book Publishers. They allow some of their books to be viewed in other websites, so I thought I’d try it out. This title is a dry read but the title caught my eye. There is a link inside the frame to view full screen…
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Why I don’t Do Facebook
I’m going to use an analogy for this. Stay with me. I want you to pretend for a moment that you have a little store. You are a storekeeper in a happy land. Then Tim Horton’s gives their coffee away for free to everyone. And everything changes.
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Alberta First Nations and Law
I thought I’d do my part for a friend who is putting together a lecture for the benefit of anyone interested in law, first nations studies, and Alberta Heritage. Ruth Gorman is the person-of-interest in this lecture. A book about her work with First Nations has been published: Behind the Man: John Laurie, Ruth Gorman,…
Got any book recommendations?