• Indeed! Get yer motor runnin'... RT @luckyfish: motorcycle weather 19 hours ago
  • Claiming that. RT @rumon: To my friends having crap days (you know who you are), a temporary salve: Rufus Wainright's "Instant Pleasure". 1 day ago
  • Terrible! RT @smith: Very grizzled for my trip to Paris - power went out last night and wasn't back on when I woke. Lantern lit shower. 1 day ago
  • What?! (re The Godfather) RT @tristen__ashley: @jamehealy Seriously? Possibly the worst trilogy movie in history. 2 days ago
  • Watching The Godfather III. "Just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in." Brilliant. 2 days ago

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Victoria and Vancouver: Gateways to Canada (1936)

This is great … an MGM produced promotional video of Victoria and Vancouver replete with 1930’s era newsreel music. I’m half expecting Tom to start chasing Jerry across the screen into a mouse hole.

Making Good

I’m really impressed with the new web site for MakeGood (www.MakeGood.com).

We know that companies all over the world are doing great things, but only a few are effectively telling their story.

MakeGood acts as the bridge between the customers and businesses, enabling companies to display the positive things they are doing while publicly stating their commitment to social responsibility. …

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Switching to WordPress

I’ve had my personal blog hosted on a Drupal-powered site for a number of years now. Unfortunately the hosting company was going through some changes, which meant that I had to migrate my site, etc. over to their new service.  They gave me more than enough time to transition to their new servers, but I never did.

… I guess in …

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Back to Business, the Old Fashioned Way

Regardless of when and how the current economic “contraction” reverses itself, I think we can agree that the face of business as we know it is going to change… at least I’m hoping it does.

I remember in the late 90’s, when I was an analyst for a venture capital firm, the number of “pimply-faced” self-styled entrepreneurs that would come in …

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Visa Card Upgrade Scheme Fraudulent?

I was sent a new Visa “Infinite” card this past August (unsolicited) from Visa (… or is it RBC?).  I told the them (the Royal Bank) that I didn’t want/need the new card (with its new fees) and subsequently shredded the card and the “terms” that it came with as it didn’t apply to me and contained personal information.  …

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