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Complaints About Speed Unfounded
2008-03-03 04:44:00 Quite a controversy has erupted here in Manitoba over the provincial government’s plan to increase the speed limit on some highways from 100km/h to 110km/h. We have some groups spewing doom and gloom warning us of the carnage to come. We have the Manitoba Trucking Association complaining of the increased fuel costs that are sure ... More About: Local , Speed
House of Saud
2008-03-01 09:22:00 Has anyone else seen this story? The Saudis are actually going to execute a woman for the crime of witchcraft. From the BBC, The illiterate woman was detained by religious police in 2005 and allegedly beaten and forced to fingerprint a confession that she could not read. Among her accusers was a man who alleged she made ... More About: Terrorism , Religion , House , World
Having Fun With Post Dates
2008-03-01 08:35:00 Are there posts on your blog you regularly update rather than writing new separate entries such as tutorials for instance? Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way you could let your readers know when a post was updated other than adding an addendum to the bottom? Well there is. Word Press outputs the date of ... More About: Dates , Blogging , Post
Embedding XHTML-Vaild Flash
2008-03-01 07:49:00 Although I tend to stay away from flash there are times when you may want to use it in your site. According to Adobe the proper way to embed a flash object in an HTML document is, <OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B 8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia. com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab# version=6,0,40,0" WIDTH="550" HEIGHT="400" id="myMovieName"><PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="myFlash Movie.swf">< ;PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high><PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF><EMBED src="myFlashMovie.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF WIDTH="550" HEIGHT="400" NAME="myMovieName" ALIGN="" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash&# 34; PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.co m/go/getflashplayer"></EMBED& #62;</OBJECT> The problem with ... More About: Blogging , Word , Press
Vanishing Dashboard
2008-02-23 23:10:00 A couple of weeks ago I noticed strange traffic to my plugin folder in my server logs. Now it could simply be someone curious as to what plugins I’m running or it could be something more sinister. Not wanting to take any chances I dropped an empty index.php file in that folder. I did the ... More About: Dashboard , Blogging , Word , Press , Vanishing
Upgrading via Fantastico
2008-02-20 22:15:00 If you’re like me you prefer installing Word Press upgrades manually as opposed to using your host’s Fantastico service. I have seen too many botched installs/upgrades using automated processes like Fantastico that I just as soon stay away from using them. The other thing I don’t like about it is that it takes seemingly forever for ... More About: Blogging
Tip For Validating WP Premium Theme
2008-02-12 20:33:00 After months and months of searching and trying out new themes I think I’ve finally found the one I like. Finding a theme for use on this site wasn’t easy because of certain conditions I felt needed to be met. Because of the two blogrolling.com lists as well as other info I needed at least a ... More About: Blogging , Word , Press , Theme , Premium
Senior Struck By Vehicle Dies
2008-02-11 02:33:00 My sincere condolences to the family of Joseph La Spina who passed away early this morning after asking doctors to be taken off life support. The 83-year-old grandfather/great-grandfather was gravely injured Feb 03 when he was struck by a vehicle while on his way to a grocery store. Mr. La Spina was walking north on Kenaston ... More About: Senior , Vehicle , Local , Dies
Another Canadian Dies Under Strange Circumstances
2008-02-01 09:19:00 Once again a Canadian citizen has mysteriously died in Mexico. 19-year-old Josh Iwasiuk was vacationing at the Getaway Resort in Puerto Vallarta with his older brother Jerry last week. The two brothers were drinking in a hotel bar Saturday afternoon which is the last time Jerry saw his younger brother. After Jerry awoke the next morning ... More About: World , Canada , Local , Strange
It?s a Fine Line
2008-01-06 22:24:00 Where do you draw the line between civil rights and public safety? Imagine police sneaking up to your car while you’re inside a store and slapping a little magnetic box under the fender that tracks the vehicle everywhere you take it, without you even realizing it’s there. That’s the length cops in Fresno, Calif., have gone ... More About: Canada , Other , Local , Line , Fine
Gold Again
2008-01-06 22:23:00 Congratulations to Team Canada for winning yet another gold medal at the juniors and once again proving nobody does it better than we do! If it’s not a shootout with the Americans its OT with the Swedes. We do have a flare for drama. More About: Gold , Other
Will That Be Cash or Cheque?
2008-01-06 22:21:00 There’s no deterrent like a financial deterrent. A father and son who went snowboarding out of bounds and had to be rescued at a North Vancouver mountain resort on Dec. 29 have been billed for the effort. They can pass as many rules and regulations as they want but you can’t legislate common sense. You can however ... More About: Canada , Other , Cash , Cheque
Interesting Net Facts
2007-12-30 23:52:00 Maintaining an online presence can be hard work at the best of times but more often than not it is quite rewarding. I’ve made many friends during my travels through cyberspace and came across some very interesting sites. All of this made me think about the internet in general and how much it has changed ... More About: Internet , Interesting , Facts , Blogging , Eres
Change Your Login Screen
2007-12-30 00:50:00 Are you tired of looking at the default login page of your Word Press blog? Have you ever wanted to change it, perhaps with your own image? It’s not very difficult at all. Although there are a number of plugins that will accomplish this I’ll show you how to do it without them. The image on the ... More About: Screen , Change , Blogging
Japanese Defense Minister on Aliens
2007-12-22 08:03:00 While most of the industrialized nations of the world deal with such mundane matters as economics, health care, justice, education and global warming to name a few, Japan is preoccupied with more pressing concerns. Japan’s Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering how his Self-Defense Forces could respond to an attack by space aliens while adhering to ... More About: World , Aliens , Japanese , Strange
Lakota Indians Declare Independence
2007-12-22 00:31:00 Has anyone seen this story? The Lakota Sioux Indians have withdrawn from all treaties with the U.S government and have declared independence. From a news release at CommonDreams.org, Lakota Sioux Indian representatives declared sovereign nation status today in Washington D.C. following Monday’s withdrawal from all previously signed treaties with the United States Government. The withdrawal, hand ... More About: Society , Independence , Clar
Tom Mabe and Telemarketers
2007-12-21 02:40:00 Tom Mabe is a comedian, prankster and stuntman who has a penchant for playing head games with the telemarketers who call his house. He usually has a tape recorder laying beside his telephone and quickly turns it on when he finds a telemarketer calling him. He then launches into one of his acts. The video below ... More About: Humour , Marketer , Telemarketer
Shoot First?
2007-12-20 20:36:00 A couple of days ago I wrote about the Taser having no effect after being deployed by Winnipeg police in a confrontation with a suspect. (see Taser Had No Effect) Well, here is some more Taser-related goodness. Police in Brandon, MB are being investigated for allegations one or more members used the Taser on willing volunteers ... More About: Canada , Shoot
Forward Thinking
2007-12-20 05:41:00 Back in early 2006 Winnipeg Transit announced a $142-million transit upgrade plan which included among other things, construction of heated bus shelters at a cost ranging from $23,000 to $44,000 each. As the new heated shelters slowly come online I have to think to myself this city is in desperate need of a rapid rail system. ... More About: Local , Thinking , Forward
XP Service Pack 3
2007-12-20 05:40:00 Early reports show that the new Windows XP Service Pack 3 is more than just a patch release and that it may actually boost the overall performance of your system. Using the OfficeBench benchmarking tool the Devil Mountain Software group showed a 10% increase in performance over Service Pack 2 and more than twice as fast ... More About: Internet
My Cyber Trek
2007-12-20 01:39:00 Since I’m now laid off for the season (it’s difficult to roof in the winter) and I have way too much time on my hands I thought I would take a leisurely cruise through the interwebs and explore the scenery. However I was not satisfied with taking one of the more traditional routes. No, I ... More About: Internet , Humour , Blogging , Cyber , Trek
Canadian Resolution Passes
2007-12-19 07:30:00 A draft resolution introduced by Canada and backed by other western nations including the US was approved by the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. The resolution expresses “deep concern” at the ongoing human rights abuses in Iran and cites as examples “torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including flogging and amputations.” It specifically ... More About: World , Canadian , Resolution , Adia
Taser Had No Effect
2007-12-19 03:35:00 The Taser is in the news again but for a different reason this time. At about 10:45pm Monday, police here in Winnipeg were called to an apartment building on Langside St across from Balmoral Hall School after a male caller to 911 claimed his life was in danger. The caller said he received a threatening ... More About: Local , Effect
Canadian Inquisition
2007-12-17 00:16:00 So, after all this time — four years since it became public knowledge that he took cash payments from Karlheinz Schreiber, fourteen years after the actual event — Brian Mulroney finally comes forward to explain… and explains nothing. Or rather, digs himself deeper. Those who might have been inclined to give him the benefit of ... More About: Canada , Canadian , Adia
Is Deportation Akin to Capital Punishment?
2007-12-16 23:41:00 Should Canada be deporting people when the act is akin to nothing more than a death sentence? Hussein Jilaow was a violent criminal and a member of a local street gang here in Winnipeg known for its extreme brutality. The gang is largely comprised of African immigrants. Since coming to Canada in 1999 as a 14 ... More About: Punishment , Capital , Capital Punishment , Deportation , Nish
Podcast Your Blog
2007-12-14 22:30:00 There are oodles of text to speech applications out there but here is an interesting service I stumbled upon recently. Have you ever wanted to create a podcast for your blog but had no idea where to begin? Perhaps Talkr is for you. This online service will convert any text-only Atom or RSS feed into an ... More About: Technology , Podcast , Blog
Glow in the Dark Cats
2007-12-14 22:04:00 Scientists in South Korea have managed to clone cats that glow red when exposed to ultraviolet light. For what purpose? … research aimed at developing treatments for human genetic diseases, say officials. The process is quite fascinating actually. According to the Korea Times, the scientists added red fluorescence protein (RFP) genes to the skin cells of the mother ... More About: Science , Cats , Dark , Strange , The Dark
Pickton Gets Maximum
2007-12-14 02:55:00 I’m often critical of our judges, for good reason I think, but this time I have to say I am very pleased. Justice James Williams dished out the harshest sentence available under Canadian law ordering Robert Pickton to serve at least 25 years before being eligible for parole. Well done. More About: Canada
Bali: Story Behind the Story
2007-12-11 01:41:00 Interesting piece by Peter Foster in the Financial Post called Road to Bali . The fate of the Earth hangs in the balance in Bali, but the issue is not whether humanity will succumb to a “climate crisis,” or how the international community might craft a successor to the tattered Kyoto Accord (Let’s call it KyoTwo). The ... More About: World , Story , The Story
Degrees
More articles from this author:2007-12-11 01:37:00 How is the killing of 6 women and possibly scores more not premeditated murder? More About: Canada , Degrees 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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