2025

When asked by someone at work what my religious background was - I think back to both my Mom, and my Dad. My Mom because of her Catholic background which allowed me to attend Catholic school (which was better funded over public school). And then my Dad who brought me along to Presbyterian church,

Back in 1994, I guess we were being musically (and otherwise) nostalgic what with the likes of the Forrest Gump soundtrack - which had a focus on music of 60s-70s. The idea of having another Woodstock was put into motion to commemorate the original music festival held in 1969. The 1994 edition was

In my mid teens, I'd stay up late to listen to local stations playing music that I liked because daytime- most of the time you wouldn't hear the genres I liked. Somehow or other, I came across this weird guy making fun of callers on his show. The weird guy was of course Tom Green, on local U-of-O

Americans may know it from Nickelodeon, but YCDTOT was based in Ottawa. Produced and aired locally starting in 1979 (and through to 1990) on CJOH-TV. It was a low budget show that did sketch comedy oriented towards kids and teens - and was mostly hosted by local kids, save for a few adults who

Kids will not know about telling time by TV show. As a kid, I think I may have actually learned what time it was by what TV show was playing. Or- I knew that if such and such cartoon was over, it was time to go to school. Or if the national anthem came on, it was the middle of the night... or on

Its really odd for most anyone now to think about a time when the internet wasn't omnipresent in our lives. Getting 'online' back in the day didn't mean getting on the World Wide Web necessarily. Connecting to a local community service via dial-up was more common. Enter Freenets. Free access to

I'm not sure if many people know this- but Canada (actually CRTC) requires a certain amount of Canadian music to be played on Canadian radio stations. Thirty-five percent between 6am and 6pm must be Canadian to be exact. They specified the time to prevent stations playing their Canadian content

1999 to 2009 was 'my' decade of service in the retail computer trade. Geographically, I was in the National-Capital Ottawa area. Silicon Valley North as it was also known. Still producing in recent years up to 2020, tech professionals at a higher growth rate than Silicon Valley itself. Ottawa has a

One thing I found lacking when I moved to the US, and this might be regional- is the deficiency of chip wagons in the midwest. There is also a scarcity of donut shops, however I am seeing more of those- at least, lately. Additionally, and also maybe regional- and maybe limited to a certain time

It goes without saying that we take a lot of things for granted these days that weren't possible not long ago. I also believe that Canadians don't get enough credit for their tech contributions, so I'd like to take some time to have you consider an early remote sensing company named Dipix Systems