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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

They say memories tied to sound aren’t just recalled…they’re relived. A few sounds can do what entire conversations cannot. Sonic imprints sneak in as they don't require your focus, they pull you out of the present time before you can see them coming! What sounds bring you to your calm? What sounds

I was thinking, these days- sometimes using a computer is rather boring, or unexciting. Doing things on a computer that were once amazing or unimaginable, are now unremarkable and pedestrian. I'd argue that the days of interacting with the computer mainly by keyboard was somehow better. I think it

Do young people of today know of ATI when they see a AMD Radeon video card? And do people in general know that ATI was a Canadian based company? The last standing competitor to Nvidia graphics; ATI or, as known now- AMD Radeon. In my time, buying ATI was seen as supporting a Canadian company VS the

For some reason the 'May two-four weekend' has me thinking about food. For the uninitiated, this is in commemoration of Queen Victoria's birthday which was May 24th. It is generally a holiday in Canada and is marked on the Monday before the 24th. It also marks the beginning of the summer season,