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Archive for June, 2005

Crunch

Kevin in our office has a friend who lives down by Horseshoe Bay here in B.C. Today, all over the news, there is coverage of a ferry losing power and hitting a marina.
His friend went down and took some photos which you can check out here.

Sewing Time

Accessories Make the Nerd
“Here is what Web 2.0 WILL be, in my view: a new way of structuring Internet businesses around published APIs, Application Programming Interfaces. New companies will spring up that simply glue web-based APIs together. For example, Google Maps plus accident reports for insurance companies, or Amazon plus eBay plus Froogle for purchasing […]

For Mac Users Out There

It’s true, Camino is a faster web browser.

Potato Lovers Everywhere

The End Of The Rainbow
“Here’s something you probably didn’t know: Ireland today is the richest country in the European Union after Luxembourg.”

Too Good Not To

Today’s Dilbert is just too good not to link to.

Quaint As It Seems

Lies, Guts & Deep Throat
“The kid reporters had impeccable sources. They were digging and piecing facts together and pulling fragments from some people who were themselves very close to power. Those insiders were revolted by what they saw inside the Nixon Administration–and frightened. So they did the right thing. Then Bob and Carl had the […]