Archive for the 'Rabid Rant' Category

Ten major news stories the media is ignoring

Friday, September 8th, 2006

Here’s an interesting article, of all places in Yahoos’ Marketwatch: “Ten major news stories the media is ignoring “, which in turn was originally taken from a San Francisco Bay Guardian original print article.

Writer Thomas Kostigen says “It’s a provocative and eye-opening list that warrants attention, especially from the media. And each year it usually [...]

Web 2.0, meet Astroturf 2.0

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

Ars Technica mentions in an article titled”Web 2.0, meet Astroturf 2.0:

“A new report from the non-profit group Common Cause details the ways that industry groups are setting up fake grassroots organizations (aka “astroturf” organizations) to join the fight against Net neutrality legislation. Five such groups are profiled in the newly released report, entitled Wolves in [...]

P.A. Semi’s major PowerPC announcement, and looking back at The Switch

Sunday, May 21st, 2006

The full Arstechnica article is well worth reading!

...And while this search is carried out in forums like the Machintoshian Achaia, I will.sit back and give a big, fat, Nelson Ha-ha! to the participants. Ever since The Switch I’ve been preaching that Jobs’s stated reasons for moving to Intel are bogus, and that Apple [...]

Call to arm!

Friday, January 13th, 2006

Ok – if you live in the Parkdale/High Park riding, please read this: I don’t care who you vote for next election, but there has to be someone better than disingenuous money-grabbing Sam Bulte.

Mrs Bulte is NOT working for the people that elected her: She is working for the big business that gave her [...]

BMAC revisited

Monday, May 30th, 2005

While rewriting the new MTEQC web site, I came across the old “Welcome to BMAC client!” on the home page, and got to thinking about the whole BMAC closure.

To say that I was surprised would be a lie; while some had good experience with them, I have received a folder full of horror stories about [...]