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There is hope for progressive Canadian governance, perhaps even the environment

Stéphane Dion, former Canadian environment minister, was elected leader of the Liberal Party at a dramatic convention in Montreal. A darkhorse candidate, Mr. Dion does not come off as a typical politician rather he retains much of the style and … Continue reading

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This just in: Get Real for Free

Obstacles to getting real keep dropping: 37Signals now offers a free online version of their book Getting Real. Cool.

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Stewie upstages Osama

One of my favorite Family Guy segments from the early days of the series is strangely hard to find on the ‘net, perhaps due to its somewhat prescient nature. It was only added to YouTube a week ago let’s see … Continue reading

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Small news, very small news

New Scientist reports on DNA Origami: A map of the Americas measuring just a few hundred nanometres across has been created out of meticulously folded strands of DNA, using a new technique for manipulating molecules dubbed “DNA origami”. According to … Continue reading

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Too Much Coffee Man diagnosed with yet another heart attack risk factor

Coffee enriches my life in so many ways: socially, gustatorily, as a surrogate for other vices, but most of all by fighting the somnolescence induced by a historical avoidance of any kind of regular sleeping pattern. Not being a morning … Continue reading

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Health of mind and body intertwined – who knew?

Science News reports that experimental evidence continues to mount that mammals who exercise demonstrate both better cognitive abilities and regenerative healing of nervous tissue. When they dissected the rats’ brains, Gage’s team found changes similar to those that they’d seen … Continue reading

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Google hosting takes its first steps

Google takes baby steps into hosting as we predicted here. Looks like they are starting with e-mail, which as we have mentioned is probably their “stickiest” service. Interested organizations are encouraged to sign up for the beta service here. What … Continue reading

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Embarassing politics in Canada

With all the political turmoil in the US in the past year, Canadian politicians have been getting envious of the attention. So they’ve decided to go and do their own boneheaded grab for some media spotlight. And based on over … Continue reading

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Driving you automagically

We’ve been car shopping lately since the 1995 Passat is starting to be less reliable than ever (which is saying a lot) and doesn’t cut it for travelling to the country with a dog or going to ultimate tournaments with … Continue reading

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ID – Impugning Darwin

I’ve been watching the whole intelligent design (ID) controversy from the sidelines for some time with mixed feelings. My focus in university was evolutionary biology. I spent quite some time working in a laboratory for experimental evolution (working with microbes … Continue reading

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