September 2005
Nabisco - National Biscuit Company
Posted by on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 in - leave a comment
Realization of the day:
The Web Twenny
Posted by on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 in - 3 comments
There's a lot of hype these days about the "web two point oh". A few of us here at silverorange have taken to calling it the "Web twenny". We started by jokingly calling it the Web Twenty because a lot of domains are soemthing like "www.theweb20iswickedawesomecool.com". Then we took out the extra …
Gas Prices on PEI
Posted by on Thursday, September 22, 2005 in - 7 comments
Today a number of people warned me that gas prices were going to sky rocket tonight. From our current 1.13/L to over 2.00/L. As my tank was almost empty I decided to fill up. The gas stations had lines of cars waiting to get into them. I waited for over 30 minutes to fill up. Cars were literally …
Air Canada's North America Unlimited Pass
Posted by on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 in - 2 comments
I posted the below over on travel.ceoblues.com but I thought you folks may also find it interesting. • “Air Canada announced it's "North America Unlimited Pass" today. While I like the idea the price seems to put it out of the hands of us everyday day folk. • The unlimited pass costs $3,499.00 …
Political vs Moral
Posted by on Monday, September 12, 2005 in - leave a comment
Today Ofcom, an advertising watchdog, banned all British radio and television advertising by the Make Poverty History Campaign. The reason given by Ofcom for the ban was "We have reached the unavoidable conclusion that MPH is a body whose objects are 'wholly or mainly' political as defined under …
Don’t Cross The Mediums
Posted by on Monday, September 12, 2005 in - leave a comment
One of my pet peeves of modern day communications is when someone decides that they will respond to my email with an immediate phone call. When someone emails me I presume that email is their preferred method of communication. Maybe they have laryngitis, maybe they are not at their usual phone …
Frisbee Golf Tournament
Posted by on Friday, September 9, 2005 in - 1 comment
It's fun, it's easy, it's for charity.
Respect The Connoisseurs
Posted by on Friday, September 9, 2005 in - leave a comment
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of spending a week backpacking in the remote back country of Newfoundland (see photos). Perhaps it was due to the tranquility of the week or maybe it was the clear thinking sometimes brought on by exhaustion, but on the ferry ride home a spark of a thought came …
Becky and I put together a pretty comprehensive review of the Explorer's Inn in Peru over at our travel site.
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