I’m prompted to comment on valedictorian speeches as I’ve been getting a slew of Google refers for this post.  •  I can only assme that the people searching the web for terms like “valedictorians speeches" and "ideas for valedictorian speeches” are actually potential or would be valedictorians. So …

In the hideously designed, poorly written get-rich-slow book, “Rich Dad Poor Dad” hides many valuable insights into financial matters. One that has come to mind as of late is the measurement of wealth. The author, Robert T. Kiyosaki, points out that wealth should not be a measure of money but a …

I recently had my copy of Douglas Coupland’s microserfs returned to me after a long stint on someone else’s bookshelf. Placed specially by my toilet I have been rereading the book a few pages per day. Today it dawned on me... This book, published in 1995, is actually written, formatted, read, and …

A group of people are coming together to encourage and promote free, open, and widely accessible wifi access in my home city, Charlottetown. If you're from Charlottetown I encourage you to explore the site and consider helping out in whatever way you can.  •  Address: www.wificharlottetown.org

As the silverorange blog platform matures you’ll notice some nice new features. One new feature I’d like to point out is the refer page. Live refer listings to see where you came from. It’s based on Dean Allen’s refer code. Enjoy.

For most people risk is a word that has meaning by itself. When something is said to be risky it means the uncertainty of success, failure, or the status quo. For years I have thought that things in and of themselves had different “risk” levels. As the years have progressed though I have started …

Through trial and error I have learned that there are four regular essentials that one should not “go cheap” on. They are, in order of importance:  •  Underwear  •  Toilet paper  •  Paper towel  •  Socks

Recently on a trip to Ottawa, Canada’s capital city, I realized that we are on the brink of something quite astounding. There are a few solid well established technologies that will soon be used together to do things we’ve only dreamed of. For a long time these complex tasks seemed like “future …