Author Archives: the proprietor

Alternative Fuels Projects

There’s no doubt that alternative fuels projects are popular in Manitoba right now. First an expansion was announced for the Husky ethanol plant and now I read that there’s a planned biodiesel plant in Shoal Lake. Ethanol obviously has an established market along with guaranteed growth courtesy of the provincial regulations requiring its use, but […]

New NHL Season

As the phrase goes, “Hockey’s back.” I watched the first TSN broadcast of the new season tonight. My technical knowledge of hockey is so limited it’s not worth discussing. But, I did enjoy the play I watched, and the new rules appeared to work very well. The two line passes, in particular, were really exciting. […]

Don’t Ask Jeeves, Ask the Boring Website

Why does branding attract so much taken-too-seriously foolishness? I just read that Ask Jeeves is firing their mascot. As soon as I saw the headline (before reading any of the article) I thought to myself, “that’s dumb”. Clicking through and reading the article only strengthed my opinion of the change. I’ve always thought that having […]

New Trigonometry?

The term new trigonometry is not something I ever expected to see. Maybe I’m simply out of my knowledge league, but the idea particularly odd and a bit wacky. Of course, it would be fantastically cool if it works as advertised. I may just have to read the book. Link via tech.memeorandum.

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