The folks at InterTAN, Inc. have come up with the new name for all their Radio Shack stores: The Source by Circuit City. The logo is undeniably ugly and the name is humdrum. Radio Shack was always such a fun name for a gadget store, “The Source” sounds like they’re trying too hard to be […]
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Au Revoir RadioShack
26 March 2005 – 3:17 am
According to this report from CBC News, RadioShack in Canada will be no more as of June 30. A US court has sided with RadioShack Corp. in a dispute with InterTAN, the licensee of the brand in Canada. The article doesn’t specify the details of the dispute, but it would appear to have been the […]
Spent Nuke Fuel
31 January 2005 – 8:55 pm
Here’s something else I learned from the Wired Nuclear energy article. (I really should read the article all the way through before posting.) Here’s a fun fact: Spent nuclear fuel – the stuff intended for permanent disposal at Yucca Mountain – retains 95 percent of its energy content. That’s really remarkable. There is so much […]
Much Ado About The Queen
I’m very happy to see that the Queen has not altered her plans to visit Canada for the Saskatchewan and Alberta centennial celebrations. I don’t see any valid reason for the visit to be cancelled. In fact, I’m convinced that cancelling would be a bad thing. The whole point of Canada being a democracy while […]