Category Archives: Rants

Frameworks – Solution or Problem?

Posted on April 2, 2012 by lost

Frameworks are all the rage these days. Frameworks for building web sites. Frameworks for building applications. Frameworks for building databases. Frameworks for building frameworks. Okay, I made the last one up but I’m sure that sufficient noodling around the net … Continue reading →

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Climate Change and Heat

Posted on March 2, 2012 by lost

It’s currently the “in” thing to talk about anthropogenic global warming (AGW), which is the notion of global warming being caused by human activity.  Whether AGW is real or not is not the point of this post, however. Neither is … Continue reading →

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Sustainable Settlement

Posted on February 27, 2012 by lost

Sustainability is the buzzword of the day. Everyone wants sustainability. But somehow, everyone seems to miss the point of sustainability. Have you heard a policy maker talk about “sustainable growth”? That’s utter nonsense. Anyone putting a bit of thought into … Continue reading →

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The Coming Apocalypse

Posted on February 23, 2012 by lost

The apocalypse is coming and it cannot be stopped. Let me assure you that I am not one of those religious nut jobs who climbs up on a soap box on a handy street corner to scream at passers by … Continue reading →

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Cineplex Fail!

Posted on February 22, 2012 by lost

So I decided to go to a movie at one of the local Cineplex multiplexes. That’s not particularly unusual nor is it noteworthy. Since I don’t particularly like dealing with the box office and I wanted to be sure of … Continue reading →

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Is the Earth Really Doomed?

Posted on November 24, 2011 by lost

If one listens to the currently fashionable hype, the entire planet is doomed simply because some primate creatures are muddling about on and near its surface. The hype can be succinctly summed up with the following statement: “ZOMG! The Earth … Continue reading →

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Canada Post Shutdown

Posted on June 15, 2011 by lost

Canada Post is currently not operating. That means that no mail is being delivered anywhere in Canada. This is, of course, only the most recent development in a long running feud between CUPW and Canada Post. For the tl;dr crowd: … Continue reading →

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Time Streams in Fiction

Posted on June 10, 2011 by lost

Temporal effects are a common gimmick used in science fiction and fantasy. Unsurprisingly, it is handled with varying degrees of competence in various circumstances. In fact, aside from magic and/or technology (depending on context), it is probably the most mishandled … Continue reading →

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Census Time Again

Posted on May 4, 2011 by lost

Well, it’s census time again. Some might recall that I five years ago. To this day, I don’t know what they were thinking when they went with that overly complicated and buggy garbage in 2006. This year, however, the experience … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 11.04 – Unity Fail!

Posted on April 29, 2011 by lost

Okay, so Ubuntu 11.04 is out. I braved the stampede and upgraded my notebook just to see what this Unity Desktop brouhaha is all about. The title of this post should give the astute reader the general gist of my … Continue reading →

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