Shawn Knight just sent me an article on his blog about the intense tornado activities in the Mid-South USA. The pictures are just mind-blowing. Most people in Vancouver, which is where I call home for the time being, have no idea what a tornado really is like, because we don’t have it here. However I could relate to Shawn’s article because I grew up in Missouri, USA, which neighbours the famous Mississippi River, and Kansas City as well as Kansas State, and during my 2 years there, I’ve seen my …

I think many of you have heard of the $100 laptop project – a project to research and invent a $100 laptop which allows it to be distributed to children in less privileged countries around the glove, so that they can have access to modern technology and concepts, and get better education.
Well, as hard as they tried, each laptop ended up costing about $200 a piece (which is still a great deal) and now it is available!
Here’s the concept :
One learning child. One connected child. One laptop at a time.
The …

The ongoing debate between Canada’s role in Afghanistan is one of the hot issues in this country, and the opinions vary quite a bit. Many, led by the Liberal Government, feel that Canada’s role in Afghanistan has gone beyond that of peacekeeping and that we should pull out. Others, led by the Conservative government, are quick to assert that Canadian troops do belong there to quell the militants of the opposite side of the Axis.
I’m not writing this article to debate whether our role in Canada is right or not, …

You can buy a nice high-rise condo in downtown Vancouver, mortgage free.
You can buy 3 Lamborghinis with that (depending on model and price, but I found one brand new at 133,xxx GPB).

At the current stock value, you can get over 1,500 shares of Google. (Right now, $515.49)

Or. You can get this ugly ass logo.

Look at it. That’s the official logo for the London 2012 Olympic Games, as revealed on Monday. Since its revelation, here are the results :

50,000+ have signed an online petition to scrap it.
It’s been condemned …

A recent survey in Canada found that most Canadians are alert and aware of global warming and say they acknowledge the severity of it, yet they decline to make personal financial sacrifices (such as higher gas prices, toll on local bridges and highways, excess tax or higher hydro fees) in order to help the case. OK, so be it – dishing out cash from one’s own pocket is no easy feat. So let’s look at the little things we can do to help – the very little things. Here’s what …

Facebook has re-connected me with many old friends, or people I used to at least know in some way or another. And while I’m somehow finding all these clowns and adding them to my list, I found a very surprising thing. I was born in 1985, and I am 21 right now, turning 22 in October. My highschool grads are a year younger than me because I got a year behind in the midst of moving from Korea to Canada and what not. A lot of these kids are engaged …

I was reading my daily fix of the National Post the other day, and a small article caught my attention.
Men : lost in the supermarket
U.S. [also applies to Canada just the same] me are doing more grocery shopping, both for themselves and their families, but retailers are still not doing much to make the trip any more enticing, retail consultants and industry experts say.
“Men do represent a large part of grocery shopping dollars and they aren’t being very well accommodated.  Sales are being lost,” said Mandy Putnam, vice-president at consulting …