The 2008 American Elections
48 years ago, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon took part in the first televised presidential debate in the United States. This was notable because Kennedy used the medium of television to his full advantage. Polls indicated that people who had listened to the debate over the radio tended to judge Nixon as the winner, whereas those who had watched the televised debate deemed Kennedy the victor. While the televised debates did not necessarily determine the 1960 election, Kennedy certainly [...]
Vote Pairing
Is one vote equal to another? Perhaps, but you can make it
worth more if you can pair your vote. The website
VotePair.ca allows you to
identify an area where your vote would contribute most to your
desired party and you swap it with someone. Confusing? Here's an
example.
Let's say I want Party A to win the election. However, if there is no chance in my riding that Party A will win, I would be able to "swap" my vote with someone in another riding in which Party A does have a chance of winning. In turn, [...]
Let's say I want Party A to win the election. However, if there is no chance in my riding that Party A will win, I would be able to "swap" my vote with someone in another riding in which Party A does have a chance of winning. In turn, [...]
Google the past...
Google is celebrating its tenth birthday and they've found an
old index archive
from 2001 which they've made available to the public. It's
interesting searching a world that didn't have many of the sites I
frequent today. Facebook wasn't around just yet and the top search
for CIGI was the Canadian International Grains Institute.
What were you searching for in 2001?
What were you searching for in 2001?
Oblivious and self-indulgent
I posted a few months ago about the book, "
The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young
Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under
30)" in which the author Mark Bauerlein levels a sharp
criticism on Generation Y / Millennials. I don't think I'm too off
the mark if I were to say he assesses people under 30 as being
oblivious and self-indulgent. I was reminded of the issue of
generational gaps today as I read
Pat
Buchanan's blog post on all the turbulance gripping [...]
Google's New Browser - Chrome
This week I've had the opportunity to test out Google's new
browser,
Chrome and I'm
impressed. I'm typically reluctant to use new programs for my daily
tasks, especially for something like a browser, but I have been
amazed and how fast Chrome loads everything up. For now, I'm going
to to use Chrome for general browsing and I'm sticking with Firefox
just because I have it configured just the way I want. Want to try
it out?
Download it here, it's a
quick and easy installation.
