Open the Pod Bay Doors Hal – Robot Anxiety
Only a year ago, robots taking jobs was a still in the realm of science fiction and the idea of a an intelligent machine was off the scale and just not going to happen....
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Nail Bitter in Victoria By Election
Murray Rankin won a nail-bitter for the NDP last night. We attended the gala at the Empress to watch the results and speeches by Tom Mulclair and departing MP Denise Savoie. A fun...
The iEconomy
The New York Times has a very interesting feature article on the iEconomy this weekend – Well worth a read. Lots of people making APPs and billions of dollars in sales, which is great,...
The spymaster, the general and the hottie(s) ‘merican style scandal
Stephen Colbert is in a tizzy. An American style sex scandal – lots of people, not much sex and nobody seems to be really that happy about the whole thing.
Why, I have a binder full of them
Mitt Romney’s bizarre gaffe that he got a “binder full of women” in the US Predential debate has gone viral. But of course it turns out to be a complete lie. If you...
Are robots taking jobs? Or is that missing the point?
Fascinating video of Andrew McAfee speaking about jobs, robots, and employment. The short answer is yes they are and it is major. That’s the bad news. BUT – there is good news too...
Reality comes to sleepy hollow – Victoria Real Estate tanks
I don’t wanna be a buyer – I wanna be a seller – it’s much more fun that way – lots of people wanting to buy. Except all the buyers have fled, the party...
If you will indulge me, I would like to change the world
Very fun clip deleted from the movie Prometheus, where Guy Pierce plays billionaire industrialist Peter Weyland as a young man, and obviously enjoys himself.