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Accessorize your life

Accessorize your life

While most of our gadget purchases tend to be things - pieces of hardware like iPods and smart phones - some of the best new technologies out there are the things that work in between all those other things - accessories that let you get so much more
The phone trap

The phone trap

In most ways I'm the complete opposite of a Luddite, embracing every new technology that comes down the pipe.
Astride Spricenieks – Life is what you make of it

Astride Spricenieks – Life is what you make of it

"People who love sports are much happier in life..." - Astride Spricenieks She's sharp and witty and curious and fun. She's candid and feisty and totally in love with life. Truly.
Is the sky really falling?

Is the sky really falling?

G.D. Maxwell's anti-Olympics hyperbole notwithstanding, I just don't see the sky falling (Our individual rights trumped by Olympics, Maxed Out Oct. 22).
Olympic momentum finally building

Olympic momentum finally building

After thirsting for details about the Olympics for so long - years, it seems - it's all coming quickly now. And so is enthusiasm for the Games.
Community and branding – A missed opportunity for WB

Community and branding – A missed opportunity for WB

I haven't been out much in the last six months.
History lessons in democracy

History lessons in democracy

I was disturbed to read Dr. Maxwell's Oct. 22 screed. I do not normally read newspapers; I find them unsettling. But there is a lot of news about these days and I thought I'd have a look.
A force is stopped

A force is stopped

Trying to sum up a life in a few hundred words always exposes the inadequacy of words, or at least words as I know how to put them together.
Canada’s net neutrality

Canada’s net neutrality

The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission - also known as the CRTC (also known as the federal Crown corporation that should probably change its name already to reflect the times) - waded into the net neutrality debate last week and
The Norwegian connection – Creating a legend in Whistler

The Norwegian connection – Creating a legend in Whistler

"You don't get arrested as a vagrant when you carry a pair of skis. You can sleep under a bridge or on a bench, the cops take a look at the skis and they know you're all right. Don't ask me why, but it's a fact. Maybe because they smell clean.