Opinion

"Next to the athletes the workforce is the heart of these Games, and these Games do not happen without the workforce. It is the volunteers who put these Games on.

When software is available for free you have to wonder why. It takes time and energy to develop software and to make it compatible with all the different operating systems out there.

RE: Holborn seniors housing and tennis resort delays ( Pique July 23) What was not made clear in your reporting on the Holborn Group's delay in fulfilling the conditions for adoption of its Rezoning and Phased Development Agreement (PDA) Bylaws, that

Even at the best of times an operating system is a work in progress that requires frequent updates to stay current with other software and to patch security holes and incompatibilities that hackers are always turning up.

Everybody is worried.

Four years ago this month, while village business owners were debating where the Paralympic arena should go, Tourism Whistler and Whistler Blackcomb were commissioning a study of the Brandywine area's suitability for an airport.

Something has snapped. No letters to Pique or council since I moved here, but now two in as many weeks.

Several years ago someone at VANOC said there would be high points and there would be low points in the lead up to the 2010 Winter Olympics. July 2009 would be one of the low points, at least in Whistler.

These days nearly everyone has a computer at work, a computer at home and a computer in their back pocket, like a next generation smart phone. We may run multiple browsers, multiple e-mail applications, different versions of productivity software.

Artists are born not made. Know what I mean? Sure, technical proficiency can only come with discipline and practice.