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Silent but deadly

Silent but deadly

It’s been in the pipe for a while, but it appears that Samsung has finally done it – created a flash-memory chip with an amazing 32 GB of storage.
Sharing water, correcting appearances, dumpster debris, and small business deficits

Sharing water, correcting appearances, dumpster debris, and small business deficits

The Ashlu Runs Free March 22 was World Water Day. Whose water is it? It’s yours. Whose responsibility is it to guard the fresh water? It’s yours.
On the meaning of hospitality, snowmobiling, a down under perspective and thanks again.

On the meaning of hospitality, snowmobiling, a down under perspective and thanks again.

Searching for a word I attended an interesting meeting at MY Place on March 9. A gentleman named Anurag Gupta took those interested in Whistler's future on an exercise of self-examination.
Upgrades need upgrades

Upgrades need upgrades

The problem with computer upgrades is that you can rarely do just one without having to upgrade something, or everything else, in the process.
Employee recruitment efforts will be needed

Employee recruitment efforts will be needed

As Whistler has struggled to regain the heady numbers it enjoyed prior to the turn of the millennium there’s been a lot of focus on attracting visitors.
Time for Whistler's own strategic review of Intrawest

Time for Whistler's own strategic review of Intrawest

A couple of weeks ago Intrawest announced it was hiring Goldman, Sachs & Co. and launching a strategic review of its operations.
Google gets literary

Google gets literary

Google has been in the news a lot lately.
Harnessing the snowmobile hordes, rubbish around sewage, and thoughtful thanks

Harnessing the snowmobile hordes, rubbish around sewage, and thoughtful thanks

Time to look at snowmobiles The residents of Whistler have openly said that they wanted to place some controls on growth.
No waves at Lakehead

No waves at Lakehead

Lakehead University, tucked away in the northern Ontario town of Thunder Bay, doesn’t make worldwide headlines all that often but last week the major news outlets made an exception when the school said ‘no’ to wireless Internet access.
Setting the Olympic hook

Setting the Olympic hook

I had a brief discussion this week with a person who isn’t all that keen on the 2010 Olympics, primarily because of the money they cost, but who had spent a few days in Torino during last month’s Winter Olympics.