Technology journalist Frank Catalano is shutting down his Random Bytes blog after a year. Why?
The answers lie in what he calls “two dirty little secrets”: it takes an awful lot of time, and odds are very few people are reading.
The Tyee.ca Celebrates An Anniversary
The Tyee.ca celebrates its 100th birthday this week, which means to say that some 100 days ago — towards the end of November 2003 — The Tyee.ca was launched as British Columbia’s much-needed “feisty online presence”.
In this week’s issue, Steve Burgess comments on the leave-taking of the esteemed duo of Michael Eckford and Fiona Forbes from CITY-TV’s Breakfast Television show (go on to read the comments at the bottom of the page, when you’ve finished Steve’s article); Tom Hawthorn writes on the cult of personality surrounding federal NDP leader, Jack Layton (and also offers this accompanying article about those fighting to join Layton’s “army”); and, journalist Tim Howard writes on the provincial Liberals’ recently announced “brown budget”, in which nary a word was mentioned about British Columbia’s “environment”.
And published today, Barbara McClintock, The Tyee.ca’s legislative reporter, offers this article on the recent raids at the B.C. legislature.
Good reading all, and worth checking out.
VanRamblings.com Awarded Top 10 Canadian Blog Designation
Jim Elve and the fine folks at BlogsCanada have, this day, awarded the upstart, and just barely out of its infancy, VanRamblings.com blog a “Top 10 Best Blogs in Canada” designation, for the month of March.
One feels the munificent hand of Jay Currie in these glad tidings.
Thanks Jay (and Jim, and fellow judge Brianna Doyle).
Meanwhile, Bob Tarantino at Let It Bleed (a weblog listed to the right, under Canada) is the latest weblog to add VanRamblings to his blogroll.
Computer Security: The Definitive Article
Let’s face it, computers are little more than fancy filing cabinets. Oh sure, there are a great many things you can do with your computer: surf the Web to read newspapers from across the globe, listen to your favourite radio station in Scotland (or wherever), watch the news, download and listen to music, watch video … the uses to which you might apply your computer are without end …
When all is said and done, though, computers are really little more than complex storage devices, albeit interactive storage devices which may serve to bring you much joy. Your computer might even serve to help make you aware of political, social, health and other issues you otherwise might not have become aware of.
If you’re going to use your computer to good advantage, then, if you are to preserve the investment — both financial and emotional — you have made in your computer, you MUST work towards the implementation an effective security protocol. This current article you are reading — on computer security — is all about helping you to learn to surf safely, in order that you might be permitted the best possible experience in front of your computer, today, tomorrow and long into the future.