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A Deer in the Qu'Appelle Valley

Before stuffing ourselves with turkey yesterday, Shea, Pace, my parents and I took a drive to Katepwa Lake which is about fifteen minutes north of my hometown of Indian Head. I've probably mentioned before that our family has a farm on the edge of the Qu'Appelle Valley and my dad had told me that a […]

Posted 09 October 2007 § Main Page § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Radiohead's New Album – Pay What You Want (That's the Distribution Model, Not The Title)

Other bands and artists have hinted at this model but nobody on the level of Radiohead has gone this far.  Their new album, “In Rainbows” will be released on October 10 using a “Pay What You Want” model for those who download it digitally.  Says one commentator on Reddit: “I can't stand Radiohead's music, but […]

Posted 01 October 2007 § Internet § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged:

Some Thoughts on the Four Day Work Week

A few recent conversations and readings have swirled together to make me want to write about the four day work week.  I should mention off the bat that I was very fortunate when I worked for the Saskatchewan Publishers Group to be on a four-day schedule (all three employees in the organization were) so these […]

Posted 24 September 2007 § Jobs § Library § Main Page § Politics § Shea § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged:

Internet Use in Small Town and Rural Canada

Despite the potential of the Internet as a tool to overcome distance, living in rural and small town Canada continues to be a factor associated with lower rates of Internet use, according to a new study released today in the Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin. The study, which uses data from the Canadian […]

Posted 23 September 2007 § Internet § Library § Main Page § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

This Blog Is Now Officially Worth The Same In USD as CND Dollars

The Canadian dollar hit parity with the US dollar for the first time in thirty-odd years today due to a combination of a booming natural resources sector in Canada and the US having a fuckwit for a President a lagging US economy full of government deficit spending, sub-prime mortgages crashing, a never-ending war, massive trade […]

Posted 21 September 2007 § Main Page § Politics § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (8) ° Also tagged: