Archive for March, 2007
Critical Mass CMMYs 2007
Hangovers will rule far and wide this morning across three cities. I suspect we might not see most of Toronto online today.
Last night was the first-ever Tri-City CMMY Post Awards Bash. Or something like that.
Number Portability in Canada
It’s only taken, like, forever for Canada to finally bring this little piece of heaven to its consumers: the ability to take one’s assigned phone number from one carrier to another.
Mind you, it’s really only for wireless (aka cellular) phones — we still have local monopolies who rules the provincial telephone roost (VOIP-based phones are started to make in-roads, but they’ve got a long way to go yet). But it’s a start, at least.
Losing another friend
Jim’s quitting. I just found out tonight. I’ve suspected for a couple of weeks, though.
It started when Jim sent me an IM asking for an offsite lunch. Just him and myself. That was my warning bell.
Imagini VisualDNA
One of my co-workers, Chrissie, pointed this out. It’s called VisualDNA.
The basic premise is that you go through about 10 screens of images, each of which are geared towards how you perceive something specific to you, such as what you consider gross (smoking), your idea of landscape (old world white buildings on a green hillside), or what represents your idea of freedom (a passport so I can go places). All of this combines together in your VisualDNA profile.
Apparently I’ve been lying all this time…
So I’m taking a moment for a break at lunch to read my favourite article, The Globe and Mail’s Social Studies page. I read the following:
U.S. researchers are developing “truth detection” software, to see if e-mails are being economical with the truth. It uses five basic indicators, says Jeff Hancock of Cornell University:
“E-mails that mask a lie have on average 28 per cent more words. “When you’re lying . . . you provide more detail, you are in persuasive mode.”
Inspirational Star Trek
As you might recall from earlier posts, I’m a reformed Trekkie (see [[Happy 40th Anniversary Star Trek]]). That means I not only understand Trekkie jokes, but I can also appreciate them without getting offended.
In particular, the Star Trek Inspirational Posters. Funny stuff.
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