Vikingsson on June 26th, 2007

Recently I’ve read articles that are blaming the Sudan/Darfur crisis on global warming. Oh my, that is a stretch considering that Sudan sits squarely in an arid zone we commonly call a desert. Of course the whole country isn’t parched but extended droughts in the area are nothing new but could easily be [...]

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Vikingsson on June 25th, 2007

Big news item and talk show topic this morning in Toronto was the big announcement (timed once again for the election) that a “pilot” project is “in the works” for implementing an electronic transit pass with consolodation of the various systems in and around the city. Wow, only a decade too late to implement [...]

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Vikingsson on June 14th, 2007

It was about 6:30PM local time in Toronto/EDT when I peeked at the weather conditions. Warmer than New York City today. And it was 11:30PM in Reykjavík Iceland. The weather in Reykjavík was partly cloudy with some light rain.
But the sun was still shining at 11:30PM. That is rather interesting [...]

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Vikingsson on June 4th, 2007

It is no secret that I’m not the biggest fan of the suburbs but that is where I live. I work in the burbs so to avoid one of the biggest reasons that make the burbs a nightmare, I choose not to commute a long distance. But with kids’ activities I still end [...]

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