06Oct 2011 by R&O No Comments

A Great Loss

Business, Of Interest, People, Technology
Rather than wax poetic about the revolutionary products and cutting edge technology developed and mass-produced under the tutelage of Steve Jobs, I'll defer to the short video below produced by Wired.com. It celebrates Jobs' accomplishments without narration letting the Apple founder tell you a bit about what he's done for us over the years. Goodbye Mr. Jobs. I've enjoyed your work.
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02Oct 2011 by R&O No Comments

Plane Hits Ferris Wheel

Of Interest
From the RT youtube video description: An ultra-light plane crashed into a Ferris wheel at a rural festival in eastern Australia on Saturday, trapping two children on the ride and two people in the aircraft for hours. There were no serious injuries. You wanted thrills? You got thrills.
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01Oct 2011 by R&O No Comments
Queen Bootlegs

Queen Bootlegs

Music, Of Interest
Remember vinyl record bootlegs? Those round things with a hole in the middle made from plastic that bad men would produce from audio recorded at rock concerts? Most were crap (an example being all of the Grateful Dead stuff. Not because the recordings were shit but because The Grateful Dead were shit) but some were good and a few were excellent. An example of excellent would be some of the surviving Queen bootlegs released during their early days produced from recordings taken directly from the audio boards during concerts. I started listening to Queen years before they became famous in Canada, buying the first pink Queen album in 1973 from a small, musty record store in Duncan, B.C. (home of the world's largest hockey stick). My male friends and I…
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28Sep 2011 by R&O No Comments
Car Accident of the Month

Car Accident of the Month

Accident of the Month, Of Interest
During my trips back and forth between the Tri-Cities and Vancouver I tend to witness a fair number of motor vehicle accidents, from minor fender-benders to gory head-ons with fatalities. Which gave me the idea of incorporating a new feature on this blog, namely 'Car Accident of the Month', a pictorial representation of the most interesting and creative accidents I see. I'll start this feature with a dandy. This astute motorist managed to roll his/her car on to its side at the corner of Hastings and Cassiar on a clear, relatively dry day without the aid of movie special effects or even a capable stuntman. An obvious attention seeking showoff but worthy of this month's award, here's the first in a series of bonehead, vehicular missteps on the streets of…
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