The school closure debate

April 13, 2010

Ok, so I know I haven’t posted a real blog post in a very long time.  And I’m not going to promise that I’ll do it more regularly, because I seem to go in spurts, but today, I have something I need to get off my chest, and 140 characters just won’t do. There has [...]

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Why Windows Vista Failed, and why you have no one to blame but yourself – Part 3

August 16, 2009

This is the conclusion of the three part series about Windows Vista, for parts 1 and 2, click here and here. In 2001, Windows XP was released to the world. At the time, it was Microsoft’s best operating system release. Windows Vista improved on it in nearly every way. Let me say that again. Windows [...]

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Windows Vista failed, and you have no one to blame but yourself – Part 2

July 29, 2009

This is part 2 of my article about Windows Vista, and why it failed, and why it shouldn’t have.  For part one, click Here. Author’s note:  Part 2 had originally been intended to be an article about what makes Windows Vista a good operating system. That will now be featured in part 3. there were [...]

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Windows Vista failed, and you have no one to blame but yourself

July 11, 2009

As Microsoft prepares Windows 7 for release this October, I wanted to take a look back at Windows Vista. Windows Vista is the most stable, most secure, and has the most innovations of any operating system Microsoft has ever made. It is also their second biggest failure(the ill conceived Windows ME holds that distinction). The [...]

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My Letter to my MLA regarding Bill 44

May 28, 2009

For those of you living in Alberta, Bill 44 has become a very large issue.  It has the ability to limit classroom discussion about religion, sexuality, and homosexuality by requiring parents be notified before these topics are discussed in school as well as giving parents the ability to remove their children from the classroom if [...]

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The Unisex Change Room Debate – the view of a Lifeguard

March 30, 2009

A couple of days ago, the public was made aware that the City of Edmonton was planning on having a unisex, or communal, change room at the new Queen Elizabeth outdoor pool.  This was something I had heard about almost a year ago.  The city believes that this is the way of the future, and [...]

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