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boycott ’til you drop

by | Jul 12, 2004 | pre-wp

“Coca farmers are often coerced into the trade and usually receive less than 1% of the retail price of a gram of cocaine. The Finns therefore began a campaign in 2002, entitled Huume Boikotti, which calls for everybody to eschew cocaine on the grounds that it...

del.icio.us innards

by | Jul 9, 2004 | pre-wp

This is my brain on del.icio.us and I have officially stepped into waters too geek for me to understand. I discovered this at Foe Romeo, and basically it’s a graphic representation of the keywords that I have used to build my del.icio.us profile. The larger the...

school kids get chipped

by | Jul 9, 2004 | pre-wp

“The rights and wrongs of RFID-chipping human beings have been debated since the tracking tags reached the technological mainstream. Now, school authorities in the Japanese city of Osaka have decided the benefits outweigh the disadvantages and will now be...

max finder voted number one

by | Jul 4, 2004 | pre-wp

Found this out a few weeks ago, but just got around to updating my webpage today: Max Finder Mysteries, my monthly “you-solve-it” comic strip for Owl magazine, was voted as the “Best Regular Feature” by the readers. Owl is a great magazine...

plot secrets revealed

by | Jul 3, 2004 | pre-wp

As I struggle to shape another Max Finder Mystery, I do what I always do: surf other writer’s blogs. And why? Because it’s easier than actually creating something and it reminds me that I am not alone in this painful delight we call writing. And sometimes...

bat boxes are go

by | Jul 2, 2004 | pre-wp

Anyone who has had the misfortune of being my girlfriend will know that one of my other secret dream projects is to own a bat box (okay, it’s not a dream project, but I think it would be a lot of fun.) Jay is right about them eating mosquitoes and for Andrew,...

deep, dark and del.icio.us

by | Jul 1, 2004 | pre-wp

It’s a glorious July 1st here in Canada, also known as Canada Day. The day we celebrate American Independence Day three days early (at least that’s what the Yankee tourists think when the fireworks go off at sunset – honest, I’m not making that...

roof turbines are go

by | Jun 30, 2004 | pre-wp

“These small turbines can be installed on roofs in urban or rural environments and directly power the building with no need to feed into the grid. This could have far reaching implications for the way we use green energy across Scotland.” –...