News Of Interest from AKSEL

How to end a 1428 year old business

2007-04-18T04:25:00.000-07:00

Who knew? Speculative real-estate purchases and demand. My bet is more on the first.

Boing Boing: World's oldest business ends 1,428-year run

Song from Vimy Memorial 2007 Rededication

2007-04-11T04:19:00.000-07:00

Many posts have been made about the song that was performed at the Vimy 2007 Memorial Rededication this past Easter Monday. Although the fiddle piece was the work of Sierra Noble, the song itself (performed by the Confederation Youth Chorus and Susan Aglukark) was "I'm Dreaming of Home" (as noted here) , one of the hymns from the movie Joyeux Noel, about the Christmas eve in World War I, when the troops from both sides had their own truce.

As luck would have it, I have found a clip of it here.

Enjoy.

YouTube - Hymne des Fraternises- Joyeux Noel

The inconvenient truth about Al Gore

2007-02-28T09:18:00.000-08:00

Wow - I wonder if everyone's energy consumption is available online.

Tennessee Center for Policy Research

Another reason not to ever buy fur

2007-02-23T12:58:00.000-08:00

Fur coats from dogs?

This is just wrong! What's worse is that even the companies didn't know. They buy goods (from China) and think they're getting fake.

Sometimes you really wonder when China is going to start acting like a real country instead of one that flips its finger at the rest of the world.

Is your fur fake, or is it Fido?

Aerial search under way for missing CNET editor | CNET News.com

2006-12-02T12:07:00.000-08:00

Aerial search under way for missing CNET editor | CNET News.com

I hope they are found soon.

CNET editor James Kim, family missing

2006-12-01T10:37:00.000-08:00

CNET editor James Kim, family missing | Crave : The gadget blog

Also noted on Engadget.

Barbra Streisand Live 2006 CD Delayed

2006-11-30T04:59:00.000-08:00

Well this is a bummer. The Live CD from Barbra Streisand's last tour was originally scheduled for release on Dec 19th has now been delayed to February 6, 2007. So much for surprise Christmas gifts!

Maybe the DVD will come out at the same time as well!

Amazon.com: Live Streisand: Music: Barbra Streisand

Cool video shows how manipulated media really works

2006-10-16T05:29:00.000-07:00

Cool short film that shows how a billboard is made from the starting model to the finished product. All of it is pretty obvious until the very end - when they pull out the Photoshop.

Something interesting to watch.

Link

Disturbing to say the least...

2006-08-18T11:00:00.000-07:00

So Iraq is a war for business.

Contractors are making a mint - and they continue to make money while the US is over there.

Something's wrong with this picture.

Windows Mobile Team Blog : Power to the Smartphone

2006-08-17T13:05:00.000-07:00

Windows Mobile Team Blog : Power to the Smartphone

Not quite the quote we were looking for

2006-05-31T13:27:00.000-07:00

"Visual Studio feels like a giant house of cards at times that can come crashing down at any moment." from
Crash and Burn in the VS.NET Solution Explorer - Rick Strahl's WebLog

The new 4Ps of Marketing

2006-05-04T05:43:00.000-07:00

Sviokla's Context: Marketing Remix (with Antony Paoni)

Political Compass

2006-05-03T14:33:00.000-07:00

As soon over on Alex Feldstein's page,
Political Compass

Piracy worse than child pornography

2006-04-26T08:54:00.000-07:00

Piracy worse than child pornography

If you copy Craig David's CD you get ten years, but if you punch him in the face and pummel him into a seven day coma you will only get six. You are more likely to get the respect of the prison population with your six year sentence as well.

The Development Abstraction Layer - Joel on Software

2006-04-13T13:21:00.000-07:00

Great article on what every software company needs.
The Development Abstraction Layer - Joel on Software

The next generation of Microsoft Web authoring tools

2006-04-12T09:20:00.000-07:00

Paul called it. No more FrontPage.

Microsoft Office Assistance: The next generation of Microsoft application building and Web authoring tools

...two great new tools for application building and Web authoring in 2006:

1. Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Designer 2007: Automate your business processes and build efficient applications on top of the SharePoint platform, and tailor your SharePoint® site to your needs in an IT-managed environment.
2. Microsoft® Expression™ Web Designer: Take advantage of the best of dynamic Web site design, enabling you to design, develop, and maintain exceptional standards-based Web sites.

Uh...I get Expression but SharePoint Designer? Sounds like Expression is the one real choice here as SharePoint often involves way too much administration for a basic portal.

What parts of the .COM space are registered?

2006-04-05T05:11:00.000-07:00

Boing Boing: What parts of the .COM space are registered?

Fascinating study. Original link is here;

Troubling times

2006-03-27T12:50:00.000-08:00

While everything in the world of software development goes along, it's always important to note that there are other things going on - such as the detention of citizens in countries that people believe is the biggest market yet to explode.

Free Hao Wu

Update: He has been freed.

No Dump

2006-02-22T07:22:00.000-08:00

No Dump

So Ottawa is about to get its garbage from Toronto - not very good news.

The Google Doodle

2006-02-16T08:41:00.000-08:00

2006 Winter Games Doodle

More reason to drink like a fish

2006-02-16T06:12:00.000-08:00

Discovery Channel :: News :: Red Wine Makes Fish Live Longer

Microsoft Vista and .NET

2006-02-13T12:08:00.000-08:00

Fascinating indepth detail analysis of DotNet usage in Vista.
Microsoft Vista and .NET

Ken Goes Live

2006-01-31T16:17:00.000-08:00

Ken Levy leaves the FoxPro community here and decides to go live!

Geek News Central Interviews IE 7 Beta PM

2006-01-31T09:04:00.000-08:00

"I spent 20 minutes talking with Margaret Cobb about the the IE7 beta released today, we cover a lot of the product changes and security enhancements."

Very cool!

Geek News Central Revealing Technical News and useful links

'Stanford On ITunes' Is For Everybody....

2006-01-24T07:33:00.000-08:00

everyone with an iPod that is....

Very cool - 500 lectures, speeches, debates and content - all free - all via your iPod. Hey! Why not via a podcast instead?

'Stanford On ITunes' Is For Everybody - Forbes.com