Anonymity On The Web

I kept myself totally invisible on the web for years – lots of people do this. I took lengths to make myself un-Google-able. I used proxy names, kept multiple email accounts, never mentioned myself. It was all very Locke and Demosthenes, really, but i took a lot of energy. So what changed? Well, for one [...]

How To Have Asthma 4: Coping

Now that we’re past the basics, I thought I’d take a moment to talk about some best practices for coping, both for the asthmatic and their partners; and in fairness, I need to mention his is all first-hand example, so be aware and if you’re trying to come up with some methods, don’t rely on [...]

How To Have Asthma 3: Shackles

This post deals with the affordances that sometimes must be made to deal with asthma, and a number of things that sufferers can view as shackles. I’ll start off, however, with defining what I mean by the term actionable event. When I was fairly young (I’m talking between six and nine, here) I have sharp [...]

How To Have Asthma 2: The System

In my previous post I promised I’d talk a bit about my history with the medical system and how it affected me growing up. Suffice to say that my experience with the medical system has not been stellar. Every doctor I’ve gone to since I was old enough to pay attention has summed up complaints [...]

How To Have Asthma

I likely won’t be able to fit everthing I have to say in this post, so be aware, there may be a cliffhanger. For those of you who aren’t so clear on what this is about, here’s a fairly stock definition of asthma: Asthma [original article] is a predisposition to chronic inflammation of the lungs [...]

Exposure

Way back when I had a film camera, I learned about the process it took to go from film to pictures. One of the most critical parts of this process is exposure; it’s only the first step, but if it’s not done right, it ruins the entire process. I don’t want to go photo-geek on [...]

Life at the Scale of the Internet

Somehow my store now has CBC Newsworld running all the time now, instead of music. As such I’ve been exposed to a lot of news lately – on the one hand it means I’m a bit better informed than usual, and on the other, it exposes me to three hours of balloon boy coverage, which [...]

The Law Of Diminishing Returns

We see this all the time in the store, and I’m noticing it’s a bigger concept than most people give any credence to. Here’s the short of it. I’ve got three times the paint I need to paint my house, and three times the amount of time needed to do it in. So what do [...]

Health Care

Canadian Olympians were told recenly they get to be vaccinated or they get to stay home from the games. The official medical officer for the Canadian Olympic team said, if the games are requiring this, then atheletes should be given priority and vaccinated first. Health Canada says, you’re still Canadian citizens, you get no special [...]

Music

I’ve got two videos to share today. One of them I’m sure I’ve shared before, the other I’m certain is totally unique. As I said to someone while discussing the differences between these two videos; Music is my absolute core. Seeing someone so in love with the process of music itself is just… Stark and [...]