Alan Taylor of The Atlantic’s InFocus has posted 37 photos of North Korea by David Guttenfelder. He was granted unprecedented access to parts of North Korea as part of the AP’s efforts to expand coverage of the isolated communist nation. I now know where Saskatoon got their inspiration for their downtown zoning bylaws.
August, 2011:
What was Stringer Bell’s biggest mistake?
Quora asks the question about what was Stringer Bell’s biggest mistake during The Wire. Here is one of the better answers. Failing to kill Brother Mouzone once Omar decided not to finish him. His hospital visit made it clear to Mouzone who had sought his demise and eventually led to Bell’s. Failing to locate and [...]
Another horrible strategic move by Nokia
Since launching Windows Phone 7, it’s marketshare has dropped 38% which means that by the time that Nokia introduces Windows Phone 7 devices, the OS may be about as popular as the Symbian OS it dropped in support of Windows 7. The question is for how much longer handset makers and carriers will consider it [...]
Hama Redux
From the New York Times The Syrian accounts also said at least 20 soldiers had been killed in the fighting, but said nothing about civilian casualties. Activist groups reporting from Hama — the source of most information about the mayhem there since Syrian forces first besieged the city last weekend — have said at least [...]
Column: Invest in people to curb crime
My latest column in The StarPhoenix. I know this generally gets posted on Monday’s but the internet at Arlington Beach was unusable and by the time I got home, the work week was upon me. Saskatoon is second only to Regina in Canada’s crime severity index, despite our crime rate dropping for the seventh straight [...]
