Digital lacks soul.
Where Did I come from?
As I watched Douglas Coupland’s “Souvenirs of Canada” I felt a great sense of connectedness with Canadian icons like the stubby beer bottle, hockey, and the word “chimo”. As I watched, my mind also went back to experiences in middle school and high school, sitting through biology films like “I am Joe’s stomach”.
iPhone
So, after much anticipation, Apple finally unveiled the latest offering from the Wonka factory of technology. Apple’s own Willy Wonka, surrounded by khaki and mock-neck laden IT oompa-loompas unveiled the latest flavour with all the flare, and exultation that we have become accustomed to at least once a year from Apple.
Of Kingdoms
As I finished watching the movie Kingdom of Heaven, in the last title cards of the movie, it was said that approximately 1000 years ago an uneasy truth was struck between Richard the Lionheart and Saladin… and that today, a certain peace still eludes Jerusalem. So, it has been in all this time that we have waged war against each other for the right to place our claim on not only Jerusalem, but other lands, …
Talk Hard
As I watched the ending credits of the movie Pump Up The Volume (with Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis) I began to ponder as to what exactly happened to the X generation and the subsequent “Y” generation, or as the movie refers to it – whether intentionally or not – as the “”Why bother generation”.
Of Brothers and Sisters
Just read it.
What if…
Just read it.
THE MACHINE
Any debt that I have is in Real Dollars in the context of my lifetime, not some nominal dollar from 50 years ago.