Author: thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca

Let’s talk about transit at cross-roads again in Toronto

April 8, 2013

Transit is now on the radar. Everyone is talking about it. Yes, talking! Will we fund transit? How much will it cost? Will it…

Oil, Tar and the Irony of Life

March 25, 2013

The question oil haunts us like a cancer cell. We try to avoid it but it keeps coming back. It seeps throughout the bowels…

Thinking about a Kia?

June 29, 2012

Thinking about a Kia?

The Geek Factor: The Rio has much to recommend it to geeks. It comes standard with a backup camera that displays on the dash with a guide to help you determine distance to objects, which greatly helped ease my mind when in reverse as the back of the car is high enough it’s hard to directly view anything below about four feet above the road surface. The stereo, at least in the model I tried, came with Sirius XM radio and HD radio included, and had a “jukebox” that could store MP3s for playback without a mobile device. If you, like me, never go anywhere without your iPhone (or similar device), you’ll love the Rio’s features, as it not only has a USB port that can charge your device and/or, if it’s compatible, allow you to browse your music library and play any track you like from the dashboard touchscreen.

Enjoy the rain, love the mud, who needs bus shelters in North Ajax anyway?

June 29, 2012

Well another year has gone by and the residents if North Ajax continue to enjoy the great outdoors. It amazes me that we want…

A culture of fear at the Toronto District School Board

June 29, 2012

A culture of fear at the Toronto District School Board

“We thought it was a present from the union, you know, the union got a nice thing for me,” said the worker, who did not want his name used because he fears repercussions from his bosses.

The electrician said he bought a camera but most of the workers used their cards for home electronics.

The “One City” 30-year plan possibly 20-years too late?

June 28, 2012

Ford says “No”, and Karen says “Yes”! Most Torontonians know we need subways and better transit. We need a proper transit system in Toronto…

Is it too late for RIM?

June 28, 2012

RIM seems to be broken and customers in North America are leaving Blackberry for Google Android and Apple iPhones. There Playbook, albeit a great…

Google’s Nexus 7 Tablet?

June 12, 2012

Google’s Nexus 7 Tablet?

Google has hinted at its own tablet since December. That’s when Eric Schmidt said the company would “market a tablet of the highest quality” within six months. Google later showed interest in competing with budget tablets such as Amazon’s Kindle Fire.

Last month the Nexus tablet popped up on benchmarking site Rightware. According to the specs will use a quad-core NVidia Tegra 3 processor, and come with the Android 4.1 (“Jelly Bean”) operating system.

The omnibus bill – Canadians keeping their head in the sand literally for summer vacation

June 11, 2012

A voting marathon that could keep members of Parliament chained to their desks around the clock is set to unfold in the Commons as…

Avengers on a pace to be the top grossing movie

May 9, 2012

http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-avengers-700-million-joss-whedon-321570
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