by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Aug 13, 2008 | GTA Development, GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Ontario, Public Transit
Leave the Transit City plan alone and do not attempt to hijack the Eglinton-Crosstown line or any other part of the Transit City plan. Who am I speaking to? Well none other than Metrolinx. The organizational body in charge of coordinating transit plans across the...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Aug 13, 2008 | GTA Development, GTA Issues, GTA News, News, Ontario, Toronto
From CFRB Toronto: With the safety of propane filling sites near residential areas under question following Sunday’s explosions and fire in Downsview, a report has come out that indicates 337 sites exist in the GTA where there are propane filling tanks. Read...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Aug 13, 2008 | GTA Issues, GTA Sports, Multiculturalism, News, Ontario, Racism, Sports, Toronto, World
“We felt it was something appropriate, and that it would be interpreted as an affectionate gesture,” Calderon, who plays for NBA’s Toronto Raptors, wrote on his El Mundo.es blog. “Without a doubt, some … press didn’t see it that...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Aug 13, 2008 | Linux, Netbooks, Technology
Dell has previewed a new instant on technology that allows users to carry out basic tasks on their notebooks without having to boot up into Windows. Is this the future for notebooks? laptop_latitude_e4200_overview3.jpgThe technology, called Dell Latitude ON, will...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Aug 13, 2008 | Dell, Linux, Technology
Tommy visited chain stores in Atlanta and Columbus, as well as a small Atlanta retailer, and drew all the blank looks I expected. One Geek Squad member suggested he go online, and said Dell is selling kit. An H-P representative he happened upon admitted they got...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Aug 11, 2008 | Linux, Microsoft, Open Source, Technology, World
The UK’s Timesonline is running a story today showing us that, despite internal strife, questionable morals and ideals, and now, the inclusion of Windows XP on a computer that was supposed to embody all that was good in open source, OLPC remains a media darling. The...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Aug 10, 2008 | Emergencies, Ontario, Toronto
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by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Aug 10, 2008 | Entertainment, Memorial, Movies, Music, News, World
First it was Bernie Mac, now it is Isaac Hayes, from Shaft fame. Soul singer and “chef,” Isaac Hayes was found dead this morning at age 65. Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Aug 10, 2008 | Canada, Emergencies, GTA Environment, GTA Issues, GTA News, News, Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto, World
A series of explosions at a propane facility early Sunday forced police to evacuate a residential area in the city’s northwest. “It was just a tremendous explosion and blew all the windows out of the house, just blew the house up, and I just managed to get...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Aug 9, 2008 | Entertainment, Memorial, Movies, World
Comic actor Bernie Mac died early Saturday of complications from pneumonia, according to a family member and his publicist. He was 50. Bernie Mac blended style, authority and a touch of self-aware bluster to make audiences laugh and connect with him. For Mr. Mac, 50,...