by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 30, 2007 | GTA Politics, Ontario
McGuinty to put new cabinet minister in charge of poverty reduction bid; Duncan moving to finance. Premier Dalton McGuinty is today dropping four ministers and bringing a slew of new faces into a radically different cabinet that will make fighting poverty a priority...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 29, 2007 | Onion
Sorry, I could not resist. Just too funny! Breaking News: All Online Data Lost After Internet Crash
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 29, 2007 | GTA Politics, Toronto
Fed up with fellow councillors who fulminate about their pay and perks (Michael Walker, Rob Ford, come on down), Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby made them an offer last week. In her speech on the mayor’s tax plan (she voted with the majority to approve it), Ms....
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 29, 2007 | Apple, Linux, Microsoft, Technology, Ubuntu
When shopping for a new computer, your mind is probably spinning with considerations: price, reliability, speed, software capabilities, security, and other specs. Perhaps the hardest part is choosing an operating system on which everything will run. To get a good idea...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 29, 2007 | GTA Development, GTA Issues, Technology
I am a fan of the Toronto Island Airport. I like the idea of flying out of the downtown Toronto area, using a convenient connection to places like Ottawa, Montreal and points beyond. I also like the Porter Airline concept, along with the use of Canadian technology in...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 29, 2007 | GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA Issues
It’s amazing but little press has been given to the large natural gas power-plant being built on Toronto’s “revitalized waterfront”. It should be a sight to hold; attracting visitors from all around the world to “behold its beauty and awe”. With its large smoke stacks...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 29, 2007 | Ontario, Public Transit
Starting Sunday, October 28 weekend train trips will now start and end at Aldershot GO Station, rather than Oakville GO Station. The extension offers new weekend service for Bronte and Appleby passengers. This is a big improvement and gain for G.T.A residents. On...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 28, 2007 | Public Transit, Technology, Toronto
Now this is quite neat! An interface that allows you to view photos of each TTC subway station and search for objects in the images by clicking on them. Check it out! read more | digg story
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 28, 2007 | Google
“And with most of the OS focus this week being allocated to Mac OS X Leopard, it would be nice to take our attention away from that for a moment, and take a look at what the hypothetical Google OS would look like after the company declares war on Microsoft. This...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 28, 2007 | Hardware, Linux, Microsoft, Technology, World
Now here is an interesting question. Since Microsoft is dealing with bad PR, in relation to Vista, what would happen if Microsoft put its full support behind OLPC and installed a version of Windows XP? XP SP2 is pretty much a solid Operating System and it really would...
