Monthly Archives: January 2010

Further to my note regarding the change in usefulness of print newspaper classified ads for real estate, posted earlier this week,  today I read in the financial post that Canada’s largest newspaper chain has been placed into creditor protection: http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=2420231 … Continue reading →

THE HORRIBLE TRUTH OF PATRICK MURPHY’S LAST DIP…POLAR THAT IS…AT SUNOKA BEACH! Well, it all started in previous years when I did manage the gumption to participate in Summerlands famous  New Years Polar Dip…things went well the first time; I … Continue reading →

Hello “gesture recognition”…read this on cnbc today…wow! http://www.cnbc.com/id/34622112

I remember about 4 or 5 years ago, when “convergence” was really kicking in with cell phones…today, my blackberry “device”  has converged into being: a phone a digital camera a video camera a voice recorder a gps mapping device… and … Continue reading →

http://www.castanet.net/multimedia/index.php?cm=Rasta%20Blasta_F6_512K.flv

“A lot of investment pros and business leaders are concerned that the next big problem for the economy and the stock market could be a crisis in commercial real estate.” http://www.cnbc.com/id/34687773

Summerland since the days of Y2K, 1999?  What has changed?  What has not changed?  What changes would you like to see?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/decade/decade-nation-builder/clarence-louie/article1416807/ “He revolutionized how native reserves are run”… “Chief Louie has built a thriving economy, one based not on what he calls “rocking chair money” from natural resources, but on a series of businesses that have provided permanent jobs, a … Continue reading →