this is mikel.org

Michael Boyle's weblog

  • home
  • archives
  • about
  • words

Archives for 2003

I’ve been subscribing to

December 16, 2003 by Michael Boyle

I’ve been subscribing to

Jim Cashel’s Online Community Report for years now – since issue 1 – by email, but I hadn’t been by the site in a while. What was once just an afterthought (or so it seemed) has become quite an impressive site that has expanded as the concept of Virtual Community has expanded as well. It now covers social networks and many of the other new kinds of virtual community. Worth a look.

Tags: Community, Social Networks

The Plateau’s winter dance

December 16, 2003 by Michael Boyle

The Plateau’s winter dance

as described by Boris. In other words, finding parking during snow removal operations on the Plateau Mont-Royal after the first snowstorm of the year.

Tags: Montreal

The huge snowstorm

December 15, 2003 by Michael Boyle

The huge snowstorm

that has blanketed Montreal since yesterday has made me really happy to have bought snow tires this year after two winters on all-season radials! It was really suprising to wake up this morning and realize that yesterday’s 5 or 10 cm had grown overnight in a big way, and that brushing off the car had been replaced by shoveling out the car.

Tags: Canada, Montreal, Personal, Snow

Interesting news from Ottawa

December 12, 2003 by Michael Boyle

Interesting news from Ottawa

Prime Minister Paul Martin has just been sworn in and has unveiled his new cabinet. It’s a pretty standard list of Liberal Party “talent” but there’s one post that is quite surprising: Irwin Cotler, noted human rights lawyer and activist, has been named Justice Minister. If Martin really is planning a rightward detour, that’s a very odd person to name to a senior cabinet post.

Tags: Canadian Politics

I haven’t really been following

December 10, 2003 by Michael Boyle

I haven’t really been following

the SCO lawsuit against IBM too much, but this story about SCO’s Mind-Bogglingly Bad Faith in Dan Gillmor’s Journal caught my eye.

Tags: Copyfight, Patents

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • …
  • 42
  • Next Page »

search

recent

  • Diouf Article
  • Anil Dash: We’re not being alarmist enough about climate change…
  • Learning about Gutenberg
  • From the “I thought I’d heard it all” file
  • One year since his passing: The Day Prince’s Guitar Wept the Loudest

Archives

Blogging US Politics Search Canada Friend Arts Microsoft Web Canadian Politics Media Google Browser Web Design International Affairs Design Sports Social Networks Test Copyfight Personal Email Internet NYTimes Business Montreal Music Wired Funny GNE Software Apple War
Michael Boyle Blog
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2000–2025 · Michael Boyle

Copyright © 2025 · Modern Portfolio Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in