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[6 Oct 2008 | No Comment | ]

The word “recession” wouldn’t describe the deep structural problems affecting everything from the U.S. housing sector to the Canadian oil industry, said Bank of Nova Scotia chief economist Warren Jestin.
“You have to invent a new word to describe what we’re in now,” he said after the banks presented their perspectives at the Economic Club.
Trust me brother, the word already exists. Nobody wants to say it…yet.
CTV.ca | Bank economists predict: ‘worse than a recession’.

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[11 Jun 2008 | No Comment | ]

You should pick me as your Twitter weatherman. I’ve recently launched a new Twitter weather service for Toronto – TorontoWeather to deliver Toronto’s weather to you. Here’s why you should choose me over all the others. Ever since I was a kid I have been fascinated, awed and amazed by weather. My mom pasted a chart of the different types of clouds in our pop up camper, and I studied it religiously every time we went camping. I guess that started me down the weather …

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[24 Apr 2008 | 3 Comments | ]

This past weekend, Lauren and I had a weekend adventure to Picton, ON. We had a great time, enjoyed some amazing meals, visited some old friends, and to top it all off, I asked her to marry me. She said yes, and that made the weekend the best ever. We left on Saturday, after Lauren finished teaching yoga in Forest Hill. I picked her up in the Toyata Camry Hybrid rental car at 12:30. I had spent the morning rushing around getting all the last minute …

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[16 Apr 2008 | No Comment | ]
CTV News video player

Jonathan and his fellow nerd squad have been very busy and rolled out yet another broadband video player, this time for CTV News. I would highly recommend watching the tribute to CFTO local weatherman (and one of my few man-crushes) Dave Duvall. This video is part of CTV News “50 Years of News” celebration.

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[1 Apr 2008 | No Comment | ]

gMail now provides Custom Time! Check it – http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html
The beta user comments are awesome:

Gmail: Google’s approach to email via kwout