Feb 28th, 2007 by Christopher Mercer in Personal
So my challenge to raise $250 for the Janeway is quite a success. So far I have raised $212 towards my goal of $250. In turn for helping me raise $250 I will shave my head at tomorrows Shave-A-Thon in the Breezeway (8:00pm). This event is being organized by Doyle [...]
This Thursday marks the annual Shave-A-Thon which is a fundraiser for the Janeway Foundation held by the students of Memorials residences. In particular, the Rothermere and Doyle houses in Payton College. The event is being held at the campus bar (The Breezeway) starting at 8:00pm. Besides the $2 ticket price – $3 [...]
Steve Jobs – the fearless leader of Apple Inc. – has announced that he feels “unionization and lifetime employment of K-12 teachers is off-the-charts crazy,” at a recent appearance with Dell Computer founder Michael Dell. Speaking about the importance of technology in the classroom Jobs referred to unionization as one of the problems [...]
Feb 10th, 2007 by Christopher Mercer in Entertainment
In a surprise move Disney has reversed its decision to close its hand drawn studios. The studios were closed in 2005 in favor of computer animated films, but after the Pixar acquisition in 2006 Disney would have had two separate groups attempting digitally rendered entertainment and I suspect the decision seemed futile considering [...]
Feb 8th, 2007 by Christopher Mercer in General
I have been considering this for some time now, but have been reluctant to do anything about it. The problem I am considering is the hosting of this blog and where it is currently done.
As it stands right now the folks at MUN’s Computer Science department are kind enough to host this [...]
So later today – if not by the time you read this – Walmart will have launched their new Movie and Television download service at www.walmart.com/videodownloads. Mike Arrington of TechCrunch fame has also written about this today and I have to agree with his review of the attempt. Unless Walmart is [...]
