Acts of Volition

The fourteenth session of Acts of Volition Radio searches the barren wasteland of "adult contemporary" radio music and comes back with a few worthwhile songs by artists that deserve a second listen. The speech recording is a little weak on this one, so I boosted the signal between songs - the … read more »

Download the interview: Firefox Interview on Canada Now (33MB 5 minute DivX)  •  The crowning moment of my recent Firefox local media blitz was an interview on Canada Now, the local CBC Television evening news. Local anchor, Bruce Rainnie (brother of Matt Rainnie, who conducted my recent radio …

Being as humble as I am, it can be difficult for me when I’m showered with praise. However, it does soften the humility blow when the praise is written cleverly and with wit. Such is the case in my selection as Volunteer of the Week at SpreadFirefox.com.  •  SpreadFirefox.com, is a community site …

CBC Radio’s head geek, Tod Maffin, did a great piece about Firefox for CBC Radio today. I was invited into the local evening CBC Radio show, Mainstreet with Matt Rainnie to talk about the local connection we have to Firefox.  •  Today, Mainstreet played Todd’s piece and followed up with my …

Tonight on As It Happens, a daily current affairs show on CBC Radio, the lead story was the CBS George Bush National Guard memos. It is weird to hear weblogs discussed in the “real world”. I feel like someone found out about our secret club…  •  Listen to the piece from As It Happens on CBC Radio …

This week on Quirks & Quarks, Canada’s weekly science program on CBC radio discussed the issue of long term (really long term) nuclear waste management.  •  The program was well produced, covered the topics from interesting angles, and generally made for great listening. Eerie vignettes of …

We've taken a second shot at our little tech-talk-radio thing we call Live at the Formosa (even though it's not really live). This time, we've taken some advice on recording and should have significantly improved (if still relatively poor) recording quality.  •  This time, we also armed ourselves …

At risk of contributing to the ongoing media noise about “terrorism”, I am intrigued by a 1-hour radio program titled Witness to Terror about the September 11 hijacking government 9/11 Commission.  •  The program includes recordings of audio transmissions from planes, recordings of air traffic …

A few years ago, Stephan Wolfram published a 1200+ page book boldly called A New Kind of Science. Wolfram had been apparently working on the concepts for about 20 years. He was an early Sun engineer and went on to create Mathematica, a powerful mathematics application.  •  When the book came out …

This, the thirtheenth session of Acts of Volition Radio includes several tracks from the Future Soundtrack for America compilation CD I mentioned last week. There are also a couple of other tracks that warmed my heart in recent weeks.  •  Acts of Volition Radio: Session Thirteen (29MB MP3 …

Today, Dan James, Peter Rukavina, and I did an experimental web talk radio thing today from our favourite lunch spot, the Formosa Tea House: Live From the Formosa Tea House.  •  Peter explains the concept well. This first go at it suffered quite a bit from us figuring out what the hell we’re doing …

Perhaps because I frequent web news outlets with a geeky bent, I’ve seen a lot of negative reaction to Microsoft’s Service Pack 2 update to Windows XP. Much of this criticism is understandable. Microsoft has been pushing the security issue hard, and it will be near impossible for them to live up … read more »