American Diana Nyad gives up latest Cuba-U.S. swim attempt…. I watched Diana’s lecture on the TED website (here) and was very moved by her courage and determination. I was really hoping that she would make it this time. I highly… Read More ›
Wetware
Random thoughts on the other intelligent (or not so intelligent) entities that we co-exist and interact with…
The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs
From Harvard Business Review – April 2012 by Walter Isaacson — (PDF Version) His saga is the entrepreneurial creation myth writ large: Steve Jobs cofounded Apple in his parents’ garage in 1976, was ousted in 1985, returned to rescue it from… Read More ›
Mark Your Calendar – March 21st – The Friendship Game
A truly dear friend (and fellow girls hockey coach), Paola St. George, is trying to arrange a fun event for a visiting girls hockey team from Nunavik. March 21st from 7:15pm to 8:05pm, at the Bell Sensplex. Come show your… Read More ›
Happy Pi Day
March 14 (get it?…3-14) – Pi Day .org (info on Wikipedia) Pi Day on Facebook — 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944 5923078164 0628620899 8628034825 3421170679 8214808651 3282306647 0938446095 5058223172 5359408128 4811174502 8410270193 8521105559 6446229489 5493038196 4428810975 6659334461 2847564823 3786783165 2712019091… Read More ›
Tony Clement says Canada is failing with technology…ARE YOU KIDDING ME????
According to our industry minister, Tony Clement, Canada is “failing on technology“ (although he provides almost no concrete evidence of this) and he offers up his Consultation Paper on the Digital Economy (link, local copy) to discuss the issues and show how… Read More ›
Striking a balance on Copyright protection
An open response to Michael Geist’s blog on copyright reform…Seven Copyright Questions for Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore I have been following Michael’s blog more intensely recently as the date of the new Canadian copyright bill approaches. While I tend… Read More ›
Profile
Cell - 613-797-6222 | Email - danlargo01 [at] gmail [dot] com | LinkedIn - StevieD Stephen Davis, P.Eng Professional engineer (PEO) with 25 years of experience in the field of enterprise software design, embedded software, network communications and network security systems design Experienced product architect… Read More ›
Fun Photos
Pictures from this summer that I am proud of . . . . Moments before… You go first Various summer photos…
Wow I just felt the earth move!
Not something we are used to experiencing everyday, or one a year… I was kind of fun until I saw the map and realized it had the epi-center up near my cottage Link to Google Maps From the USGS web… Read More ›
This is why I love the Internet
ObsessiveMathsFreak writes on Slashdot… “Today’s xkcd comic introduced an unusual word — malamanteau — by giving its supposed definition on Wikipedia. The only trouble is that the word (as well as its supposed wiki page) did not in fact exist. Naturally, much… Read More ›