Author Archives: bradfonseca
True Facts About The Aye Aye
This one is an instant classic…Thank you zefrank!
Inspirational Wednesdays: Volume 8
Originally posted on Rather Be Runnin':
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Class of 2013: Four Things You Must Unlearn Immediately | LinkedIn
Class of 2013: Four Things You Must Unlearn Immediately | LinkedIn. This article certainly lends itself to the argument that university and college does NOT prepare you adequately for the realities of work. Students and graduates need to realize that post-secondary education does a fine job of preparing people for academia, not for a career […]
Vader’s Little Princess: Excerpt – Boing Boing
This is cute. I kind of wish I could force-choke the annoying teen-aged boys who will eventually come calling. Vader’s Little Princess: Excerpt – Boing Boing.
Now Magazine is so, so wrong about space
Originally posted on WordsByNowak:
Ground control to Now Magazine: get a clue. Every now and then someone comes along and criticizes space exploration – and inevitably makes an ass of themselves in the process. Add Now Magazine to the list. In a wildly dumb piece that ran this week, the Toronto alt-weekly trashed both Commander…
The Running Man Runneth…10K
This weekend I did something that many would consider somewhat foolhardy: I participated in a 10km run. It was the Sporting Life 10K in Toronto. This was the first road race I ever participated in, never mind a 10 km one. I think I did pretty well. I ran it in 1:10:50 which I think is pretty okay […]
29 Candid Reflections From A Stay-At-Home Dad
29 Candid Reflections From A Stay-At-Home Dad. This is funny and touching at the same time…
Tiny robots could fly around no-kill rules
Originally posted on WordsByNowak:
A pair of intriguing-and-potentially-linked robot stories made the news this week, with the first being a United Nations report calling on a moratorium for automated killing machines. The report for the UN Human Rights Commission suggests a worldwide ban on the production, assembly, testing and deployment of fully or semi-autonomous weapons until…
From the BBC: how not to eat healthily for £1 a day
Originally posted on Aethelread the Unread:
The BBC have published an article by one Brian Milligan, which purports to show that it is possible to eat a healthy, varied diet for less than £1 a day. The article is – and I’m being polite here – a complete farrago of nonsense from beginning to end.…
The Emporium of Lost Thoughts 