Beyond the Rhetoric

This was certainly a long time coming. MichaelKwan.com has been up and running since March 2006 (as has Beyond the Rhetoric), but I’ve never been particularly happy with how I designed the main site (where I promote my freelance writing and editing services… feel free to shoot some business my way by sending me an [...]

It’s wet. It’s cold. It’s miserable outside. No wonder so many people suffer from SAD (seasonal affective disorder). It’s around this time of year that I’m just itching for a trip to sunnier climes. Maybe Florida (if only their NFL football teams were doing better these days. I want a vacation. I’ve been the States, [...]

Cell phones that just do voice calls just aren’t good enough anymore. We need our mobile handsets to do everything from taking pictures to playing videos, cleaning our toilets to doing our taxes. Power users may be more inclined to grab something like a BlackBerry, Palm Treo, or Motorola Q, but for the young hip [...]

I know I am. This time of year is supposed to be a cheerful, happy time. The children are joyously outside playing in the snow. The city is strewn in festive colors. Happy lights twinkle on your neighbours’ houses and the the malls are alive with energy with people shopping for gifts for loved ones. [...]

I *heart* YouTube very muchie. Before it came along, you had sit around while you downloadeded a video you probably didn’t want to watch anyways, but with such a huge community of “contributors”, YouTube has grown into one of the best entertainment solutions for people with short attention spans (e.g., yours truly). Here are three [...]