Beyond the Rhetoric

Generally speaking, I’m not exactly a fan of artists like T-Pain who use Auto-Tune on their records, but it seems that the technology is quickly gaining in prominence and popularity. Everyone from Cher to Britney Spears seems to be using Auto-Tune for their songs, not only to “disguise inaccuracies and mistakes,” but also as a [...]

Nearly every blog owner has had an experience with a scraper. As you may already know, scrapers are people (or bots) that “scrape” the content from your blog for publication on their own sites. This is clearly illegal and a violation of copyright. Yes, even if you only approach your blog as a hobby, you [...]

Earlier this week, I was interviewed by Joseph Planta of

Since English is effectively a mish-mash of so many different languages, it can also be one of the most difficult languages to learn. English grammar can be very confusing. For every rule that you encounter, there are inevitably countless exceptions. If you want to be taken seriously and to be respected, you need to have [...]

It’s a little hard to believe that we are quickly coming up on the end of May and summer truly is upon us. It won’t be long before you hit up the beach for some volleyball, the backyard for some barbecue, and maybe even the family cottage for some fishing. For me, the biggest plans [...]