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Archive for February, 2010

Sunday Snippet: Alan Kay on Failure

February 28th, 2010

“If you don’t fail at least 90 percent of the time, you’re not aiming high enough.” A pioneer in object-oriented computer programming and window-based graphical user interfaces, Alan Kay is currently an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at UCLA. He has also been a senior fellow at HP Labs, a visiting professor at Kyoto University, [...]

Life Balance for the Modern Man

February 26th, 2010

Life is all about finding the right balance. You can have monumental success at work and accumulate a great deal of wealth, but it doesn’t mean very much if you don’t have a loving family and great friends with whom you can share that joy. In like manner, you may be very skilled in one [...]

Canadian RRSP Deadline for 2009 Tax Year

February 25th, 2010

It pays to plan ahead and that includes your retirement savings. Many Canadians in the audience may have April 30 on their minds, since that is the deadline to submit your personal income tax return, but there is another deadline that you should keep in mind and this one is coming up much sooner. If [...]

What’s Up Wednesdays: Smiles and Giggles

February 24th, 2010

They say that if you smile more, even if you don’t feel like smiling, your mood will soon follow. The search for happiness can be a difficult one, but it’s one that is well worth pursuing. Go out there, have some fun, and put a smile back on that face. That’s the theme of today’s [...]

Giveaway: Who Wants Some Free Pizza?

February 23rd, 2010

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Tony’s Pizza. All opinions are 100% mine. How would you like to try some free pizza? You can’t really beat the price of free! I recently requested a number of vouchers so that I could give Tony’s Pizza a try. More specifically, I was [...]