Beyond the Rhetoric

“We are a rationalizing species, not a rational one, and there are always rationalizations for why it’s different this time – for why this time those outrageous valuations are justified. Well, its never different this time.” Human beings are not computers. We do not have the rational decision-making skills of the Vulcans. We are inherently [...]

I thought about writing a regular blog post today, but then I thought better of it. Instead, I’ll leave the wishing of a merry Christmas to one of the best crooners that this world has ever seen: Frank Sinatra. In the video below, you can see the Chairman of the Board provide his live rendition [...]

If you’ve been following me on Twitter, then you’ll know that I recently received a Bosch T45 Suprema brewbot from the kind folks at Tassimo Canada. A new coffeemaker wasn’t exactly on my Christmas wish list this year, but who am I to turn down a free brewer? The idea behind these Tassimo machines, much [...]

With Christmas coming this weekend, I thought it would be appropriate to designate this week’s speedlink as the festive edition. Whether or not you have stockings hung by the chimney with care, you should enjoy some of the blog posts that I’m highlighting today. Cheers. Tyler Ingram starts us off with his recent Whistler day [...]

You know, I miss the days when I could get as excited as the “Nintendo 64 kid” above. These days, if I really want something (that is reasonably priced), I can probably buy it for myself. After all, it was just last month that I treated myself to a new digital camera. That doesn’t mean, [...]