Earthblog

There has been much discussion in recent months about the rising frequency with which newspapers publish material from outside sources.

Upstarts like Politico and Troy Media offer an oversized bank of material for newspapers on downsized budgets. With a quick search from a comfy desk chair, newspapers can almost instantly fill empty space on the page, and they can usually do it for very cheap, if not free.

For most commuters, parking just adds to the daily grind.

And it doesn’t get easier for those who park in indoor lots, with their confusing signage, exhaust fumes and often cramped spaces.

Enter Neil Richardson of Heritage Property Corp., Calgary’s ticket to the world of automated parking that will see the city join the likes of New York, Dubai and Tokyo in the art of auto storage.

“The system is a unique application for Canada,” says Richardson, whose proposed structure, developed by Seventh Avenue Autopark, will be the first of its kind in the country.

Among the many new and emerging digital communications platforms, Twitter has gained a foothold with a speed that has defied even the most sweeping expectations. Falling under the category of social media, Twitter launched in March 2006 by its developer, Jack Dorsey, a social network wunderkind, who, by age 14, was writing open source code. Twitter’s own “About Us” pages make it clear the company is focused on collaboration and describes itself as “An aggressively open company,” that encourages participation and relies on third-party developers to drive the platform forward.  

How the internet opened up the secrets of my family’s past

Anna Hess is my great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother. Yep. 

That’s right.

When first entering into this journey, I figured that the chances of finding out that kind of information were virtually impossible.  Growing up as a kid in a large family, I always heard stories of my crazy, Great-Aunt Agnes and my closet-homosexual Great-Uncle, George but as a teen, I learned to take these stories with a grain of salt as they usually were the result of many a glass of wine at an Easter dinner.