What it means to be a professional athlete

I came across these two photos on the @raptors photo stream. DeMar DeRozan and Sonny Weems were at Best Buy shopping for video games and took a minute to pose for a photo with a clearly very excited young lady. Here are two guys I’m not worried about having loaded or unloaded weapons in their locker. Good on you guys.

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Wired.com blocked in China

Wired.com, the sister site to the awesome magazine, Wired, has reportedly been blocked in China. While the magazine has been unable to confirm this independently a report from Examiner.com suggests users from Bejing to Shanghi have been unable to connect to the site since Friday.

You can see the news from Wired here but I’ve also reposted the entire story after the link. If you are in China and can confirm this directly with Wired, please do so by e-mailing them. Continue reading

Ken Lewenza doesn’t answer questions on Focus Ontario

Between economic collapse and a downturning economy, Ken Lewenza says Canadian auto workers shouldn’t have to give up a penny to help sustain the Big Three automakers. On this episode of Focus Ontario, Lewenza is asked – that compared to Toyota and Honda whose wages are debatabley lower than that of the Big Three – shouldn’t CAW members accept a cut in pay and/or benefits. He has an answer, but not one to the question.

What to do when Google Docs won’t load

The other day, Google Docs just wouldn’t load for me. I have no idea what was happening or why I couldn’t log on. It was very frustrating.

I searched and searched and at the end of the day, the only tip that worked for me was clearing my cache. Someone else suggested deleting all Google related cookies

Clearing my cache magically worked. I simply cleared the cache, quit and restarted the browser and there were no more problems.