Month: November 2013

  • Touching Is Our First Form Of Communication

    Touching Is Our First Form Of Communication

      The moment we become parents we use our sense of touch to communicate with our brand new baby.  I will never forget that first moment in my each of my babies lives, when they started to experience and explore the world completely independently of me.  The first thing I did was reach out to…

  • Letter to the Silo- Netflix’ House of Cards is the best long form television I have seen

    Letter to the Silo- Netflix’ House of Cards is the best long form television I have seen

                                                    Dear Silo, Man I gotta thank you guys for the recommendation for House of Cards. I am hooked. I am into this shit.  This is some of the best long form…

  • “Pussy” comment: Has TO’s Mayor Ford finally cracked?

    “Pussy” comment: Has TO’s Mayor Ford finally cracked?

                            Dear Silo, i don’t know what your position on him is, but let me tell you rob ford is trending at the very top of the internet right at this moment, his most recent, startling comments to the press about eating pussy are on…

  • Google Asks Us To Share Concerns Re Government Requests For Users Private Data Up 106%

    Google Asks Us To Share Concerns Re Government Requests For Users Private Data Up 106%

    Google regularly receives requests from governments and courts around the world to hand over our users’ data. When we receive government requests for users’ personal information, we follow a strict process to help protect against unnecessary intrusion. Since 2010, we have regularly updated the Google Transparency Report with details about these requests. As the first…

  • Shakespeare’s Star Wars. A mash-up play in a pub, this is.

    Shakespeare’s Star Wars. A mash-up play in a pub, this is.

    Non-geek translation: Driftwood Theatre’s Play in a Pub, William Shakespeare’s Star Wars, by Ian DoescherOctober 28, 2013 at Whistler’s Grille in Toronto. [For the uninitiated be forewarned, there is a high geek factor in this post CP] A long time ago, in 1977, Star Wars started its quick and never-ending ascent to the top of…

  • Unique Ontario Bill 36 (designed to promote Local Food) passes final Vote

    Unique Ontario Bill 36 (designed to promote Local Food) passes final Vote

    Ontario is moving forward to help promote the good things that are grown, harvested and processed in Ontario with today’s passage of the Local Food Act, 2013. The new legislation is part of a strategy http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/about/localfood.htm  to build Ontario’s economy by making more local food available in markets, schools, cafeterias, grocery stores and restaurants. This…

  • A New Light On Autism

    A New Light On Autism

    Have you ever noticed how experts constantly refer to Autism as a ‘learning disability’?  I contemplate this term as I watch my nine-year-old son Braydon, effortlessly scale my counter tops to filch the salt and vinegar chips I hid in top shelf.  In fact, Braydon’s problem solving skills exceed that of his ‘neurotypical’ sister. What…