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23Oct/03Off

Nothing is sacred anymore!

Calgary Herald: Frozen doughnuts frost founder

"Mr. Joyce, who sold most of the company to Wendy's in 1995 for $620 million, confirmed what consumers have been saying for months and officials at head office denied -- that the doughnuts are being fried in a factory in Brantford then frozen and shipped to warehouses. Once in store, the already "95-per-cent cooked" product is baked and served."

Well, that's what he gets for selling out to a greedy corporation. It's only a matter of time before executives try to cut corners. It's a bloody shame that Tim Horton's is the latest victim.

Krispy Kreme should take a cue and sweep into Canada. It's pretty clear their doughnuts are made fresh, you can watch them being cooked. If Tim Horton's isn't a Canadian company anymore anyway, we might as well have Krispy Kremes too.

Mmmm... Krispy Kremes... mmmm...

23Oct/03Off

Bad time to be sick

Update: I saw my doctor this afternoon. I've got the start of some kind of viral thing, cold/flu/whatever. If things get worse I'm supposed to take the amoxil he prescribed me, only because it's such an important trip. Otherwise he'd prefer I slogged it out without medication. That's one thing I like about my doctor, he doesn't over-do the anti-biotics.

I have narrow eustachian tubes.. these are the tubes that run from the inner ear to the inner nose. One unfortunate side-effect is that when I get congested, and my inner ears get consgested (generally the entire ENT system gets congested, not just one's sinuses) and it takes a lonnng time for them to drain. If I fly congested, I get incredibly serious pain during takeoff and landing, and end up with hearing loss for a while. The last time was 6 weeks... the first three of which I'm was pretty much deaf. If the congestion and circumstances are serious enough I could rupture my eardrums by flying congested.

Unfortunately I'm sick and congested now, and I have to fly to San Jose for the O'Reilly Mac OS X conference on Monday. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do it. I might end up driving, like I did in 2001 when I drove the SF for my interview at NetStruxr.

If you have any ideas for helping me reduce the congestion please let me know. I'm already taking a decongestant. Thanks!

23Oct/03Off

The Whole (OSS) Product

ONLamp.com: Open Source: The Whole Product

"In this article, we'll look at the different types of technology adopters, how they have responded to open source products, and how Pragmatists can find comfort in using open source. We'll demonstrate a new way to source technology, with examples, finishing with a brief overview of how to create an open source strategy for your organization."

Paul Everitt mentioned this article at the Plone Conference, I think it was during his "100% content-free" presentation entitled [the] Future of Plone.

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