I read this morning that Vidéotron has asked the CRTC for a change in the license for its illico video-on-demand system (via Fagstein). Vidéotron wants to exclude adult movies and programs for preschool children with regards to the requirement of closed-captioning 90% of all programming during the broadcast day.
Continue reading… no captioning for deaf perverts and preschoolers
Nicolas Marchildon is organising an OpenStreetMap event in Montréal this coming September. More info on his blog.
Nicolas Marchildon organise un événement OpenStreetMap à Montréal en septembre prochain. Plus d’info sur son blogue.
Yesterday, I lost my wallet. Worse, I was not even aware that I had lost it until someone from my former employer’s office called me and informed me I had lost it after receiving a call from their alarm company who in turn had received a call from the person who had found my wallet (I sometimes use my former employer’s conference room so I have the number of the alarm company in my wallet).
I quickly got in touch with the woman who had found the wallet and it turns out she works in an architects firm close to my workplace and I was able to retrieve it a couple of hours later, and with everything intact, I am relieved to report. So a lot of grief and aggravation avoided by the kindness of a woman who, it should be noted, refused any reward, saying instead that the only thing I could do for her was to pay it forward if I got the chance.
Continue reading… good people and bad people (and their dogs)