The BBC has a very nice slide show titled: In the eyes of Saudi Women. Worth watching ...

One of the things Egypt has excelled in for millennia is bureaucracy.

Ever since Egyptian scribes learned how to write, and use that skill to became a servant of authority rather than toiling in the fields, they took that a step further and used their skill and position to exert control over the peasants.

Calgary is the 14 priciest city for downtown parking, and the number 1 in Canada! It has reached $453.38 per month!

Even Toronto with all its high cost of living is at $336.25 per month, and Montreal is $280.62.

Back here in Kitchener/Waterloo, it only costs $116.94.

Via CBC.

The mobile market in North America is badly fragmented, due to
different carriers using different technologies (CDMA vs. GSM), different frequencies for different companies (AWS, 2100), and locking of phones to the carrier.

This fragmentation strengthens the stranglehold of the carrier on the customer, who has a higher barrier switching from one company to the other.

Industry lobbyists still call for more balkanization of the market, by adding more frequencies, against standardization.

Southern, Central and Eastern Ontario is under a smog and heat alert. Temperatures are in the 30s Celsius, and smog from the USA is passing by.

This is another scam by mobile SMS text messages, from one Dr Frank, claiming he is contacting the victim on behalf of the Canadian Mobile Random Lottery Ballot Draw.

I had to contact Dr Frank at +447924078012 and email caontario@gmail.com.

He send me a SMS so say I had won 1 Million USD at this Canadian Mobile Random Lottery.

Is it true and what must I do to received the money can you please assist me!

مين اللى حرر المصريين؟
أكيد
أكيد
أكيد
اللى قفل المروحة

واحده بتسأل شيخ: هى عدة المطلقة إيه؟
Nokia 73قال لها

لو حسيت إن الدنيا ضلمة
إذكر الله.
لو حسيت إنها لسه ضلمة
قوم صلى ركعتين.
ولو حسيت إنها ضلمة
ما تستغباش وقوم ولع النور.

واحد بيعيط فى جنازة مراته
سألوه: بتحبها؟
قال: لأ بس سمعت إن البكا بيعذب الميت.

ثلاثة أندال بيتنافسوا مين أندل واحد فيهم.
لقيوا ست عجوزة ماشيه على عكاز.
الأول: خد العكاز منها فوقعت.
الثانى: خد العكاز وضربها بيه.
الثالث: قعد يضحك سألوه: بتضحك ليه؟

صعيدى دخل الجيش
زميله بيسأله: إنت منين؟
قاله: أنا من دشنا، وانت كمان من دشنا؟
قاله: لأ
راح ضربه بالنار
وقال: تبقى من ديش العدو

عروسه رفيعة
ليلة فرحها لفوها بجرايد عشان تتخن
العريس دخل عليها كل اما يفتح جورنال يلاقى جورنال
اتصل بحماته وقالها: هى العروسه صفحة كام؟

مثقف ركب الطيارة فقال للمضيفة
This is no talking, I student one tea from clock.
بالمصرى: ده مش كلام أنا طالب واحد شاى من ساعة

واحد بيقول لمراته: أنا بحب فيتراك
قالتله: وأنا بحب أحمد
قالها: فيتراك دى مربى
قالتله: وأحمد ده عسل

As the G8 wraps up in Huntsville Ontario today, the G20 is starting tonight with a dinner by the Canadian Prime Minister.

Protest organizers have started a Get Off The Fence! protest by working people, with a heavy dose of far left terminology. The site runs Drupal, with a link "open source technology" in the footer linking to Drupal.org.

The protests are already turning violent, with at least two police cruisers being torched so far.

There was a 5.5 magnitude earthquake at 13:41 (less than an hour ago).

I was sitting on the sofa, and felt it rock back and forth. Because I had people working in the basement, I thought they were doing something and did not think about it much then.

Only later it was on TV confirming that it was indeed a quake.