Hora, in blog format

It was over a year ago when I started this blog, and you can probably count the number of quality posts on two hands, maybe one if you have higher standards. I’ve had posting spurts from time to time, but in general this site has been clinically dead. Google Analytics could prove that to you. Besides search engine bots I’ve had very very few real visitors, so even had I made the effort to post regularly, it would’ve been a waste.

So why don’t I post more often? I guess there are numerous reasons. One would be not knowing what to post - I have a lot to say but most of it has been said already in other places, so there’s no point in repeating myself. The fact that I’d be writing it for myself is another. And blogs just aren’t what I thought they’d be. I’m subscribed to the RSS Feeds of multiple blogs, some of them very interesting, and even then I generally just read post titles and on the rare occassion that I’m interested in more details, I skim the rest.

What do I do now then? I could say that I’ll post a lot more when I’m in Europe, but that won’t happen since Shawn will post for sure. Most of our stories would overlap anyway and I’d just be repeating his stories (or him mine) and I don’t expect those who care to actually read both. Therefore posting about the experience in Europe is pointless, and I’m not the kind of person to just spill my thoughts on here, or to give my two readers a day-to-day guide to my life.

I don’t want to abandon it however, since I like to have some sort of web-presence, even if it is miniscule. I think I’m going to keep it up here and post a photography or computer related how-to from time to time. I think I’ll also keep my photoblog up, even though my Flickr will get all the real hits.

So add my Flickr photostream to your RSS reader if you want to see pictures from Europe (and whatever pictures I take before then). This blog is pretty much done until I get a real reason to have one. Later.

Gave me a giggle (click to actually see what’s going on):

Less than two months after the polls closed, thinks are heating up in Ottawa, and there’s the potential for ANOTHER election. From what I understand, the root of the problem is the Tories proposition to end public funding for all the parties, including themselves. The catch is that the Tories get the majority of their funding from private funding whereas the others get the majority from public. The passing of such a bill would basically strangle the ability of the other parties to compete with the Conservatives in the next election due to the lack of funding, which would essentially cripple them.

So in order to stop Harper, the Dion approached Layton with a coalition proposal. The two parties agreed to a deal, which reportedly includes a plan to address the ‘economic situation’, which is “is built on a foundation of fiscal responsibility.” The deal also gives the NDP 6 out of the total 24 ministers, and Dion would be the Prime Minister until May, when the Liberals are expected to vote on new leadership.

In order to do this, the vote will need support from the Bloc, support they apparently have. The Coalition won’t actually have a majority vote in Parliament, so the scary thing is that the Bloc and vote either with them, or the Tories, whiche means that Quebec gets to decide what Canada does… That makes me a little uneasy.

Another problem is that Dion called to Governor General Michelle Jean saying that Harper has lost the confidence of the House. This means that she can either accept the Liberal/NDP coalition as the new official government, or call another election. Even if she doesn’t call another election and the Liberals/NDP become the ruling party, what if they do a terrible job, and the Tories win by a landslide in the next election?? I guess at least they won’t be the only ones able to run an election, so in a sense this has to be done…

We’ll have to watch and see what happens on Dec. 8, the earliest the Liberals can call the vote of no confidence.

Yes, that required a period at the end, because I’ve never seen anything even remotely as cool. It’s called Cooliris, and you need to download it now. It only works for certain sites, but trust me, it’s amazing. Go to  Flickr or YouTube then click on the Cooliris icon, and you’ll see what I mean.