Kogger`s Blog

Moved to blogger

Paul Fournier — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:51:43 -0400

Hello everyone.

Some of you may be getting email notifications whenever I post something to the site. Just to let you all know that I've decided to move everything over to blogger for my hosting needs. So, you won't be getting any these notification emails.

I'll be leaving an archive of the old site up at http://archive.kog.ca for an indeterminate amount of time. http://kog.ca will now bring you to the new site. Have a look at drop me a note.

Comixed - I Prefer It Chunky

Paul Fournier — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:33:50 -0400

Comixed - I prefer it Chunky

From Lifehacker: Foreign Service Institute's Extensive Language Courses Are Available Free Online

Paul Fournier — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 06:23:06 -0400

"The U.S. Foreign Service Institute teaches foreign languages to government diplomats and personnel for duties abroad-and its courses are available online, for free. Which means you can access audio, texts, and tests in 41 different languages."

Foreign Service Institute

Mekinac trail - Mauricie National Park

Paul Fournier — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:39:06 -0400

Just went for a quick hike this morning. The video doesn't really do it justice so I'll probably upload the raw images to a picasa web album.

Michael Specter: The danger of science denial

Paul Fournier — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:51:15 -0400

Once again a thought provoking talk from TED.

SOS Celebrates 25 Years

Paul Fournier — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:42:11 -0400

I had no idea that there was a secular alternative to AA.

SOS Celebrates 25 Years, Will Hold Festival of Recovery April 24 | Center for Inquiry

Busted...

Paul Fournier — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:33:45 -0400

Been wondering which of the two dogs is responsible for chewing up some shoe laces when we are out. Used our trusty Rovio with the free Vitamin D video monitoring software to confirm our suspicions. You can see Henry is the culprit about 57 seconds in...

Do You Pirate Media You Already Own? - Piracy - Lifehacker

Paul Fournier — Wed, 7 Apr 2010 06:02:57 -0400

I happen to subscribe to the New York Times; ethicist Randy Cohen podcast and heard the podcast this article is referring to. I couldn't agree more with Mr. Cohen's take on things.

Do You Pirate Media You Already Own? - Piracy - Lifehacker

7 Totally Awesome and Totally True Ways People Quit Their Jobs | EgoTV

Paul Fournier — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:48:33 -0400

"So, you think that time you took a dump in the garbage can at work and then quit is pretty bad ass, don%u2019t you. Well think again. The following seven stories will put that to shame. When it comes to quitting, these guys don%u2019t screw around. Well, a few of them do. Just read it and see for yourself."

7 Totally Awesome and Totally True Ways People Quit Their Jobs | EgoTV

NUMMI | This American Life

Paul Fournier — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:35:21 -0400

"Host Ira Glass introduces the story of the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., aka NUMMI. In 1984, General Motors and Toyota opened NUMMI as a joint venture. Toyota showed GM the secrets of its production system: how it made cars of much higher quality and much lower cost than GM achieved. But today, GM cars still don"

NUMMI | This American Life