Damn family . . .

This story in the G&M about a New Brunswick man's creative attempt to outrun legal problems by dying and then being undone by his relatives is worth the 2 minutes to read: Fake obituary fails miserably to solve man's debt problems. Gotta admire the chutzpah though. A snip:

In September, four days before Mr. Martin was scheduled to appear in court to face the fraud charges, he wrote and faxed his own death notice to L'Acadie Nouvelle, the francophone daily based in Caraquet, N.B.

C2 text and win contest

Not really technology per se, but Coke and ClearChannel are doing a text messaging response test in the Ottawa market. Those living here will see outdoor media (bus shelters, etc.) with the Coke C2 offer and call to action with a mobile access capability. Here're the details:

Txt "TRIP" to 265322 (once a day, everyday)

I don't know what the prize is exactly, but it would help if you tried -- a lot.

This is getting old

Hey, look at the news: turns out Nortel misstated revenue . . . again, er . . . more . . . The Globe and Mail: Misstated sales in billions, Nortel reveals

Nortel Networks Corp. delayed the restatement of its financial results yesterday for the third time after the board of directors unexpectedly discovered more than $3-billion (U.S.) of revenue was improperly booked at the height of the technology boom and expressed fears that there could be still more adjustments to come.

Whew . . .

The headline of a G&M article from last week relieved me . . . not sure what it did for IBM employees: IBM study says workplace not the cause of cancer. The first graf wouldn't help much either:

A study of 126,000 IBM employees commissioned by the world's largest computer company found that workplace conditions did not cause cancer or other fatal illnesses . . .

Had to get to the second (and final) graf to find out that there are employees suing IBM about those working conditions.

Apologies

There has been a noticable absence of activities on this page. Mostly it's due to my travel schedule of late with contributory cause from illness, my desire to refrain from commenting on the election to the south, and general weariness . . . Check back soon.