iMatt :: The Blog of Matt Clare

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Here’s a great video that describes why I’ve decided to stay out of Twitter:

Besides, as a listener of the This Week in Tech and Buzz Out Load Podcasts I get my dose of Twitter there – and got all of the references and predicted the appearance of the “fail whale”.

This image of my work Mac Pro kinda’ sums up the current state of standards support on the Mac:

• OSX recognized my 10 year old SONY CDR from an old Dell (bottom)
• The Mac supports IDE CDROM connectors
• The CD ROM fits mounts into the expansion bay in the case
• I had to hack apart the CDROM drawer to make it compatible with the fancy door on the case

This small example sums-up standards support on the Mac.

Tom LaSorda balked at the latest CAW deal with GM and refuses to accept the CAW/GM established contract pattern for Chyrsler. He may have a point, as Chrsyler needed a lot of help before this crisis came along. There simply isn’t enough capacity in the market for all three American automakers to sell cars which claim their major feature is nostalgia.

LaSorda suggested that if the CAW didn’t make more concessions to Chrysler, and if the government didn’t give them more money, Chrysler may leave Canada.

A Chrysler that leaves Canada is a Chrysler that is about to leave the market everywhere.

They’ve been in trouble ever since the Daimler merger dissolved: Their majour success in cars was their 300-based products (built in Brampton) and the Dodge Sprinter. The 300-based stuff was engineered from Mercedes E-Class technology and the Dodge Sprinter truck is just the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter with a different grill.

If Chrysler can’t put together a viable business plan (with the CAW’s help or not) the government of Canada should put-up money for financing a purchase of Chrysler’s Canadian assets by another automaker, be it Fiat or Ford, Toyota or Tata.

Rick Mercer was on campus today to congratulate Brock University on raising more than $56,000 for Spread the Net, more than all other colleges and universities combined. Stephen Pilar’s, Brock’s VP finances, offered to have his head shaved if Brock University raised more than $30,000 for the Spread the Net campaign.

Before that Brock launched it’s new BoldNewBrock capital campaign and new look for their web sites. Lindsay and I plan on donating at campaign web site boldnewbrock.ca, as Brock has been good to both of us. We’ll have to wait a bit though, they appear to still be ironing out the bugs of the new website as it only responds with every third or so page load (so thanks for your patience).