Saturday, July 09, 2005
I came home from the mall today to refresh my cbc.ca homepage and read to my surprise that Chuck Cadman had passed away. While I suppose it's not totally unexpected, being that he had (and died from) skin cancer, I was still shocked to read it. It was him, and him alone that we have to thank for Goodale's budget passing, and the government not collapsing after a no-confidance vote loss. I hope, for the government's sake, that Surry North elects a suitable and honourable replacement for Mr. Cadman. My condolences to his family, though I'm sure they'll never ever read this.
In other news, it's fucking hot here. 40C with the humidex, at 10pm. I was out and about today during the day, and wow... thank god for the wind, as it was utterly impossible to stay in the sun for any length of time. It gave me a whole new love for air conditioned buildings, and Tims' iced cappuccions. God Bless Tim Hortons.
I know I haven't posted on the London bombings, and I won't spend any length of time on that topic, as everyone already knows the story. The one thing I will comment on is the amazing ability of the internet to connect people. There are records of people posting message such as "I'm Okay" in their flickr accounts, to uploadings of cell phone camera pictures and videos. Even corporations relied on the web to keep their businesses running. The London central bank activated a secure chat room that they host to keep in touch with the banking sector, and pass on news. I thought that was amazing. There's more about that on cnn.com, I don't feel like hunting down a link. It's too hot for that.
Image courtesy of CP.
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