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Absolutely - I sent a brief e-mail to the address in your bio. Thanks!

Totally agree with you. In the case of this clinic, they get almost all of their referrals by word-of-mouth these days. However, they've noted that the new generation of twentysome…

Some good advice so far; thanks, everyone! My wife is in contact with the College of Physicians and Surgeons to keep them abreast of the situation. We'll see if she can engage thei…

The BBB does operate in Canada; we checked and this company isn't listed, unfortunately.

Background: My wife works as an administrator at a Canadian cosmetic surgery clinic. The physician, Dr. C., is quite successful and is ranked #1 in our city on sites like RateMD. Y…

Portal 2 reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeKMS62GrTI Edit: It's clear that someone in NASA is a Portal fan - they sent a laser-etched image of Wheatley up with an HTV-3 r…

I've worked for a POS company for five years and boy, do I have some stories about the industry! I definitely agree with the OP that the market is littered with terrible products t…

Yeah, this was a good lesson how not to manage a large IT project. They didn't really understand the requirements or anticipate the user load, but the cost estimates were WAY off -…

It's worth noting that CGI was also responsible for the ill-fated long gun registry in Canada, which was recently canceled due (in part) to massive cost overruns [1] and inability …

Those bezels look larger on one side... which must make their work lean heavily to the right. /snark In all seriousness, though, I can't imagine how they are going to be any more p…

Yes, but it's more of an extended vacation for lawmakers than a real government closure. Maple syrup farms and Hockey Night in Canada are unaffected, thankfully.

Try the "sketchy" keyword... is that the infamous Tenderloin that I hear about? (I haven't been to SF before)

Related: There's a fellow named Bradley Garrett who did his PhD dissertation on "Place Hacking". GQ has an awesome article of the crazy places he has explored and his run-ins with …

I love the Threat Level articles that Wired produces, but if I see the word "cyber" one more time, I am going to go nuts.

My thoughts exactly. For controlled situations where the photographer can dictate the subject's distance, pose, and lighting, I'm sure an iPhone would do just fine. But often, a ph…

Some context: Rob Ford is the mayor of Toronto, the most populous city in Canada. This is the newest of numerous controversies during his time in office. Edit: it's also worth noti…

I thought that it was obvious that if you stand for 8+ hours, you'll want to be wearing proper footwear and/or have a standing mat. Your entire body weight is borne by your feet - …

I'd love to see better integration of live traffic safety data into the cars' navigation (ie. Highway police logging lane or road closures). So, if there's a big accident on a majo…

I've been using Acuvue Oasys (IIRC) for a while now. I'm on the 4-week disposables but my optometrist is getting worried about increased blood vessel growth in my cornea. I think m…

There's a great presentation about Google's self-driving car here (check the second half for video of the real-time telemetry that it gathers): http://youtu.be/YXylqtEQ0tk One of t…

Forget about AR contact lenses, I'd be stoked if they made a lens that is safe and comfortable to wear and doesn't have to be thrown out every 2-4 weeks. :)