55-year old Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, has reportedly resigned today. Jobs, a pancreatic cancer survivor, has been on medical leave for an undisclosed condition since Jan. 17. The question is, what will happen to Apple now? Read more...
Jack Layton, 1950-2011
I am not one that follows politics closely, nor do I know enough about Canada's political parties to have a favourite. But this morning, when I heard that NDP leader, Jack Layton abruptly lost his battle to cancer, it brought great sadness to my heart. My sincere condolences go out to his partner, ...
J.Crew is here!
J.Crew has opened its first Canadian store in Yorkdale Shopping Centre. The 5000-square-foot store is filled with stylish staples with a preppy twist and is now offering Canadian shipping for a flat rate of $9.95. Awesome! The doors opened on Thursday, and apparently people flocked.
Caught in the rain
Even though we knew there was a chance of rain, hubby and I decided to meet up with Sonya and her guy for a bike ride in the city. It started off overcast and there was the slightest spitting when hubby and I rode out to meet them, but it didn't take too long ...
Search bar: submit button within the search field
I recently had a design come across my desk with with a search bar. I knew this would have to be created as a form field with a submit button, but what was different was that it was not a traditional input field with a button that read "submit". It's actually not unusual ...
Do you suffer from decision fatigue?
Decision fatigue helps explain why ordinarily sensible people get angry at colleagues and families, splurge on clothes, buy junk food at the supermarket and can’t resist the dealer’s offer to rustproof their new car. No matter how rational and high-minded you try to be, you can’t make decision after decision without paying a biological price. ...
Fascinating blog
http://colt-rane.com/
RAAW Japanese Cuisine
We had a Deal Find coupon for RAAW restaurant so we decided to check it out on Sunday night. I'm a bit of a groupon junkie but so far of the various new restaurants we've checked out using coupons, our favourite is still Mt. Everest Restaurant at Bathurst and Bloor which I mentioned in ...
Memories: getting fitted
I found these older videos taken at Duke's Cycle that I never had a chance to post. They are of hubby getting fitted by Mark. This was when we first bought our bikes. This first video was related to Mark checking hubby's posture, and getting hubby comfortable with clipping out. This second video was of ...
Finally, I can do no hands!
It was a super busy day yesterday. We spent the morning with our families picking peaches at Cherry Avenue Farms. My aunt and cousin from California are visiting so my parents are finding fun activities to take them to. Everyone picked the big Redhaven peaches. They are still hard, but from our experience, ...