Tag Archives: Complexity
I Quit Facebook
By Cam Mather Facebook sucks! I don’t even know why I joined, but after being on it for a while, I think it really bites. Most of all, I’m creeped out by all the data Facebook keeps about me. I have no doubt there are numerous other ways I’m being tracked on the web, but …
DVDs Still Work for Me
By Cam Mather I live near the Village of Tamworth, which is home to the greatest video establishment on the planet, “Village Video.” Tim Kidd is the owner of Village Video. I have blogged about Tim before because he is an integral part of our community. He is a volunteer firefighter. This is very important …
When Baseball Ruled My Life
By Cam Mather I recently watched the movie “Moneyball” and I thought it was a great movie. I really like Brad Pitt. I think he’s underrated as an actor because he’s so darn good looking. Sometimes we assume that good-looking people aren’t as intelligent or as talented as people who are less attractive, which is …
Quantum Physics and A Brief History of Time
By Cam Mather Lately I’ve been reading “A Brief History of Time” by Stephen Hawking. Oh sure, it’s pretty intellectual stuff, but that’s just me. Intellectual. I also love that ABC show called “Wipeout” where contestants get whacked with foam rubber boxing gloves and try to leap across big red rubber balls but inevitably fall …
Documentaries vs. Hands-On Workshops
By Cam Mather Recently I was invited to become involved with a documentary that is being made for the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, for my American readers.) I turned them down. It must seem weird for me to turn down a chance for shameless self-promotion but my dealings with the producer left a bad taste …
Working My Way Down the Corporate Ladder
By Cam Mather It all started at a little 50,000-Watt radio station in Peterborough, Ontario. I started out selling radio advertising. Then I moved on to selling television advertising. I went back to university, for a year, then quit, got married and started selling microcomputers in the early ‘80s just as they came on the …
Art That a Philistine Can Appreciate
By Cam Mather I used to live in suburbia, in a bedroom community of Toronto called Burlington. I escaped as often as possible by going on camping and canoe trips. Sometimes I went with Michelle and my daughters, and at other times I headed off with my cousin Dave. Many of the beautiful places that …
Social Media Overload
By Cam Mather I am soooo sick of social networks and social media. I can’t even stand the term “social media.” It must be a genetic thing because my cousin Dave has a list of words he can’t stand like “lifestyle” (now we have lifestyle luncheon meats) and “combo” (because really, who just wants to …
The Ponzi Scheme That is The Dollar
By Cam Mather Contrary to the impression I might have given you with my last blog post, I don’t actually watch TV all of the time. I’ve finally had some time to get caught up on reading because the garden is under snow. It’s one of my favourite parts of winter and the holidays. While …
Really Dark Skies Over Sunflower Farm
By Cam Mather A month or so ago (October 24th) my cats woke me up in the middle of the night. Since I was awake, I got up and went to the bathroom. I looked out the bathroom window, which faces north, and noticed that something didn’t look quite right in the northern sky. Of …
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