There are some really bad Web sites out there. A recent article at eMarketer focusses on slow-loading sites that kill sales, but many other annoyances are listed as well – click here for the archived version of the whole article. Although pop-up ads are listed in virtually every survey...

I’ve gotten waaaay behind in my reading lately due to politics, house renovations, Web site building and a seemingless endless list of other stuff going on. Catching up, I see that the October 13th issue of How’s Business Yukon focussed on the current labour shortage in Whitehorse. Of the...

There’s little visible enthusiasm about the election that’s only 2 days away. Visible in the usual sense of signs. But people are talking, and that’s probaby more important. I just got off the phone with CBC’s Leonard Linklater, discussing some of the voting details and issues in the Carcross...

Posting this will prevent my blood pressure from going any higher by thinking about Yukoners collectively failing both their IQ and Morality tests yesterday. Maybe the Beer Scooter explains that, too 🙂 ==================== How many times have you woken up in the morning after a hard night drinking and...

With the rapidly increasing popularity of blogs and photo-sharing sites, somebody had to put them together. Some folks enjoy figuring out how to make online journals/blogs/scrapbooks user-friendly, but most just want a free or low-cost turn-key operation. Our Story looks like it may be the solution for them. The...

In a perfect world, an election would put into power the people that most of the residents think will do a good job. But this isn’t a perfect world – there are a lot of trade-offs to consider when you head for the ballot box. A common example of...