The Profile of LO’s IT Manager

What is your job description at LO? I’m Landscape Ontario’s Information Technology Manager.  I’m responsible to keep the network and web sites humming along as well as continued development of our all-knowing database.What is your background before coming to LO, and when did you begin work at LO? I’ve been at LO since I was sixteen when I started working part-time on the web sites and some special web...

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Have you seen this dog?

Our old friend Walker is missing…This is our beloved dog “Walker”. He is a 10 year old hound/springer mix. He is black and white and he went missing Saturday, July 10th around 10pm from our family farm on third line. Which is between 5 and 10 sideroad, in Milton. If you could would you please post this on your wall, you may live or know someone who lives in an area where Walker might be and we are beside ourselves,...

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How to type using words

I’m getting pretty tired of your “txt” short forms for words.  Everyone has a text messaging plan who wants to receive text messages and almost everyone now has a smart phone with a full keyboard.  You can also be more creative when tweeting to get full words into your tweets and text messages instead of using short words.  So, here’s a helpful chart to help curb you from using those short forms....

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The Problems with the 401

I recently had the pleasure of driving in France and when I came home to Canada and the road rage immediately came back to me and after a couple of weeks of reflection, I’ve come to a few conclusions for what is wrong with our Canadian highways.The Speed LimitOn Canadian highways, the speed limit is 100km/h.  The problem with that is that it’s not at all enforced.  Most officers will only ever pull you over if...

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End of a horrible man

Osama Bin Laden The first day I started really populating this site with content was September 11, 2001. Today the US government announced that they have killed and taken possession of Osama Bin Laden’s body. I’m sure it’s not the end of wars because they’re big business but, at this point the prime enemy for the last ten years has been taken out.

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