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Qoder - The Agentic Coding Platform Qoder is an agentic coding platform for real software, think deeper, build better.

This is the first native AI Python IDE I've used. All others have been add ons to VSCode or Pycharm. So far AI coding is not great but OK at basic code to get one started on a path.

Surviving Involution How long can China eat itself?

The most interesting article on the Chinese economy I've read to date.

Mystery. The Garrett Micro II looks a little an Altair. It was made at a factory my foster Father worked at in the early 1970's. Apparently it's not a single CPU system. It used multiple chips to form the CPU and it was used in US military aircraft. Very little info available about it online.

YouTube video by SatisFactory Process Inside China's Mini PC Production: How Tiny Computers Are Made

I use a BeeLink Computer as my main computer. This video shows the factory and how they are manufactured.

Canada's First Tech Company - Microsystems International (MIL) Hey there,You might have forgotten you signed up for my newsletter, I didn't, but things got strangely busy over the past 6 months. And the ScaleUP portfolio has been in the thick of it.Just to do the...

Canada had an early lead in Microprocessors and manufactured one of the first complete microcomputer systems. That Canadian company developed the processor that gave Steve Wozniak the idea that he could build his own computer, eventually evolving into the Apple I and Apple II computers.

Next slide, please: A brief history of the corporate presentation From million-dollar slide shows to Steve Jobs’s introduction of the iPhone, a bit of show business never hurt plain old business.

The untold story of corporate Slide Show presentations.

YouTube video by @soapsoupproductions The Deepfake Scams You're Not Ready For (Made with Google Veo 3)

This SCAM warning video is completely made by AI. Television is a staged medium and historically has been trusted by people. It has been used for good. It's also been misused for profit and propaganda throughout our society. The need for media literacy is going to become more apparent in the AI era.

YouTube video by Aircela This machine makes gasoline from air

WOW!

YouTube video by The Flying Moose How Toronto is finally building their missing subway

This year I've really noticed the construction of the Ontario Line. Walking downtown I follow the line from Exhibition, along Queen Street to Yonge St. The doc below pretty much sums up the history of and the state of current construction. A great piece of work by the person who created this video.

YouTube video by Google I/O '25 in under 10 minutes

The Glasses Look Promising....

YouTube video by The Taylor and Amy Show THE 6502 SONG

Gettin' Nerdy...

Bill 5 is ‘fascist’: Protesters ask Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP to stop passage of controversial bill Indigenous leaders argue bill undermines treaty commitments and their rights.

The influence of Land Developers never disappears from any level of Government in Canada.

What we know about Trump admin's reported deal allowing Mexican cartel family members to enter US Mexican authorities said that the family members crossed into the United States, but it was unclear what the terms of their entrance were.

What we know about Trump admin's reported deal allowing Mexican cartel family members to enter US www.snopes.com/news/2025/05...

Heavens Door....

Learn something: Fall down a rabbit hole with this TikTok-style interface for browsing random Wikipedia articles.

#BuyCanadian - Turns out my favourite and probably one of the best tasting non alcoholic beers, Partake Pale is brewed in Calgary, Canada. --I think I knew this-- Only 10 calories.. So once again, Cheers Canada!

#buyCanadian - I discovered the Classico sauce I was eating was from Kraft/Heinz and manufactured in Illinois or New Jersey. Canada Red, available at Giant Tiger (Canadian) or Wal-Mart is cost comparable and is made in Leamington, ON. I'm sorry to those American workers. Blame Trump not Canada.

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#BuyCanadian - Miller Lite, the beer I most often drink, is brewed in Ontario according to the LCBO. I assume at the Molson plant in Malton. Cheers Canada!

LABATT PROUDLY MAKING CANADA'S FAVOURITE BEERS IN CANADA /CNW/ - Since 1847, Labatt has been making beer in Canada with more than 70 brands produced at six locations across the country. With 3,500 employees from...

#BuyCanadian - I thought I saw a Global TV reporter reporting that Budweiser was an American beer. Could be wrong. Budweiser including Bud Light are actually brewed in Canada using 100 per cent Canadian barley. Busch is brewed in Canada as well. List below... Cheers Canada.

Does your Kraft Heinz ketchup bottle have ‘Product of the U.S.A.’ written on it? Here’s why Some consumers thought they caught Kraft Heinz red-handed for lying about their ketchup being Canadian, after noticing bottles they bought have “Product of the U.S.A.” slapped on the label.

Buy Canadian - It appears that Heinz Ketchup is made in Canada. Both in Leamington, ON and Montreal, QC. Some years ago the company did pull out of Canada but apparently returned. So I say buy it and enjoy it Canada and keep Canadians employed. #buyCanadian

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Yes. That probably was used as a video out to connect to a TV or an EIAJ 1/2" Video Tape Recorder used in the 1970's. Check out page 3 of this manual at www.propology.ca/uploads/1/0/...

Attended "Coffee With A Cop" in Toronto yesterday. Met the two bike officers who confiscated a gun and arrested a man the previous evening at Victoria and Dundas St. Tough job and brave men.

Was up in Muskoka during it's most recent Snowmageddon. 30 ft. Pine Tree down. Cleared 15" (38 cm) of snow off my driveway. Just as I finished another 14" of snow fell in the following 24 hours. After breaking 2 snow blowers, I finally got my butt out of there calling in a snow plow. Whew!