Awesome!

So today there was an announcement that Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple-> you know, the guys who make the iPhone and the Macbook Pros I rock with?) Just stepped down as CEO of Apple Inc.

Ironically just hours ago this happened.

I, my friends, have made a deal with the devil. Apple themselves…via a christian friend/fellow nerd to acquire an iPhone 5 the day it comes out.

In Canada only.

Here is Steve Jobs Resignation Letter:

Let’s talk Canada for a minute:

Why does any type of IT service priced like England but only work like a 3rd world country? At least when compared to our southern counterparts.

I feel that in Canada our networks simply can’t handle what is now considered standard upload speeds throughout the big US cities. You can only pay for nothing more than 1 to 2 Mbps uploads anywhere and no 4G coming anytime soon?

No wonder Rogers is scared, they and Ma Bell should be if they want to compete. I’m sure they’re building it, but why not use Google’s Whitespaces plan while your at it? hmmm. See- > http://www.freepress.net/whitespaces. Oh I love Digital news and can’t wait to launch our Digital Product Reviews Sections.

So In The USA, I’m using an Android EVO 3D because its a DUAL processor, the fastest phone I’ve ever seen, and it shoots in 2d AND 3d with its two cameras.

Also has a front facing camera and can run Double Twist, and iPhone app that’s much like iTunes without ANY file restrictions. Sweet.

Let’s talk about something political, I’m not writing the news, I’m reporting it: I’m a Canadian living in the USA & Canada for work reasons. This offers us a digital technology perspective that’s a bit unique to both industries. For example, to understand why a client may sell well on different keywords in the USA as opposed to Canada. -> e.g. Someone wants a fun place for kids in Canada, searches a term. Someone in USA wants a daycare… perhaps…searches the same term. DIFFERENT Target market and will convert at a different rate due to population’s effect on web traffic in densely populated regions with different housing needs and divorce rates.

Jack Layton

So in Canada, one of the top rated political people has just passed away and left a ‘last letter‘…. Here’s his:

Today Jack Layton laid in state in Ottawa Canada, and the respects were paid by many Canadians as ‘the best prime minister we never had’.

If Stephen Harper were to suddenly drop dead, what would happen? the same response?

Thoughts?

Your Friends at Digital Vegetarian

Space Shuttle Atlantis Lands Safely at 5:57AM PT in Florida at Cape Canaveral.

Specific Un-Official time from Nasa:

Mission Elapsed: 12 days 18hrs 27 mnutes 53 seconds.

This Morning at 4:56 and 57 seconds AM Central time for Main Gear Touchdown.

21 seconds later, nosegear (front wheels) touchdown.

Mission Total Time: 12 days 18 hours 28 minutes and 14 seconds.

Completed at: 4:56 an 18 seconds mission time.

The absolute Final motion of space shuttle ended after:
12 days 18 hours 28minutes 57 seconds at 4:58 and 1 second AM Central time.

Main Gear Touchdown:

After 12days 18 hours 27 mins 56 seconds. 

4:57:00 Sharp AM Central Time.

Nose Gear Touchdown:

12 days 18 hours 28 mins 16 secs

457 and 20 seconds am 

Wheels Stop (For the last time EVER)

12 days 18 hours 28 mins 50 seconds

4:57:54 am Central Time

Now that all the reports have been rolling in, apparently one person broke their leg and no one (including Cheap Trick) was squished or trapped by the stage collapsing. This could have been disastrous for Ottawanians and for the event as a whole. Very Lucky People!

Here’s a montage of what happened including video footage slowed down and brightened up of the event and some stills.

That video features ‘Out Of Reach’ -  Demo-ed by @KRONiS last august, unreleased & produced by Dave Thompsom of DigitalUnderdog.com

Again, Play Safe Kids!

Here is a backstage video shortly after the stage collapsed backwards into that area.

Abcnews:

Here is a rather comical or funny YouTube video of the event, unfortunately the person with the camera ‘didn’t get the shot’ but it’s a good ‘live feed’ of what happened. I would have filmed it in 3D lolz.

This is funny, their bikes get stuck together! (no one hurt).

So I have to say that on my first day back in Midland, Ontario for a nice June family visit, that I was surprised to see such crazy weather. Shortly I’ll post a video of the stuff that just happened but last year we had a tornado that was just reported about in this week’s local paper and how one year later, there are still lots of problems related to what happened here.

I posted a video, no one had power, so by posting it from Los Angeles and gathering photos and stuff, it ended up helping a lot of people quickly learn what happened and the level of damage and most importantly that no one was seriously injured. It was bizarre that we had an earthquake on the east coast on that same day. It was very minor, but kind of amusing as I often would receive phone calls every time CNN reported any type of quake anywhere in California…so I called home to ask if they felt it, obviously it wasn’t much…so my people back home started to catch on to how funny it is when you receive calls about quakes!

THIS JUST IN: Twitter has released a guide for news outlets!

Here’s the video… FINALLY those NaySayers were wrong over at

(after all the traffic stopped)  and finally enabled revenue sharing and now they I guess believe me that I wrote this song….so please feel free to watch one more time! (or share! lolz).

Aaron – from Canada.