Rob | September 21, 2009
O Canada, my home and native land…what have we done? All I wanted to do was search the Canadian government staff directory, and low and behold, canada.gc.ca is blocked in Beijing! Which word was it? ”English?” “French” or…heaven forbid… “français”?. Was it Prime Minister Harper’s steely blue eyes that set off the censor? Further testing [...]
Rob | August 24, 2009
Just so everyone knows, The Sinocanadian has a new RSS link. Please update your reader accordingly.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Sinocanadian
Thanks!
Rob | August 24, 2009
Today’s Globe and Mail contains a great article entitled GARBAGE IN / ENERGY OUT which focuses on technologies being developed and implemented by Canadian companies for converting municipal trash into carbon sources for energy production.
Where in the past, waste-to-energy meant simply burning trash to create heat for steam turbines, gasification uses ultra-high temperatures and a zero-oxygen [...]
Rob | August 18, 2009
I don’t really like to complain, and I know it doesn’t make a huge difference posting on my personal blog, but I need to remind myself not to fly Air China.
I recently took the direct flight from Beijing to New York, and Air China is the only operator that does it. And you pay dearly [...]
Rob | August 3, 2009
Wow, it’s so exciting, my site can be accessed in China now! sinocanadian.net
