Apple iPhone 3G S is here, but is it good?

Apple released the iPhone 3G S today. People waited in line since yesterday to get their hands on the latest technology which can now stream video right to your hand held. I still can't figure out all the hub bub about this device. Do we really need to be connected to the internet all the time... Do we really need an app that will calculate the tip at a restaurant. Seriously, I think it's time to take that one technology step back and remember that we have families to be with and spend more time worrying about, than what new application is available.

The iPhone, the Blackberry, the Palm, and all the rest are becoming the adult version of hand held video games... and I think they are making us lose touch with our community connection. We live in a technology exposion time right now, can you remember back 20 years... the CD player was the coolest thing on the block. Now, we see people walking down the street looking like they came from the technology wild, wild, west, with a belt clip full of gadgets to satisfy our needs to access whatever information we need the moment we demand it.

I like walking down the street with my son in tote, making sure that we don't step on a crack, you never know, you might just break your mothers back!

Canada Won't Be Going to the Polls, or, Does Michael Ignatieff have a Pair?

So it seems another election is not going to happen this year. A deal was struck between the Prime Minister and Michael Ignatieff to form a committee to study unemployment insurance... a key issue for Ignatieff.

But what does it all mean Basil? Well, an election was averted early on in the Conservatives minority government when the Bloc, NDP and Liberals had formed a coalition to overthrow the government - Didn't happen. Now, a second chance to reclaim power, stayed. So what is it that Michael is worried about. Does he think he can't win? Does he think he won't do a good job as PM? Or does he have something to hide that makes him unwilling to call the election and clean the skeletons out of his closet. I can only imagine that the Bloc and NDP are furious that a second opportunity to go to election has been lost.

Maybe Ignatieff is biding his time in the economic recession. Let the Conservatives ride the low times and force the big buck spending... Then, with a huge national debt, he can ride in on a white horse and save the day... guess we'll find out in time.

Save Cambridge Memorial Hospital Lactation Consultant

A rally is being organized for the purpose of saving in-patient and out-patient Lactation Consultant services at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. Please join this rally which will be attended by a group of concerned citizens who understand the importance of breastfeeding support in the early days and weeks of life. Many attendees will be mothers who have benefited from the Program as well as concerned mothers-to-be who will lose out on this essential support if the Program ends in early July.

The Rally will take place on Tuesday, June 23^rd at 11:00 am beginning at the Price Chopper shopping plaza Delta (corner of Dundas / Hwy.#24 / Coronation Boulevard) and will follow in procession and congregate in front of Cambridge Memorial Hospital.

This demonstration is expected to be attended by approximately 150 (+) individuals all wearing the colour blue to show our unity in our support of the need to maintain the Lactation Consultant program at CMH.

For further information and to show your support by attending, please visit our Facebook Group by clicking: Save Cambridge Memorial Hospital’s Lactation Consultant Program or contact the organizer, Leigh Schwarz at breastfeeding@ohbabyfitness.ca

RIM Shows Off Blackberry Tour 9630

RIM announced formally today the release of the Blackberry Tour... it's entry into the 3G market. The tour is a combination of the Curve and the Bold. RIM has nowhere to go but up. The tour has been released in the US supporting both GSM and CDMA. It's got all the gadgets you'd expect including camera and video... and a big clear screen. Soon we'll all have one on our sides. Probably the only setback are the number of applications available for the Blackberry when considering the iPhone competition.

Hail to the Queen, and Happy Birthday

I guess turning 83 is no big deal, even if you are Royalty. The queen decided on a low key birthday this year... sorting through the daily mail and catching up on work. Boy, if I was the King, there would be celebrations galore... Forget about the canons firing, there would be celebrations in the street. Maybe when you hit 83, things start slowing down... you look forward to the end of the day and resting your weary bones. The queen has doled out the same old hand shake for many years. I guess giving her wrist a break is a welcome relief.

We'll just have to see what happens next year if she'll whoop it up!