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rim and [some hot company] sittin’ in a tree

February 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Barry alerted me to this blog post, in which the author pines for RIM to purchase LinkedIn.
Social networking sites like LinkedIn, Facebook and MySpace have grown in popularity over the past couple of years. They provide a means for people to maintain contact and interact with those that they chose to as well as [...]

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Tags: LinkedIn · RIM

drop the hammer

May 31st, 2007 · 2 Comments

To provide an update to my last post, it appears that Jim Balsillie may move the Nashville Predators to ‘The Hammer’. Apparently, Balsillie has a lease agreement with Copps Coliseum in Hamilton. I’d prefer the team to be here in Kitchener, but I’m ok with Hamilton; it’s only 60 kilometres away.

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Tags: Copps Coliseum · Hamilton · Hockey · Kitchener · NHL · Nashville Predators · RIM · Waterloo

predators on k-w streets?

May 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Jim Balsillie wasn’t able to purchase the Pittsburgh Penguins, so he bought the Nashville Predators instead. There’s a good chance that after next year, he’ll relocate the team out of Nashville, to…….who knows? The rumour is that those of us here in K-W will be getting an NHL franchise. It may be [...]

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Tags: Hockey · Kitchener · NHL · Nashville Predators · RIM · Waterloo

so now we’re not getting the penguins?

December 16th, 2006 · 1 Comment

CBC’s reporting that Jim Balsilie has withdrawn his offer to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins. I guess we’re not getting a team here now
It appears that the reason that Balsillie walked away from the purchase of the Penguins is because of über-sucky-commissioner Gary Bettman’s crazy mandates:

Reports suggest part of the reason Balsillie walked [...]

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Tags: Hockey · NHL · Penguins · RIM

it’s karma, baby

November 9th, 2006 · No Comments

I’m not a religious zealot, but I do adhere to the notion of karma. I try to live by a “what goes around comes around” ethic, and I feel terrible for enjoying the prospect of NTP getting into hot water. You might remember NTP as the patent holding company that sued RIM a [...]

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Tags: Blackberry · NTP · Palm · RIM · karma · patents