Jason's Notes About Stuff

Why is income tax so damn complicated? (April 7, 2010)

rant | Politics | Business | Economics

I don’t understand why the income tax system (in Canada and the US) has to be so bloody compli (more...)

Google Buzz Privacy blah blah blah (February 16, 2010)

rant | Politics | Privacy | Internet | Technology | morality

2010-08-08 Update: Perhaps online privacy is important after all? The recent Google Buzz fallout has (more...)

Does Climate Change really matter? (February 2, 2010)

Politics | Health | environment | Science

Climate Change is big news. It’s a dividing issue. Us versus Them. Depending on who you believ (more...)

Lying to your children is ok? (November 29, 2009)

Politics | Marketing | possibly offensive | morality

Now, I know I’m going to get some hate mail for this one, because I’ve had many a heated (more...)

Incorrect Logical Reasoning (November 22, 2009)

Logic | Politics | Religion

Logic can be a tricky thing.  Consider the following example from the ChangingMinds website: St (more...)

Religious Conversion (November 12, 2009)

Politics | possibly offensive | Religion

Since arriving in New Zealand, I have now twice been the target of attempted religious conversion. I (more...)

Conservation or Economics? (June 25, 2009)

Politics | environment | Economics

There seem to be more and more calls to conserve and “save the environment” these days. (more...)

Great to see that people are doing! (June 9, 2009)

Politics | Business | Development | Internet

I have been in touch with lots of people regarding my previous blog posting, and I’m very impr (more...)

Stop talking and start doing! (June 7, 2009)

Politics | Business | Development | Internet | Economics

People love to talk. It’s in our nature. We’re social creatures. At some point, however, (more...)

Progressive versus Conservative (May 22, 2009)

Politics

Progressive versus Conservative. Us versus them. A battle waged in the media every day. But how many (more...)