Archive for October, 2009

Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture: Achieving your Childhood Dreams

Posted 30 October 2009 | By Herbert | Categories: General, Videos | No Comments

Midterm season’s almost over! If you’ve got 76 minutes to spare and you’re looking for a great reflective video, I highly suggest watching Randy Pausch’s last lecture (if you haven’t already).

The video speaks for itself, I hope you enjoy it!

The Diamond Lords of Sudbury

The Diamond Lords of Sudbury

Posted 29 October 2009 | By Sarah Wilkinson | Categories: 79.9 Headlines, General, Things To Know | No Comments

Sudbury’s status as the nickel capital of Canada is being tarnished by its glittering new diamond industry. The first of its kind in Ontario, the diamond polishing and cutting facility has, at an undisclosed location, 27 employees. Soundly turning the unfortunate stereotype of restaurateurs and beauticians on its head, the workers are highly skilled artisans [...]

China Forming Own Media Empires

Posted 05 October 2009 | By Chris Yeretsian | Categories: 79.9 Headlines | No Comments

China plans to spend billions of dollars to develop media companies that it hopes can compete with the likes of News Corporation and Time Warner. Thoughts?

Iran to send uranium to Russia

Posted 02 October 2009 | By Chris Yeretsian | Categories: 79.9 Headlines | No Comments

The Iranian government has agreed to open its newly revealed nuclear plant to inspectors and to send the bulk of its uranium stockpile to Russia to be used as fuel.