Brandon DonnellyCanada must become a global superpower
The silver lining to the US starting a trade war with Canada and regularly threatening annexation is that it has forced this country out of complacency. Indeed, I'm hard pressed to remember a time, at least in my lifetime, when patriotism and nationalism has united so much of Canada. According to a recent survey by Angus Reid, the percentage of Canadians expressing a "deep emotional attachment" to the country jumped from 49% in December 2024 to 59% in February 2025. And as further evidence of...
Brandon DonnellyThe bank robbery capital of the world
Between 1985 and 1995, Los Angeles' retail bank branches were robbed some 17,106 times. In 1992, which was the the city's worst year for robberies, the number was 2,641. This roughly translated into about one bank robbery every 45 minutes of each banking day. All of this, according to this CrimeReads piece by Peter Houlahan, gave Los Angeles the dubious title of "The Bank Robbery Capital of the World" during this time period. So what caused this? Well according to Peter it was facil...
Brandon DonnellyThe story behind those pixelated video game mosaics in Paris
If you've ever been to Paris, you've probably noticed the small pixelated art pieces that are scattered all around the city on buildings and various other hard surfaces. Or maybe you haven't seen or noticed them in Paris, but you've seen similarly pixelated mosaics in one of the other 79 cities around the world where they can be found. Or maybe you have no idea what I'm talking about right now. Huh? Here's an example from Bolivia (click here if you can't see...
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Brandon DonnellyCanada must become a global superpower
The silver lining to the US starting a trade war with Canada and regularly threatening annexation is that it has forced this country out of complacency. Indeed, I'm hard pressed to remember a time, at least in my lifetime, when patriotism and nationalism has united so much of Canada. According to a recent survey by Angus Reid, the percentage of Canadians expressing a "deep emotional attachment" to the country jumped from 49% in December 2024 to 59% in February 2025. And as further evidence of...
Brandon DonnellyThe bank robbery capital of the world
Between 1985 and 1995, Los Angeles' retail bank branches were robbed some 17,106 times. In 1992, which was the the city's worst year for robberies, the number was 2,641. This roughly translated into about one bank robbery every 45 minutes of each banking day. All of this, according to this CrimeReads piece by Peter Houlahan, gave Los Angeles the dubious title of "The Bank Robbery Capital of the World" during this time period. So what caused this? Well according to Peter it was facil...
Brandon DonnellyThe story behind those pixelated video game mosaics in Paris
If you've ever been to Paris, you've probably noticed the small pixelated art pieces that are scattered all around the city on buildings and various other hard surfaces. Or maybe you haven't seen or noticed them in Paris, but you've seen similarly pixelated mosaics in one of the other 79 cities around the world where they can be found. Or maybe you have no idea what I'm talking about right now. Huh? Here's an example from Bolivia (click here if you can't see...
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It is widely rumoured that the upcoming iPhone 15 will replace its lightning charging port with a standard USB-C port. Maybe it doesn't happen next month, but it will happen before December 28, 2024. Because this is the conformity deadline that the European Union has set for standardized wired charging.
This said, I am already feeling like everything has switched over. All of the charging cables in my bag right now are USB-C. And I just realized that I'm going to need to buy some new travel adapters with USB-C ports, instead of USB-A (see above). This also means that hotels, airports, airplanes, and all other places around the world are going to need to start switching over to USB-C.
I'm thinking about this right now because we are incorporating USB plugs next to work areas in some of our development projects. And there's no point in going with USB-A any longer. That's done. What would be even better, though, is if we could get rid of the 15 different plug types that are used around the world and switch everything over to one standard.
Hopefully that's next.
It is widely rumoured that the upcoming iPhone 15 will replace its lightning charging port with a standard USB-C port. Maybe it doesn't happen next month, but it will happen before December 28, 2024. Because this is the conformity deadline that the European Union has set for standardized wired charging.
This said, I am already feeling like everything has switched over. All of the charging cables in my bag right now are USB-C. And I just realized that I'm going to need to buy some new travel adapters with USB-C ports, instead of USB-A (see above). This also means that hotels, airports, airplanes, and all other places around the world are going to need to start switching over to USB-C.
I'm thinking about this right now because we are incorporating USB plugs next to work areas in some of our development projects. And there's no point in going with USB-A any longer. That's done. What would be even better, though, is if we could get rid of the 15 different plug types that are used around the world and switch everything over to one standard.
Hopefully that's next.
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