thesavvyboomer
Blog URL http://www.thesavvyboomer.com
Located Richmond, British Columbia Canada
Tags boomer, seniors, retirement, mature, elder, 50 plus, social networking, canada, generation
A blogger from the generation that formed the tech landscape. Discuss issues and items of interest to boomers with a focus on technology.
Latest Blog Posts
- American calls IOC "Taliban of the Olympics" on Nov 16, 2009 in Canada Olympics
On Friday, the BC Court of Appeal upheld the BC Supreme Court decision to deny women ski jumpers the right to be included in the 2010 Winter Olympics Games to be held in Vancouver. It seems that none really qualified...
- It helped to be tech savvy to get 2010 winter Olympic tickets on Nov 15, 2009 in Canada Olympics
I guess the 2010 Vancouver winter Olympics is going to give me some blogging material over the next few weeks. Last week, it was the ticket fiasco which finally worked for a few people today. I even managed to score...
- Lest We Forget on Nov 11, 2009 in Canada
Today is Remembrance Day in Canada. We can never forget those who died for Canada as well as those who served. Click on the link below to see portraits of all the Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan in the last...
- Vancouver Olympics manage to piss off several thousand, probably a few million on Nov 8, 2009 in British Columbia Canada Sports
You'd think that the VANOC folks would expect a few hundred thousand hits on their servers when they put the final 2010 Vancouver winter Olympics tickets on sale this morning. They failed, finally cancelling the sales for a week because...
- We don't need no stinkin' corkscrews on Nov 8, 2009 in Food and Drink YOUTUBE
It used to be that if you bought a bottle of wine with a screw top, you were a wino. Now I really don't like buying any wine with a cork. So what happens if you buy a bottle of...
- Hey restaurant servers-Want a bigger tip? on Oct 31, 2009 in Food and Drink
I would love to find a restaurant that had this list of rules for their staff. This is posted on the New York Times website. 1. Do not let anyone enter the restaurant without a warm greeting. 2. Do not...
- Snabbo addresses time warp for boomers? on Oct 26, 2009 in Social networking
Mark at Going Like Sixty sent me an email about a new baby boomer site Snabbo. I figured he must have been looking at an old site because after all the Facebook type boomer sites that have failed, no one...
