Blog - Jim Letourneau's Blog

[...] to trucks, but worse than trains. The average releases for 2005-2009 were 11,286 gallons per billion ton-miles by pipeline, 13,707 gallons per billion ton-miles by roadway, but only 3,504 gallons per [...]

[...] The Vancouver Resource Investment Conference now known by the #VRIC14 hashtag is looming. I'll spare you yet another long [...]

[...] Don't miss the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference #VRIC14) this weekend. Please drop by table 12 and say hello. I'll be presenting [...]

[...] exports (metals and agriculture) are falling in value as well. In my talk at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference I pointed out Canada's relative lack of economic diversification. Canadian [...]

[...] raw video. The ideal of handing out portable DV cams to citizen journalists was born of technological innovation. Technological innovation has killed DV cams but today we have a nearly infinite number [...]

[...] Arcade Fire hordes trundle off to the Saddledome in their finery reminded me of this awesome Noel Gallagher interview in Rolling Stone. I've excerpted his thoughts on Arcade Fire. Did you hear Arcade [...]

I'll say it again... the Karl Pilkington of rock! [...]

[...] , real and perceived, are now documented in excruciating detail. Which brings me to the Bundy Ranch story. Cliven Bundy runs cattle in the middle of a desert north of Las Vegas. Bundy's cattle [...]

My wife Julia said that she didn't like having a plain black fitness bracelet. I said she should put rhinestones on it. That led to a Kickstarter camp [...]

Jawbone Up  is a product that is becoming popular but is not a household word yet. An Up is part of the wearable computing trend. An Up is part of t [...]

[...] ...try doing something useful. A few facts about millionaires by Floyd Saunders. Play the Millionaires Game from Floyd Saunders [...]

[...] bracelets come in “different prints.” I didn't really think too much about making a Kickstarter video. If you look at them they're as good as most Hollywood movie trailers. Slick as hell. [...]