Santa Claus parades or Christmas pageants are parades held in some countries to celebrate the official opening of the Christmas season with the arrival of Santa Claus. The parades usually include themed floats, dancing or marching groups and bands playing Christmas songs. […]

Ash is a very popular dish among Iranians.  The Persian word for cook is ashpaz, literally  maker of the soup. The word kitchen in Persian is ashpaz-khaneh, that is the house of the cook. This should indicate the importance of the word ash and the role that soup used to play in the lives of […]

Halloween is around the corner and pumpkins are on sale!

Tim Hortons, the largest coffee and donut chain in Canada, was giving away free coffee to people at Dundas Square. People were staying in a long line-up for getting their free coffee. This event was a promotion for their new coffee, Coffee Latte.

My PDA is back after a period of having a broken LCD and is ready to serve its master!

I found this single disk in one of the Ryerson’s computer lab. A 3½-inch floppy disk which is labled ” Microsoft Office Professional - Disk 21” !!
Can you imagine installing Microsoft Office from more than 20 floppy disks?!