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Why Internet users should ride motorcycles

When an article in the June issue of Wired based on a book by Nicholas Carr first started me thinking about this topic, I intended to post my thoughts on my Media Gleaner blog. Adapted from Carr’s book The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, which was released this month, at first […]

2010 International Female Ride Day

Blustery wind, bouts of torrential rain, thunder and a lightning show didn’t keep women from showing up for the Toronto Rally for the Ride Home for the 2010 International Female Ride Day tonight. The rally was organized and hosted by International Female Ride Day founder, Vicki Gray, aka Motoress, at the Keating Channel Pub on […]

‘Supertaskers’ who can drive and talk are rare

Think you can safely drive and talk on your cell phone at the same time? Then you probably can’t. A new study shows that ‘Supertaskers’ who can drive and talk on phone are rare – only 2.5% of population can do it. Even more interesting, the people who *think* they can do it safely are […]

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