Subject: Harper Government coughs up the dough for the Thirty Metre Telescope
Harper Government coughs up the dough for the Thirty Metre Telescope
April 7th, 2015 at 9:28 am ESTHello Friend, Well the good news is that the Conservative government has made the commitment for it's shareof the funding for the Thirty Meter Telescope being built in Hawaii, on the summit of Mauna Kea. That's 243.5 million dollars over the next 1 ...
You can't have it both ways
April 6th, 2015 at 4:07 pm ESTHello Friend, Last week I told you about a new CCD Imaging video camera designed and engineeredby Rock Mallin of Ottawa, Canada, the Mallincam Micro Super I then received an email from reader Emma, in Nova Scotia who wanted to know: "Designed and en ...
What did the Easter Bunny bring?
April 4th, 2015 at 2:28 pm ESTHello Friend, Sadly, this might be the first year I don't get a dark chocolate Lindt Bunny for Easter. Why? Well the truth is that I've just got to many chocolates around the house already There is a box of Purdy's chocolates sitting on my desk, and ...
New Special Offers from Celestron
April 2nd, 2015 at 1:10 pm ESTCelestron AVX and Omni XLT Sale ﾠ Cool savings on many Celestron refractors, reflectors and SCT and Edge HD models . Check out the savings here on all models of the Celestron 6" to 11" Advanced VX series right now. You can save from $100 to $27 ...
The Mclaughlin Planetarium Saved!
April 1st, 2015 at 4:19 pm ESTHello Friend, Ok, not really. Sorry...... After all it is April Fools day. ;-) But here is the real deal. The long defunct McLaughlin Planetarium, as part of the Royal Ontario Museum, here in Torontohas not been in operation for many years. In all ...
Finally a product designed and engineered in Canada
March 31st, 2015 at 1:31 pm ESTHello Friend, It's not often I get to brag about a new product designed and engineered in Canada. Was chatting with my buddy Rock Mallin from Ottawa this morning who is really excited about his latest product launch. Introducing..... The New Mallin ...
Don't be ashamed
March 30th, 2015 at 4:35 pm ESTHello Friend, The first real signs of Spring arriving are here. You can feel it in the air. The birds chirping, the squirrels coming out of hibernation (and reeking havoc on the birdfeedersI might add). But it's all good. Winter being as cold as it ...
Cat got your tongue?
March 26th, 2015 at 3:57 pm ESTHello Friend, That's an old English expression, which basically means that you don't know what to sayand so the response is complete silence. And the cat got my tongue yesterday, when I was speaking to a customer and they said something to me, that ...
Celestron owners: This great new gadget simplifies your observing
March 25th, 2015 at 4:29 pm ESTTurn your smartphone or tablet into your own personal planetarium and observatory! Get WiFi Access to the Universe with the Celestron SkyQ Link 2 WiFi Module. Simply plug it into your telescope's Hand Control or AUX port and connect to its wireless ...
Thou infectious bat-fowling pumpion
March 24th, 2015 at 4:19 pm ESTHello Friend, Playwright William Shakespeare once said: "It is not in the stars to hold our destinies, but in ourselves". He might have been making some reference to astrology, but I'm not certain. Shakespeare wrote and said many brilliant thing ...