http://richardgustin.com Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:54:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It seems like I've been writing this post for months - which I have, but now I'm going to settle down and finish it! It's true - I'm very lazy, so I'll just add some stuff to the front of a post I never finished from last fall (at least ... http://richardgustin.com/2011/01/oh-lucky-man/ As many of you already know, the CRTC has "gazetted" the Bluepoint Investment Corporation's application to transfer and make some changes to the broadcast licence for SCN. In March, the Government of Saskatchewan announced as part of the new provincial budget that it intended to shut down SCN, the province's educational ... http://richardgustin.com/2010/10/why-i-hope-you-will-support-bluepoints-scn-licence-application/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="Hand drawn SCN logo"][/caption] It's now been two months since Bluepoint bought and took over the operation of SCN on behalf of the current licence holder, the Government of Saskatchewan. Bluepoint's founder and CEO, Bruce Claassen was in Regina in July for a press conference, a tour ... http://richardgustin.com/2010/09/wow-its-been-two-months-already/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="SCN logo"][/caption] To members of SCN Matters July 9, 2010 Week one SCN update Hi there I know you all want to know what is happening with SCN and Bluepoint so here is a first week update. The Bluepoint Investment Corporation of Oakville Ontario closed the deal with the Government of Saskatchewan ... http://richardgustin.com/2010/07/july-9-scnbluepoint-update/ Dear members of SCN Matters [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="Hand drawn SCN logo"][/caption] I want to start by thanking all of you for working so hard to let everyone know how important SCN has been to our community. Thank you for saying the metrics used to justify the closing of the service ... http://richardgustin.com/2010/06/a-letter-to-the-members-of-scn-matters/ On going off-line and for a walk without my blackberry It's been a frantic week or so here in Saskatchewan as a result of the provincial government shutting down SCN, our provincial public educational television service. I will be posting a longer piece on this shortly, but for the sake of ... http://richardgustin.com/2010/04/21st-century-naked/ This post is about mothers, and families. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="202" caption="Ruth Gustin, 96, Middletown, Connecticut"][/caption]In January my mother, Ruth Gustin, passed away at the age of 96. She was one of the lucky ones and was bright and engaged right up till the end. She lived on her own until ... http://richardgustin.com/2010/04/family-matters/ Thank you SCN and its staff rally Regina, March 31 [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="Applause for SCN"][/caption] A sad day - Today was the last day for most of the staff at SCN, which for almost 20 years was Saskatchewan's educational public broadcaster. Between 250 and 300 people came down to the ... http://richardgustin.com/2010/04/thank-you-scn/ Okay, I'll admit it - I still have a soft spot for old fashioned film based photography. I am saddened by the wholesale switch to digital and yet find our little Canon power shots are being used all the time while the extensive family of film based cameras sit unused ... http://richardgustin.com/2010/03/confessions-of-a-photography-junkie/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="Buddha ponders life's journey as exemplified by the long suffering ball"][/caption] As I get older, it seems more and more people I know are turning to golf as a way of pretending that they are going out and exercising. Over the past several years I've watched many ... http://richardgustin.com/2010/02/buddhist-golf/