Another year, another decade. I welcome 2010 as I think the next decade will be just as good and lets hope, injury free.

When I celebrated the year 2000 with family and friends, I was wondering what would come of the next 10 years. Well…many things happened. I am now a full time employee of Mitel Networks and have been since I graduated in 2001 from Carleton University.  I moved into my first home not long ago, and enjoy my new “automotive” hobby with a passion as many of you are likely noticing from my other blog entitled “My Garage”.

What will come of 2010 and beyond? Only time will tell, but I plan to keep most of you all up to date on the happenings of the day whether it be in my life or an event that is worth blogging about like I have been for the past year. I can’t keep blogging about myself all the time as it would get a little to boring for most of you.

Oh yeah, the most important piece of news related to work is the fact that Mitel has filed a prospectus with the SEC in the U.S. for IPO. You can read about it all here on the Ottawa Business Journal Website.

That is it for 2009, see you all in 2010.

The day after I put up the lights, it was a frosty morning and just before I left for the day, I noticed this cob-web on the neighbours property. The weight of the frost likely weighted the web down a bit, but this is the first time I got a chance to see this in person….hope you enjoy the pictures.

This is amazing news as this will give home to many amputee’s moving forward, please read on….

Provided by: The Canadian Press
Written by: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ROME – A group of European scientists say they have successfully connected a robotic hand to a man who had lost an arm, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial hand and control it with his thoughts.

The experiment lasted a month. Scientists say it was the first time an amputee has been able to make complex movements using his mind to control a biomechanic hand connected to his nervous system.

The Italian-led team said at a news conference Wednesday in Rome that last year they implanted electrodes into the arm of the patient, who had lost his left hand and forearm in a car accident.

The electrodes were removed after a month, during which the man learned to wiggle the robotic fingers and make other movements.