I figured at some point, the thrill of being published would go away.
Fortunately, it seems that is not the case, as I was certainly excited to see my first piece for The Escapist go live this morning. Stumbling into the Kingdom of Loathing is the story of how an online browser-based RPG based around [...]
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The accidental Linux user
A funny thing happened when I installed a new hard drive last week. I ended up switching to Linux.
I realize that’s kind of like saying I accidentally walked in a Buddhist temple and now I’m a convert, but it happened.
After popping a new hard drive in my trusty laptop, I reinstalled Windows XP then once [...]
Who do they think they’re fooling?
While clearing out my spam folder (I always do a quick check for false positives) one actually caught my eye. It was addressed directly to me, using my correct name, not just my e-mail address. It was announcing some kind of new search engine, who will not be named as I do not wish to [...]
The Rogers iPhone SNAFU
So, it seems all those folks who’ve been waiting a year with bated breath for Rogers to unleash Apple’s iPhone are not only disappointed, they’re downright angry.
Upon discovering that the base plan includes only 150 daytime minutes and 400 megabytes of monthly data on this data hungry monster, some have taken to protest at [...]
iotum launches Calliflower
Really cool stuff is happening in Ottawa’s tech sector right now and this week’s big announcement is iotum’s launch of Calliflower, a web-based service for managing conference calls.
iotum has made in a name for itself in the voice-over-Internet-protocol space over the past year with their FREE Conference Calls app for Facebook, though CEO Alec [...]
Finally! A real data plan from Rogers!
Wireless data has been an absolute joke in Canada for years with early plans starting at 500 kilobytes of data per month (what on earth can someone do with 500k?!?)
As time wore on, Canada’s wireless providers started to get with the program, very slowly, but still not giving us for $20 per month for unlimited [...]
Is online video really a threat?
I am now wondering just how much of a threat online video really is to Hollywood movies and television studios and whatnot. Yesterday, I got put on very sudden house-sitting duty as a friend of mine needed to leave and someone had to hang around her place to let an electrician in.
Well, as compensation, [...]
Book Launch 2.0
Another linked video since I’ve been too lazy to write anything in here…good stuff though:
A disgusting act of cowardice
If I may, I need to step away from my usual ramblings about technology and self-employment to rant about something that truly makes me sick.
Living in downtown Ottawa, the ByWard Market is frequent stop for me. Walking through, it’s hard not to notice Craazy Dave.
Dave’s “home” is a milk crate behind the Rideau [...]
Xobni - a day late, a buck short for me
Xobni, a product I’ve been interested in for some time has finally been released to the public.
It’s a Microsoft Outlook extension that claims to find the “hidden social network” in your e-mails. It’s functions do look really cool. For example, when you click the profile of someone you e-mail regularly, it’ll show things like [...]
