Out to Lunch Creations – it almost makes me want to cook
Posted in My LifeI hate cooking. With a passion. I believe that anything that takes longer than 10 minutes to put together is beyond being worthy of its time investment. That said, everything on this...
View ArticleWhy I stopped using Google+
Posted in Apps,Rants,Reviews,TechnologyMy feelings towards Google+ were best described by Alex Albrecht on an episode of Diggnation a few weeks back when he said “I’m hesitantly optimistic [about...
View ArticleHP TouchPad only $100 at Future Shop, now an over-powered e-book reader
Posted in UncategorizedQuick link to the TouchPad at Future Shop. This past Sunday I walked in to Future Shop and was informed that just a few days before, staff were able to purchase the new HP...
View ArticleRogers: I don’t hate you, I hate your policies.
Posted in Rants,TechnologyHere we go again. Another Rogers ‘experience’ in the bag and another decision to avoid using Rogers. I mentioned in my last rant about Rogers (iPhone Unlocking Policy) that I...
View ArticleMoving your calendars from MobileMe to iCloud
Posted in Reviews,Technology If you recently completed the great move of 2011, from MobileMe to iCloud and your Apple ID uses a different email address than your MobileMe email, then you’ve likely now...
View ArticleSteam for Mac: still a UI disaster
Posted in Apps,Rants,ReviewsBack in my dark ages of computing, when I only had a PC and I pirated just about every game and application I used, Steam was launched, promising to revolutionize the gaming...
View ArticleRe-CAPTCHA WTF?
Posted in My Life,TechnologyThere happens to be a lot of websites and postings of funny or strange website CAPTCHA codes. Most of the time, they’re because of amusing or odd combinations of words that...
View ArticleTelus does in fact unlock iPhones
Posted in UncategorizedAbout a year ago I remember reading an article about Telus unlocking all phones by request within 90 days of contract (essentially beyond the return policy – makes sense!) At the...
View ArticleFirefox: 16 versions later, still fails at the details
Posted in Apps,Rants,TechnologyThere once was a time in my pre-Mac days when Firefox was the only browser I would use. IE blew chunks (it mostly still does) and Google Chrome wasn’t even a browser yet,...
View ArticleMaps on iOS6: Pretty good around here
Posted in UncategorizedWith the removal of Google apps from iOS, Apple had to find alternate data sources for their mapping application. Although they have data from over 10 different sources, their...
View ArticleHigh CPU use caused by SystemUIServer?
Posted in Apps,TechnologyI’ve been plagued by this issue for months now wherein the SystemUIServer daemon on Mac OS X 10.8.x has been consuming massive amounts of CPU. The visible results of this...
View ArticleCompanies with great customer service
Posted in UncategorizedI’ve often used this blog as a place to list applications and companies that have angered, annoyed or frustrated me. I would like to think that the (albeit minimal) exposure that...
View ArticleA quick update on Firefox: version 41
Posted in Rants,Reviews,TechnologyI recently decided to try Firefox again after this failure from a couple years back at just measly little v16. I’m now on v41 and have largely found many of the same...
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