Maybe their plan is to make it up with volume: http://t.co/1r6F99c2 #BeBold
Fri 2012.02.03, 6:03pm
That's a whole lot of nostalgia for $15, thanks @GOGCom! These will populate boxer nicely: http://t.co/WUDjAPGG http://t.co/Saldbci0
Fri 2012.02.03, 8:56am
Why build a modern successor to their obsolete graphing calculator phones. All RIM needs is shiny marketing! #BeBold http://t.co/LBCgYWxS
Tue 2012.01.31, 1:23pm
The new AirPort Utility 6.0 is a dumbed down abomination. 5.6 can co-exist and is available here: http://t.co/GDz2czJL
Mon 2012.01.30, 7:17pm
160 calories per serving, ptsh! When will they stop pretending a 'serving' is anything less than the whole damn bag? http://t.co/Jsucr1qa
Sun 2012.01.29, 1:07pm
Attempted to add X11 to my @freebsd box and take XFCE for a spin... No dice. It seems the Intel GMA 3150 is not well supported out of the box.
Thu 2012.01.26, 10:16pm
Until someone tells me otherwise, I'm thinking Safari is just getting hot and bothered over Apple's $46.33 billion dollar quarter. #iCash
Tue 2012.01.24, 2:41pm
Twice today, I'm startled by a jet turbine caused by Safari having its way with both my CPU's cores. What gives?! http://t.co/EvciKNMU
Tue 2012.01.24, 2:33pm
Oooooh, shiny! #iCertified http://t.co/yhABRyou
Tue 2012.01.24, 12:23pm
Had my ring cleaned and redipped. Don't know if it'll solve the skin irritation, but it sure is shiny... http://t.co/bTiEk9OT
Mon 2012.01.23, 6:23pm
So long old friend, thanks for the decade of cycles... #lasthalt
Wed 2012.01.18, 5:59pm
My Mini-ITX Atom board has arrived. System is assembled, @FreeBSD 9.0 has been installed... Now the endless port compiling... #shiny
Tue 2012.01.17, 8:50pm
'World IPv6 Launch' is June 6, 2012: http://t.co/JoX7XJXR Hooray! #babysteps #natmustdie
Tue 2012.01.17, 10:06am
Attempting to consume literature via an old fashioned stack of dead tree based material. No zoom gestures. My place isn't retained. No fun!
Sun 2012.01.15, 3:54pm
Impressive web based port of "Cut the Rope." I think we can safely write off any future for Flash at this point. http://t.co/Ru58QT2R
Tue 2012.01.10, 8:29am
Of the sites that require security questions, I prefer the ones allow a custom question: Q: Are security questions stupid? A: Yes!
Mon 2012.01.09, 11:34am
Ordered AWESOME hardware to replace my ancient @freebsd box! Mini-ITX Atom D525 and a Fractal Design Array R2 case. #wifesaidno #diditanyway
Wed 2012.01.04, 1:40pm
Time for my annual "Why do I have to spin up @virtualbox to run @TurboTaxCanada on my superior computer?!" tweet... http://t.co/TbacySI6
Tue 2012.01.03, 6:30pm
The rumored Apple event this month involves iBooks? Maybe they'll drop the DRM nonsense like they did for music... That'd be huge!
Mon 2012.01.02, 11:27pm
How much contempt for their readers does a web publisher require to inflict these obnoxious hovering @Chitika ads on them?
Mon 2012.01.02, 5:46pm
Happy New Year! #11111011100 #MMXII
Sun 2012.01.01, 12:00am
Dead iPod problem: solved! Ok... So I spoil her a little bit... But can YOU say no to that smile?! http://t.co/HMSFa4Tc
Sat 2011.12.31, 11:39am
Natalie's hand-me-down 2nd gen iPod Touch died... Will not power up. All attempts to convince her that it's a permanent problem have failed.
Fri 2011.12.30, 9:25pm
Did the alarm built in to the iPhone clock app not go off, or have I become highly effective at disabling it in my sleep? #recurringquestion
Fri 2011.12.30, 11:06am
Wha?! Who's there!? What do you want?! Oh... It's my inner monologue... Haven't heard you in a while... #emptyoffice #silence
Tue 2011.12.27, 9:58am
It's almost like I'm not the only one trying to redeem an iTunes card at this moment...
Sun 2011.12.25, 9:57am
For @freebsd users bitten by the expiration of the bind9-sdb-ldap port: bind97-sdb is a drop-in replacement without the vulnerabilities.
Fri 2011.12.23, 9:44pm
Hooray, my unrelenting consumption of @Starbucks is not going unappreciated! #moarcoffee http://t.co/Puaxf7p7
Fri 2011.12.23, 8:08pm
Sold! http://t.co/mWWYWzls
Thu 2011.12.22, 7:23pm
When did @henet start offering free DNS hosting? Excellent! https://t.co/2YkBUfuk
Mon 2011.12.19, 10:41pm
UNIX argument to set your source IP address for... telnet: telnet -b traceroute: tracerout -s ping: ping -I Yay for consistency!
Thu 2011.12.15, 3:05pm
Only one useful piece of info in this error message Chrome is now spewing and it's truncated. Handy! #dumberrors http://t.co/Dr4vBM0D
Wed 2011.12.14, 11:48am
What kind of geek would I be if I didn't wireshark this Rogers 'One Number' business? It's SIP! Nice! http://t.co/Elf9TDyR
Tue 2011.12.13, 1:06pm
Checking out "Rogers One Number" http://t.co/gE773KFG Looks interesting!
Tue 2011.12.13, 12:24pm
What's with all the TextMate excitement? Text editing is a solved problem since 1976! This is the only editor you need: http://t.co/rr2IJ2No
Mon 2011.12.12, 4:15pm
Finally trying out @tweetbot, it's a little too 'cute' for my liking, but has some NICE features... Why'd Twitter have to wreck Tweetie?! :(
Fri 2011.12.09, 1:04pm
Our tax dollars at work: http://t.co/OfChrCpp #ludicrous #boondoggle
Thu 2011.12.08, 8:18pm
What have they done to my Twitter client?!
Thu 2011.12.08, 2:50pm
Ah... Home sweet home... Home is where the bandwidth is! http://t.co/S7QE9qqt
Fri 2011.12.02, 7:51pm
...it started fine, now at a complete standstill. Eta: maybe next week at this rate. Radio keeps saying we shouldn't be here...
Fri 2011.12.02, 4:11pm
Attempting to get back home via the QE2... This ones on you, @ClaudioVirga!
Fri 2011.12.02, 2:59pm
Attending the MS Lync Ignite sessions. Shamelessly completed my name tag sign. http://t.co/kxbetRpz
Mon 2011.11.28, 12:58pm
Impatiently waiting for the @NAVIGON_ update for the Canada only version... Why must we be last... Something we said?! http://t.co/HocAD9dz
Thu 2011.11.17, 4:11pm
How can the 'designers' in this video say anything beyond "MacBook Pro knock-off" with a straight face? #sad http://t.co/Hd1WAFhG
Wed 2011.11.16, 9:31pm
Well... I WAS making good time... http://t.co/M6il7UjV
Tue 2011.11.15, 5:34pm
Time for another treacherous commute...
Tue 2011.11.15, 8:22am
Yuck. It's snowing.
Mon 2011.11.14, 2:57pm
Hooray for @Distributel swag. Nobody makes hats with capacity for my cranius maximus, but cool nonetheless! http://t.co/XSDvTlCk
Thu 2011.11.10, 9:13am
Kudos to @comcast for taking IPv6 seriously and moving forward: http://t.co/yb35XSjT - pay attention @ShawInfo!
Wed 2011.11.09, 11:59am
'Apple Store' App is finally in Canada: http://t.co/uMUHu2Wf
Tue 2011.11.08, 8:22am
Dear web developers that write code claiming my @lemire.name address is invalid: Please quit your job and die in a fire! #incompetentidiots
Sat 2011.11.05, 8:06pm
I find it a little amusing that I learnt of the first snowfall of this year from Twitter... Instead of... Looking outside?
Fri 2011.11.04, 7:10am
Hooray for #toys! One less reason to put down the iPhone, no more hunting for the remote. Thanks @Logitech! http://t.co/aTOthpZB
Thu 2011.11.03, 4:59pm
Success! Jessie and I now have a shared iCloud Photo Stream while still maintaining our own separate contacts, calendars, etc. Convenient!
Wed 2011.10.26, 8:19pm
Thrilled with #yegcc's decision on the #yegarena. It'll make this view from my office window far more interesting! http://t.co/ovcRV4xz
Wed 2011.10.26, 2:22pm
Am I missing something or does FreeBSD's kernel based NAT not support redirect_address like the natd implementation?
Sat 2011.10.22, 7:51pm
Adding Kraft Parmesan to Kraft Dinner... Why has nobody told me this before?!
Sat 2011.10.22, 12:17pm
Hey, @ShawInfo this is the most brain damaged feature in television history. How does it know my kids aren't watching?! http://t.co/lnOXIwyI
Mon 2011.10.17, 5:50pm
One iPhone down, one more to go. Selling ice water in hell would be more difficult...
Mon 2011.10.17, 4:59pm
Jessie and I have now posted our previous generation iPhones on Kijiji. Let's see how long they'll stay there... http://t.co/rQMRsLor
Sun 2011.10.16, 6:31pm
...and now a truckload of e-waste. Apparently my basement is where old tech goes to die. http://t.co/BX6XpvQy
Sat 2011.10.15, 4:15pm
What a load of crap! Gotta purge every decade or so I guess. http://t.co/NkzBlL1O
Sat 2011.10.15, 1:18pm
Ok... AirPlay mirroring is very awesome!
Sat 2011.10.15, 8:53am
Me: What do you look like naked? Siri: Shiny! So... awesome!
Fri 2011.10.14, 10:01am
Targets acquired. Heading home.
Fri 2011.10.14, 7:50am
I'm assuming the cheers are people leaving with iPhones. Can't see from here.
Fri 2011.10.14, 6:59am
Sweeeeeet caffeine! http://t.co/d5fCgdIB
Fri 2011.10.14, 6:13am
Southgate Apple Store is sold out of the 32 GB White iPhone 4S.
Fri 2011.10.14, 5:51am
Booyah! http://t.co/eTMjWUBF
Fri 2011.10.14, 5:45am
Line up behind me at the Southgate Apple store is starting to grow significantly. http://t.co/DMF6p4Oq
Fri 2011.10.14, 4:57am
Killed some time with Tetris... Little more than two hours until the Apple Store opens... Need coffee. http://t.co/qcVuQm1b
Fri 2011.10.14, 4:45am
Only four more hours until Apple Southgate opens its doors... But when does the @Starbucks cart make its round? #yeg
Fri 2011.10.14, 3:07am
No longer last in line at the Southgate Apple Store.
Fri 2011.10.14, 2:55am
Not exactly first in line! http://t.co/EttU1L7Q
Fri 2011.10.14, 2:38am
I've arrived. There's something to be said about having the road all to yourself!
Fri 2011.10.14, 2:35am
Well... I'm awake. Might as well head to the Apple Store... How's that Southgate lineup looking?
Fri 2011.10.14, 2:07am
Alarm set... Time to get a little bit of sleep before facing the iStampede. http://t.co/7pqKfU5r
Thu 2011.10.13, 10:14pm
New Ubuntu released?! This is the first release that I didn't start playing with in the beta stage in a LONG time. Better get on it!
Thu 2011.10.13, 6:31pm
Seriously? First we lose the man who finally brought UNIX to the desktop, now we lose the father of UNIX?! What a week. RIP Dennis Ritchie.
Wed 2011.10.12, 8:11pm
Well, it wasn't @Batman but my windows are clean... Thank you, kind sir! http://t.co/TOlgyZhH
Wed 2011.10.12, 10:00am
That you again, @Batman? Try not to leave footprints on my window this time... http://t.co/YXSdssUm
Wed 2011.10.12, 9:41am
If Siri is even 30% accurate, McDonalds could replace the employees that took my order with an iPhone 4S and it'd be a dramatic improvement.
Tue 2011.10.11, 4:55pm
Loving the iMessage synchronization between iOS devices. Ludicrously slick.
Fri 2011.10.07, 7:32pm
What's this now? X-Files on @netflix? Nice!! http://t.co/5uMIEzPk
Wed 2011.10.05, 8:52pm
Farewell Steve, some people sold sugar water... You changed the world! http://t.co/ZnJ6o8nj #rip
Wed 2011.10.05, 4:53pm
The day of the iPhone 4S keynote I learn my car needs a $440 replacement 'multi-switch sensor' if I want my headlights to work again. #fml
Tue 2011.10.04, 12:40pm
It seems like Twitter might be the only realtime medium to survive this iPhone keynote. Impressive?
Tue 2011.10.04, 10:02am
Question of the day: Will Apple somehow entice me into a new iPhone this year or can I skip a generation? What's Tim Cook'in?
Tue 2011.10.04, 6:57am
Reading the 'Building Windows 8' blog and MS' statistical approach to software design sheds some real insight into how 'ribbon' happened.
Mon 2011.10.03, 2:49pm
Hey @ThinkTel_Canada guess who's certified with @CounterPath's awesome Bria product? http://t.co/v3Xctxsc
Mon 2011.10.03, 12:11pm
Remember when you had to leave your home to rent movies... and then you had to remember to bring them back? Good times... #longago
Sat 2011.10.01, 7:52pm
Finally picked up a UPS for my @freebsd box: http://t.co/8SRGlog9 Wait, discontinued? Silly Best Buy. All well, it's supported by apcupsd.
Fri 2011.09.30, 8:36pm
Hooray, after three long months the massive crater on my rear-end is finally better! #shiny http://t.co/353BgqLC
Wed 2011.09.28, 8:19am
Great view from the Muttart Conservatory. #yegFAD http://t.co/y9jHnLKh
Sun 2011.09.25, 12:42pm
This will almost certainly replace my @Logitech Harmony remote: http://t.co/IvcNz33l
Tue 2011.09.20, 2:38pm
The force is strong with this one... http://t.co/erIzqXFk
Sun 2011.09.18, 4:40pm
Cold called by @globeandmail. Sorry, I'm not interested in paper. Offering to deliver less often doesn't make the medium less obsolete.
Tue 2011.09.13, 10:58am
Woohoo, it's been a year since I quit smoking! #yayforme #madeit #moremoneyfortoys http://t.co/Wh6ZJuk
Tue 2011.09.13, 9:05am
An Asterisk box I maintain was power cycled today. Its uptime: 1400 days. Last reboot was Nov 9, 2007. Impressive. #Gentoo #sadface #badups
Fri 2011.09.09, 4:18pm
Clearly a prerequisite to further exploration. I applaud the notion: http://t.co/2u7cFOE
Thu 2011.09.01, 9:51am
Slick JPEG recompression service, I'm impressed. My portrait went from 4.5 MB to just 651 KB. No perceivable artifacts. http://t.co/NOxf8qO
Wed 2011.08.31, 11:39am
This is the best news I've heard all day, but I still wish they'd just let me leave with the pot and be done with it! http://t.co/GQCwfyH
Mon 2011.08.29, 2:54pm
There are no suitable words... http://t.co/yUgV3OR
Wed 2011.08.24, 4:58pm
Mmmm, 12 GB of SIP signalling... 18,043,854 packets... Going to chew this for a while... http://t.co/QPg6b6P
Fri 2011.08.12, 4:11pm
Xync works acceptably well, but they *desperately* need to hire UI and graphic design staff! http://t.co/lvZejRE
Thu 2011.08.11, 6:48pm
Boom. http://t.co/3wy2M8l
Tue 2011.08.09, 10:33am
Sometimes its all about timing...
Wed 2011.08.03, 12:59pm
Safari 5.1 in Lion has a broken address bar! Long URLs are truncated with an ellipsis - the crime is it also copies that way! #misfeature
Fri 2011.07.29, 8:00pm
After a week of use, I have to say I don't like Lion's 'Resume' feature. Call me old school, but I prefer apps to start with a clean slate.
Fri 2011.07.29, 2:14pm
Being colour blind, this is especially critical: Contrast Rebellion - to hell with low-contrast fonts! http://t.co/MqRdYlR
Tue 2011.07.26, 11:49am
Hooray for full-screen @colloquyapp in OS X Lion! #hack http://t.co/CV6lk2d
Mon 2011.07.25, 4:02pm
Lookie here, it's an over the air update! Neat! http://t.co/XEvIT0m
Fri 2011.07.22, 2:54pm
In fairness, I really should have a 'Solicitors will be relentlessly mocked on @twitter' sign on my front door...
Thu 2011.07.21, 6:12pm
Last time I had someone that aggressive, slimy and misleading on my doorstep they were wearing a @Just_Energy tag instead of the @telus one.
Thu 2011.07.21, 6:02pm
Telus would have won on price, but unfortunately, that's not very high on my 'important criteria' list when choosing service providers.
Thu 2011.07.21, 5:55pm
Telus scare tactics: implied security risk from cable's shared medium. The INTERNET is shared, moron, it's why we have cryptography.
Thu 2011.07.21, 5:50pm
Telus spent 15 minutes wasting their breath trying to sell me something... Anything. Told him to come back when "Optik" means FTTH. #sad
Thu 2011.07.21, 5:45pm
Lion download complete. Excuse me while I hug my DOCSIS 3 modem with its blazing 100 Mbps connection from @ShawInfo. #biggerpipes
Wed 2011.07.20, 6:01am
Yay! Lion download in progress. #sold
Wed 2011.07.20, 5:53am
Waiting patiently in line in the Mac 'App Store' for Lion's release... Why hasn't anyone brought me a @Starbucks?
Wed 2011.07.20, 5:21am
A pre-emptive 3% credit on my bill because the service I only pay $8 for was down briefly? Classy move @Netflix! #impressed
Mon 2011.07.18, 8:33pm
...@ucmikew went to #WPC11 with @ThinkTel_Canada and all I got was this AWESOME @Plantronics headset... #swag #thanks http://t.co/KNRb6LR
Mon 2011.07.18, 8:41am
Seriously, @EAMobile, how am I supposed to flaunt my insane Tetris abilities without Game Center support on iOS?! http://t.co/5NQecJ3
Wed 2011.07.13, 7:17pm
Is there some way around this error? Is there no way to reuse an address associated with an expired MobileMe for iCloud? http://t.co/G1KYgJh
Mon 2011.07.11, 8:54pm
The cloud is that thing that let's me doctor my bad family photos, right? #WPC11
Mon 2011.07.11, 9:44am
Looks like Google+ is allowing invites again? Is there anybody left that wants one?
Sat 2011.07.09, 4:55pm
I don't know how to put this, but I'm kind of a big deal. People know me... http://t.co/zEGEwVI
Sat 2011.07.09, 7:45am
Finally got around to sorting out my @Logitech Harmony 550 woes with the new @ShawInfo 'Total Home Portal.' http://t.co/pektXdN #success
Tue 2011.07.05, 7:39pm
Happy Canada Day, indeed! #sadbaby http://t.co/NJgEuWk
Fri 2011.07.01, 3:20pm
Just got onboard with Google+ thanks @paulletourneau! Initial impressions are good. #newtoy
Thu 2011.06.30, 7:31pm
My Plantronics met my Maytag last Friday. It's been in a coma until this morning. Now it lives! Woohoo!
Thu 2011.06.30, 9:30am
Looking a little ominous out there. #yeg #weather http://t.co/f1JHWEd
Wed 2011.06.29, 3:39pm
One more nail in the Flash coffin: http://t.co/M3ol1sA
Tue 2011.06.28, 12:29pm
What's with the smoky haze? http://t.co/i3AP6WZ
Mon 2011.06.27, 8:53am
My car got remodeled in the parking lot. At least they left a note. #sadface #poordodge http://t.co/IFcq5dF
Fri 2011.06.24, 6:20pm
As slick as the Nokia N9 looks on the surface, why have they bothered to release a phone based on a platform they intend to abandon. #fail
Fri 2011.06.24, 12:49pm
Nothing against the hot pink hand-me-down case I was using before, but this is an improvement. Thanks @JessieLemire! http://t.co/NgyggAG
Sun 2011.06.19, 1:39pm
I disapprove of the glass on the roof below my office that reflects the sun and blinds me as a pace around... http://t.co/mFYa9MT
Fri 2011.06.17, 4:03pm
Awesome. Screen Sharing under Lion actually bothers to look up AAAA records. #IPv6
Fri 2011.06.17, 2:47pm
Syncing and updating my iPhone via a cable, theoretically for the last time. Hooray for WiFi syncing and over the air updates in iOS 5!
Sun 2011.06.12, 9:26pm
Hey! @reederapp is finally in the Mac App Store! Sold!
Wed 2011.06.08, 8:16pm
Uh oh. Running Lion on my 2011 MacBook Pro, roaring fans whenever I launch mission control. Serves me right for installing a beta OS. :P
Tue 2011.06.07, 9:46pm
giggity giggity... http://t.co/2Yz8IUz
Tue 2011.06.07, 9:12pm
Any non-developers pay for a dev account with Apple just for early 'enthusiast' access? Was it worth it? #WWDC
Mon 2011.06.06, 3:44pm
Does anybody know of a reasonably priced & safe cryogenic service? I'm not sure I can wait for iOS 5, Lion & iCloud consciously. #WWDC
Mon 2011.06.06, 3:08pm
A good start... http://t.co/FCFlYL2
Thu 2011.06.02, 6:46pm
How did I go this long without realizing Juniper's Junos is FreeBSD based? Why didn't anyone tell me?! That's awesome!
Thu 2011.06.02, 2:39pm
All well, leaving the Nitro order @JessieLemire arranged this morning as is. I'll get the new DOCSIS 3 modem and sort the billing out later.
Wed 2011.06.01, 6:38pm
Tried ordering Shaw's new 'Broadband 100.' Unfortunately Shaw's staff are blissfully unaware. Still quoting Nitro. http://t.co/x3nTePd
Wed 2011.06.01, 6:36pm
Just upgraded my SPA-2102 firmware from 5.2.5 to 5.2.12. Hopefully it now correctly distinguishes between @JessieLemire's chit-chat & DTMF.
Tue 2011.05.31, 6:53pm
Lion, iCloud and iOS 5, oh my! http://t.co/x2Ukbes - but will there be 'One more thing...?' #WWDC #shiny #bits
Tue 2011.05.31, 9:28am
Linux kernel version reaches 3.0.0. Tough to call this premature after nearly 15 years in 2.x.x. Still, this will take some getting used to.
Mon 2011.05.30, 6:02pm
Turns out my WGA woes were caused by an incorrect date. Unacceptable nonetheless. It's not nice to disable your OS in a fit of paranoia!
Sat 2011.05.21, 12:50pm
The only thing Windows activation and WGA has been successful at is preventing legit customers from using their software. This is garbage.
Sat 2011.05.21, 3:22am
Finally! Looks like Shaw is modernizing their TV offering. They lose points for starting with Calgary though! http://t.co/jSEOcnv
Wed 2011.05.11, 7:38pm
My bank now demands I setup retarded security questions but INSISTS on an all numeric 5 digit password. What's wrong with this picture?
Wed 2011.05.11, 6:39pm
Mmmmm, RAMtacular! #upgrades #moregeebees http://t.co/p9nsZnX
Wed 2011.05.11, 6:08pm
Microsoft acquiring Skype could be interesting if they can enable calling directly between Skype clients and Lync. Why bother otherwise?
Mon 2011.05.09, 9:14pm
Time for a round of "Can I get to work without Scona road?" This should be fun!
Mon 2011.05.09, 7:30am
Dashboard has been happily chewing my disk, bringing my system to a crawl. Kudos to 'iotop -C 5 12' for identifying it as the culprit.
Wed 2011.05.04, 6:11pm
Aaaargh! I get Facebook, I get it, I've been tagged! Stop it! #notifications #excess #pain #flood http://t.co/3Y8o8y7 http://t.co/v7QNLyy
Wed 2011.05.04, 4:20pm
As far as Outlook's spell checking is concerned, I do SIP trucking.
Wed 2011.05.04, 3:45pm
Sweet view from Mount Tolmie Park. http://t.co/gowV3Qv
Sat 2011.04.30, 5:00pm
...and we've landed...
Fri 2011.04.29, 11:25pm
Delayed flight, but we're now onboard and awaiting take-off. Woohoo!
Fri 2011.04.29, 9:46pm
5 years ago: no Twitter, iPhone or Blu-ray discs. What will our crazy world look like in another 5 years? Happy anniversary, @jessielemire!
Fri 2011.04.29, 11:13am
Hooray for Shaw upgrading the 'Extreme' package from 15/1 Mbps to 25/2.5 Mbps: http://t.co/f7b2cKJ Thanks for the heads up, @gordbird!
Wed 2011.04.20, 10:48am
What's the deal with the @AmericanExpress app in the Canadian App Store: http://t.co/PBL0PhF - it's only available in spanish!? #wtf
Mon 2011.04.18, 3:54pm
Jessie brought home a "rat" (hamster)! What was she thinking? Natalie seems thrilled with the lil' dude. http://t.co/kxH07fN
Sun 2011.04.17, 5:53pm
Power outages again. This is getting annoying. I need to get a UPS before something bad happens to my file server.
Sat 2011.04.16, 8:35pm
So I have no power but can still get online via WiFi tethering. Apparently Internet is my most redundant utility. 2011 is awesome. #tech
Tue 2011.04.12, 10:55pm
Hey! Who turned out the lights?!
Tue 2011.04.12, 10:35pm
Google Reader is b0rked today. A twitter search confirmed I'm not the only one seeing it. Twitter: The "What's broken today?" search engine!
Mon 2011.04.11, 6:47pm
Finally getting around to updating my FreeBSD box to 8.2. Boo for "custom kernel" compile time on old hardware. http://t.co/2fSkQ7z
Sat 2011.04.09, 2:04pm
I suddenly have a craving for ¼ of my daily recommended caloric intake in liquid form. Time for a Java Chip Frappuccino® from @starbucks!
Fri 2011.03.25, 11:27am
Don't be sad if you missed the #iE9 launch, instead you can celebrate a browser that's still relevant, #fx4 launches today!
Tue 2011.03.22, 8:27am
Installing Windows Vista within VirtualBox on my SSD equipped MacBook Pro took under 10 minutes from start to finish. SSDs ROCK!
Sat 2011.03.19, 8:12pm
New MacBook Pro arrived. SSD makes a HUGE difference. Everything is just ridiculously responsive! #happy
Mon 2011.03.14, 10:10pm
Hey! My tweets post to Facebook again. My strategy of "not caring" combined with "doing nothing" has finally paid off! #winning
Sat 2011.03.12, 1:17am
Shiny new MacBook Pro arrived in Calgary late this evening. Now I have to wait till at least Monday. That's just cruel. http://t.co/vEcpD2v
Fri 2011.03.11, 10:56pm
Xcode 4 has built in git integration?! That is so awesome it's ludicrous! Best $4.99 I'll ever spend.
Wed 2011.03.09, 4:33pm
So close... Yet, so very far away... http://t.co/u8yZnRA
Wed 2011.03.09, 4:12pm
Received my "IPv6 Certified: Sage" t-shirt from @henet in the mail this evening. How delightfully geeky! http://t.co/1X1cnMr
Tue 2011.03.08, 8:15pm
Added a brand new 13" i5 MacBook Pro with 128 GB SSD to my cart at apple.ca. My 3 year old clicked "Place Order." Accidents happen. #toys
Sat 2011.03.05, 3:15pm
After painfully avoiding 'Weeds' all season, it's finally time for a marathon! Aww, yeah! #bluray http://twitpic.com/42rik4
Tue 2011.02.22, 8:14pm
Noticed a strange inaccessible Q: drive on my work computer. MS Office Click-to-Run 2010 was the culprit. How (un)intuitive! Uninstalled!
Tue 2011.02.22, 2:46pm
Spent our Family Day at Royal Alberta Museum. Natalie loved the Wild Alberta Gallery! Tired both girls right out! #yeg http://t.co/mY6nJWw
Mon 2011.02.21, 6:14pm
Saw one of these ridiculously tiny thumb drives on @slePP's keychain on Friday. No choice, had to buy one. #toys http://twitpic.com/42e173
Mon 2011.02.21, 5:46pm
I've saved nearly $300 over the 3 months since I told Alberta Energy 'Savings' to go 'fork' themselves. Best. Decision. Ever! #scam
Thu 2011.02.17, 10:23pm
I obsess enough over keeping my iPhone screen clean. Imagine a world full of finger oil smeared surfaces. Oh, hell no! http://bit.ly/hr5EFT
Wed 2011.02.16, 12:53pm
Mario is so awesome that he was able to single-handedly sell me this primitive Wii system. Well that and years of my wife begging for one.
Tue 2011.02.15, 10:13pm
OpenDNS == Broken DNS
Mon 2011.02.14, 6:15pm
Battery for the mouse included with my HP Elite combo was dead this morning only 41 days after purchase. Long 4 month battery life, indeed!
Mon 2011.02.07, 11:52am
Fun: Downloading and installing a 3.5 GB package to build a 55 KB package. If anyone else needs sipsak for OS X: http://t.co/ADNa0Ho
Sat 2011.02.05, 8:25pm
Wife making me watch The Social Network. WTF, Zuckerberg uses emacs?!
Tue 2011.02.01, 11:17pm
The CRTC decision mainly allows the incumbent carriers to hurt the little ISPs reselling their "pipes" - don't miss the real issue.
Tue 2011.02.01, 9:05pm
Dear whining Canadians - Shaw charges $2.00/GB after 60 GB. Rogers charges *$51.20* per GB after 1 GB! #perspective
Tue 2011.02.01, 8:58pm
Does it count as situational irony when my modern netbook's GPU can't handle a vintage terminal? http://t.co/9VzWmwA http://t.co/kDVnltm
Wed 2011.01.26, 11:58am
I'm so pleased with #yeg wasting substantial tax dollars on the "green light" cash grab equipment which they now acknowledge as useless.
Mon 2011.01.24, 6:11pm
Just installed my first iOS beta app via @testflightapp. It lives up to the hype. Very cool.
Sat 2011.01.22, 11:20pm
Just updated @thinkupapp from 0.3 to 0.7. It's coming along nicely! New automated database upgrades eased the pain nicely.
Sat 2011.01.22, 4:32pm
Whoops, last pic was before I gave everything the cable management treatment. Much nicer now... http://twitpic.com/3r1id4
Mon 2011.01.17, 7:14pm
First day at the awesome new ThinkTel office in HSBC Bank Place. My desk is pretty much setup and good to go. http://twitpic.com/3r1du4
Mon 2011.01.17, 6:57pm
Both Angry Birds and Flight Control from the Mac App Store appear to work flawlessly on my Dell Mini 10V Hackintosh. Impressive!
Sat 2011.01.15, 10:40pm
Looking forward to iOS 4.3 http://t.co/GTGE2w0 - WiFi tethering, shiny!
Wed 2011.01.12, 3:37pm
Why oh why is Chrome dropping H.264 support. This is an outrage! I'm switching back to @firefox! ...Oh... wait... What?
Wed 2011.01.12, 12:19pm
A visual for those wondering what I'm babbling about. Original Twitter for Mac icon on the left. Updated on right. Why? http://t.co/7zv0G3u
Tue 2011.01.11, 10:35pm
First round of App Store updates! Angry Birds now works on my wife's aging Mac Mini & Twitter has a new blue but painfully textureless icon.
Tue 2011.01.11, 10:26pm
What's the deal with computers in TV shows lately? All Apple gear is unbranded, generic PCs ALL have an obnoxious Windows logo added. Why?
Sun 2011.01.09, 9:14pm
Open screen sharing to my Mini at home over IPv6, resize Twitter client to fit my tiny netbook and scp the plist back. That's how I roll.
Thu 2011.01.06, 11:28am
Netbook is up and running on 10.6.6, new Twitter client resize handle is off-screen. Must resize... Somehow...
Thu 2011.01.06, 9:57am
Time to go to work and see if 10.6.6 breaks my Hackintosh netbook.
Thu 2011.01.06, 8:25am
Apple App Store already open and a new Tweetie derived Twitter client?! Very awesome! #newtoys http://t.co/vVWyy1h
Thu 2011.01.06, 8:19am
Another original product, the Microsoft Touch Mouse: http://j.mp/epO8Bs - not to be confused with Apple's "Magic Mouse" from 2009.
Thu 2011.01.06, 12:10am
Been tolerating lag and sluggish performance on my IPhone 4 for a few months. Just did a full restore, seems far more responsive now. Weird.
Mon 2011.01.03, 8:25pm
Happy '11s!
Sat 2011.01.01, 11:05am
OK, whoever at Microsoft FINALLY made CTRL+L work sanely in IE 9 needs to be promoted to CEO of Microsoft! He or she is my hero!
Thu 2010.12.30, 4:00pm
Just setup Synergy (http://bit.ly/ckFbVI) between my Hackintosh Mini 10v and my Windows 7 based HP ProBook. It is all sorts of awesome!
Wed 2010.12.29, 10:42am
Picked up an HP Elite Keyboard/Mouse combo http://bit.ly/epVdOz to match my HP ProBook at work for only $39.99. Practically stole it! #toys
Tue 2010.12.28, 4:19pm
Tried the Internet Explorer 9 Beta. Still a crude and primitive browser. Why even bother? At this point they should just build IE on WebKit.
Mon 2010.12.27, 7:41pm
Success! Snow Leopard 10.6.5 is happily running on this Dell Mini 10v. Suddenly hardware that was sitting around is useful. Awesome!
Sun 2010.12.26, 3:30pm
Install went flawlessly, now to tempt fate and install the 10.6.5 combo update.
Sun 2010.12.26, 1:20pm
Project Dell Mini 10v Hackintosh has begun. If successful, this should hold me over until I can pick up a MacBook Air.
Sun 2010.12.26, 11:45am
When can I have a Linux distro that turns off the damn display when idle instead of making the screen black and leaving the backlight on?!
Thu 2010.12.23, 9:05pm
Time to dig out the car and head home... #snow http://twitpic.com/3gahxb
Wed 2010.12.15, 6:31pm
An official Google Latitude client for iPhone, awesome! I liked Latitudie's icon better though! http://twitpic.com/3frwdc
Mon 2010.12.13, 10:30pm
I was about to unfollow @RovioMobile due to their excessive retweets, then I remembered you can silence RTs from a given user. Yay! #winwin
Sun 2010.12.12, 11:22am
Having way too much fun with VoIP. Every self-respecting geek should have a SIP trunk routed to a home Asterisk box, I tell ya!
Thu 2010.12.09, 10:52am
Just noticed I inadvertently trashed the notes on my iPhone at some point. Time Machine recovered them all via Apple Mail, painlessly. Nice!
Sun 2010.12.05, 10:01pm
Really like the clean looks of Reeder for Mac, but the color scheme doesn't have enough contrast. Barely readable if you're color blind.
Fri 2010.12.03, 10:21pm
Oh Windows, Outlook I've missed you! http://twitpic.com/3ca1su
Thu 2010.12.02, 1:51pm
My ring was fixed up, ready to go (and shiny!) a day early. Whew, that feels better. http://twitpic.com/3bs4cz
Tue 2010.11.30, 8:21pm
...and that concludes my position at Tera-byte. New challenges and opportunities await with my new role at ThinkTel, beginning tomorrow...
Tue 2010.11.30, 5:00pm
Bent my wedding ring moving some heavy furniture around. Dropped it off to get fixed up. Feel completely naked without it!
Sun 2010.11.28, 5:38pm
Hooray for "Find My iPhone" being made free for newer 4.2.1 devices! This was the only MobileMe feature that tempted me! http://j.mp/cjCGJu
Mon 2010.11.22, 10:12am
Just noticed Talon, one of my two cats, absolutely LOVES beef jerky. He'll literally gobble down a whole strip if offered. #whoknew
Fri 2010.11.19, 10:46pm
While there's something profound in the recursive nature of watching gcc compile gcc, the affect wears off after several hours. #gentoo
Thu 2010.11.18, 4:01pm
Hooray for Twitter push notifications!!! http://twitpic.com/37h1o7
Tue 2010.11.16, 4:20pm
Seems I just missed the 'Option key mapping' feature. Nice workaround!
Fri 2010.11.12, 10:17pm
iSSH support for external keyboards is getting better, but ESC and CTRL keys still don't work. iOS API limitations?
Fri 2010.11.12, 9:53pm
Details on enabling the missing AirPrint feature in 10.6.5: http://j.mp/bZCQFH - works great! Why'd they remove this from the final build!?
Thu 2010.11.11, 12:07pm
Extra hour or not, the concept of 'Daylight Saving' could not have been created by someone that wasn't at least a little bit brain damaged.
Sat 2010.11.06, 10:42pm
The iDECT is kind of cool: http://bit.ly/bQlRpW a cordless home phone that doesn't look like it was designed with tech from 10 years ago.
Fri 2010.11.05, 8:49am
Hooray! A Google Latitude app for iPhone with background location update, Latitudie 2.0! It's even cooler now that it works! #win
Tue 2010.11.02, 2:06pm
iOS 4.2 on iPad officially rocks! All the apps I use that benefit from multitasking already support it. Everything feels faster. #happy
Mon 2010.11.01, 8:38pm
Still downloading iOS 4.2 for iPad & iPhone at a painful 60 Kbps. Things I do to get releases early... Multitasking on iPad, here I come!
Mon 2010.11.01, 7:38pm
Okay, iOS 4.2 build 8C134 has been released to developers. Must find a download!
Mon 2010.11.01, 4:55pm
Apparently you CAN remove 'Back to the Future' discs from the package non-destructively: http://j.mp/c8JaYC via @Joshonthenet
Sat 2010.10.30, 12:10am
Whoever designed the case for the Back to the Future blu-rays should be fired! It's impossible to remove/replace the discs #1stworldProblems
Fri 2010.10.29, 9:14pm
Time machine backups to a drive connected to an AirPort Extreme worked for a few days, but can't be trusted. #dang http://twitpic.com/322kr7
Fri 2010.10.29, 8:02pm
Lots of contradicting info regarding Time Machine backups to a disk attached via AirPort Extreme. Might as well just give it a try...
Sun 2010.10.24, 8:06pm
Dear WD, if your drives require a crapware removal utility: a) you're doing it wrong! b) make sure it works! http://twitpic.com/2ynl8f
Sun 2010.10.17, 10:10pm
Potential new Mac virus spotted in the wild: http://drp.ly/Omwa better secure your systems before this becomes a widespread problem!
Tue 2010.10.12, 8:35pm
Books from @OReillyMedia are now in Apple's book store but cost more and deliver less vs books purchased directly from O'Reilly. #nothanks
Tue 2010.10.12, 2:19pm
Haven't updated my @thinkupapp install since commit aec7457 (predates the 3rd name change). All fixed up. It is nice to be current!
Fri 2010.10.08, 10:02pm
Geez, Kiprusuck can't even keep the puck out of the net long enough for me to gloat about the last goal! #oilers
Thu 2010.10.07, 9:13pm
Adobe has 2 products that are still relevant, Photoshop & Illustrator. If MS acquired Adobe, together they would have 2 relevant products!!!
Thu 2010.10.07, 8:39pm
The first of many! Sorry, Kiprusoff! #oilers
Thu 2010.10.07, 7:36pm
Rogers announces LTE technical trials in Ottawa: http://bit.ly/bv3NiY - when can I expect my LTE enabled iPhone 4GS?
Wed 2010.10.06, 2:23pm
Chrome 7.0.517.24 is having way to many small and subtle but annoying issues for me. Reverted to Chrome 6.0.472.63 for now. #beta
Tue 2010.10.05, 1:29pm
Watching "The Joneses"
Sat 2010.10.02, 6:00pm
Just got scolded by a Just Energy rep for "rudely" closing the door while saying "not interested" instead of wasting both of our time. Sigh.
Sat 2010.10.02, 3:21pm
Heads up, if you upgrade Ubuntu Netbook to 10.10 from 10.04 the upgrade process doesn't install 'unity', leaving you with no desktop.
Fri 2010.10.01, 6:21pm
Updating the netbook to Maverick Meerkat. At this point if I waited for the final release I'd be breaking tradition.
Fri 2010.10.01, 4:46pm
Microsoft: "The key advantage of Windows Phone 7 is we'll sue you if you use something else." http://bit.ly/aAVxeQ so much for REAL merits.
Fri 2010.10.01, 3:57pm
Apple TV has arrived, crazy tiny! http://twitpic.com/2teoza
Thu 2010.09.30, 11:44am
Thanks, Telus, but if we're pretending it's the mid 90s shouldn't you also suggest an ideal res and color depth? http://twitpic.com/2t9a0w
Wed 2010.09.29, 10:24pm
So much for FedEx's estimated delivery of today before 6:00 PM... Memphis?! But I want it NOW!! #whine http://twitpic.com/2t8obi
Wed 2010.09.29, 8:50pm
Just started using Droplr, an app for Mac. Check it out at http://droplr.com
Tue 2010.09.28, 2:45pm
I can understand the reasoning behind forking OpenOffice.org, but couldn't they have come up with a better name than LibreOffice?
Tue 2010.09.28, 1:31pm
Just received a shipping notification message. My new Apple TV's long journey from Shenzhen has begun. #toys
Sun 2010.09.26, 10:52pm
Sweet, Family Guy is finally HD! Woohoo!
Sun 2010.09.26, 8:08pm
I just used my daughter as an excuse; truth is I've been wanting to do this for a while! http://twitpic.com/2sb3ri
Sun 2010.09.26, 1:04pm
Netflix is now in Canada! 1st impressions: selection is limited, desktop playback requires Silverlight - no thanks! Might rock on Apple TV.
Wed 2010.09.22, 9:50am
New Mini enjoying the company of even newer 24" Cinema Display. So DONE buying toys for a while! #selfcontrol http://twitpic.com/2pvomc
Sat 2010.09.18, 10:25pm
What is this funny looking object, now? http://twitpic.com/2pei1y
Fri 2010.09.17, 4:07pm
Chapters has free return shipping & @JessieLemire found the Blu-ray version with a t-shirt at @BestBuy. Bazinga!! http://twitpic.com/2ossgr
Wed 2010.09.15, 5:38pm
Yay! Season 3 of Big Bang Theory Blu-ra... DVD?! WTF?! I SWEAR I pre-ordered the Blu-ray... Order confirmation doesn't say! Must return! :(
Wed 2010.09.15, 1:21pm
Whew, work iMac has new hard drive, all software reinstalled. All is back to normal.
Tue 2010.09.14, 11:24pm
Yay for bullsh*t HDCP restrictions in new Macs breaking legal content while doing NOTHING to curb piracy. Idiots! http://twitpic.com/2mbutx
Tue 2010.09.07, 10:30pm
Splurged on a new Mac Mini! Jessie upgraded to my old one from her PowerMac. Migrating data was a long but impressively seamless task. #toys
Mon 2010.09.06, 12:11am
Hello Twitter for iPad! Woohoo!
Wed 2010.09.01, 9:13pm
I'm sure I won't be the first or last to whine about this awful iTunes icon. It doesn't match the others at all. http://twitpic.com/2keodb
Wed 2010.09.01, 8:10pm
With some persistence, I've managed to get a headless VirtualBox running an Ubuntu guest within a FreeBSD host. Very cool.
Mon 2010.08.30, 11:11pm
Now that MPEG LA has eliminated royalties for free H.264 content: http://j.mp/aBJ0EC will @firefox use the built-in OS codec and move on?
Thu 2010.08.26, 2:35pm
This clears everything up! http://bit.ly/dk4tUs
Tue 2010.08.24, 2:23pm
While I appreciate iOS app updates being free, I think iTunes needs a tip jar for devs that routinely enhance and support their products.
Mon 2010.08.23, 11:25pm
Updated Google app for iPhone supposably adds mail & calendar push notifications, but it Doesn't seem to work. Anyone else have better luck?
Mon 2010.08.23, 7:55pm
Useless binary blob bundled with PNY products: http://bit.ly/96o3gm can be converted into playable a movie: http://bit.ly/9Ujpam #f_ck_drm!
Sun 2010.08.22, 1:30pm
If this air quality lasts any length of time, I'm going to save a ton of money on cigarettes. #freesmoke
Thu 2010.08.19, 1:43pm
Facebook's new "Places" feature seems ridiculously limited. Did I miss something? Do we not have GPS in Canada?! http://twitpic.com/2g2or3
Wed 2010.08.18, 9:34pm
I wonder how many of these concerned parents have cordless and cellular phones, baby monitors, etc. Yay for hysteria! http://j.mp/9B1em8
Mon 2010.08.16, 5:53pm
Oracle suing Google over Java in Android?! Java was open sourced, but GPLv2 doesn't cover software patents. http://bit.ly/cl2gpy Uh oh!
Thu 2010.08.12, 7:53pm
What's with all these "Fembots" attempting to friend me?! Over 10 a day... Getting annoying. #facebook http://twitpic.com/2duiny
Wed 2010.08.11, 6:36pm
Everybody loves shiny new accessories... http://twitpic.com/2cnsb6
Sat 2010.08.07, 7:52pm
Just compared Telus & Rogers 3G speeds. Equivalent downstream, Rogers murders Telus upstream by a factor of 10! http://twitpic.com/2clav5
Sat 2010.08.07, 3:31pm
Between Skype, FaceTime and the new Vonage app for IPhone (http://j.mp/dwMz8K) the carriers are destined to become "dumb pipes."
Wed 2010.08.04, 4:24pm
Finally! Someone wrote a Google Latitude app for iPhone with background location update, Latitudie! It'd be even cooler if it worked! #fail
Tue 2010.08.03, 7:59pm
Hooray! My iPhone 4 "Magnetic Flipper" from @SenaCases has arrived! #happycustomer http://twitpic.com/2bb29i
Tue 2010.08.03, 11:14am
This Kijiji ad is just plain awesome! http://j.mp/aL2uTd #yeg http://twitpic.com/2b5sdv
Mon 2010.08.02, 10:10pm
My iPhone 3G went from being posted on Kijiji to sold in just 4 hours. What other phone resells so easily?
Mon 2010.08.02, 8:45pm
Anybody in Canada with iPhone 4 manage to get MMS working?
Sat 2010.07.31, 12:38pm
How is it possible for the iPhone 4 to be THIS superior to my 2 year old 3G?! Ridiculous! There has to be a tear in space-time somewhere!
Sat 2010.07.31, 7:22am
It was an extremely long day, but SO worth it! iPhone 4 is activated, synced with my old 3G data and ridiculously awesome!
Fri 2010.07.30, 6:46pm
Still waiting in line, Rogers really dropped the ball today #nosurprise. My battery is going to die. http://twitpic.com/2a2lni
Fri 2010.07.30, 10:38am
Off to the Apple Store, w00t!
Fri 2010.07.30, 4:54am
Yes, opting out of "communications about 'valuable' Microsoft products" was just a silly oversight on my part... http://twitpic.com/29suy4
Thu 2010.07.29, 1:06pm
Yay, @1Password updates for Mac, iPhone and iPad. This is one app that just keeps getting better!
Thu 2010.07.22, 9:50pm
Interesting correlation courtesy of @facebook http://twitpic.com/27eiz1
Wed 2010.07.21, 3:40pm
Pre-ordered a Magnet Flipper from @SenaCases on July 9. Ship date was end of July, now shows Aug11-18 for new orders. Will mine be delayed?
Wed 2010.07.21, 10:12am
Finally! Popular Windows based malware has been ported to and is being sold for Mac OS X: http://j.mp/9l1AEo - let me get my credit card...
Tue 2010.07.20, 2:18pm
Since upgrading my iPhone 3G to iOS 4 I've received two over the air carrier updates. Is there a way to determine what these change?
Sun 2010.07.18, 2:42pm
Watching Inception...
Sat 2010.07.17, 9:01pm
Snarky prediction for Apple's press conference this Friday: "We've fixed iPhone 4's reception issue, behold, the Verizon iPhone 4!" ;)
Wed 2010.07.14, 7:09pm
Great article contrasting all the iPhone 4 antenna hysteria with real world (albeit anecdotal) performance. http://j.mp/avZeqO
Wed 2010.07.14, 11:32am
Apparently Scott Forstall just joined Twitter (@Forstall). The account was marked as verified but now isn't. Wonder if it's legit...
Tue 2010.07.13, 9:25pm
Just upgraded 4 of my previously purchased O'Reilly dead tree books to eBooks for only $4.99 each! http://j.mp/9T3R0g ridiculously awesome!
Fri 2010.07.09, 9:34pm
Grabbed a couple 3rd party ePubs online. They look great in iBooks on iPad/iPhone and no DRM. What's not to like? http://twitpic.com/23xoeh
Fri 2010.07.09, 8:48pm
Be sure to check out @QuickTaxCanada for your annual tax preparation needs. Runs on any OS you'd like, as long as it's Windows! :P #FF
Fri 2010.07.09, 7:13pm
The 'Previous versions' feature in @Dropbox enabled me to easily restore an inadvertently deleted @1Password record just now. Very nice.
Fri 2010.07.09, 3:30pm
Kin is dead: http://j.mp/d5bqPg Microsoft's biggest progression as of late is being quicker to realize when they've failed miserably. Sad.
Wed 2010.06.30, 2:25pm
Weird power blip just now, caused my FreeBSD gateway to reboot but my three desktop survived. Odd.
Wed 2010.06.30, 11:14am
Just discovered free SSL certificates at startssl.com, even works in most browsers. Finally a reasonable alternative to self signing!
Mon 2010.06.28, 11:53pm
Yes, it blends! http://j.mp/b3Hw6K
Fri 2010.06.25, 1:36pm
Why the hell isn't #Futurama airing in Canada?! If only there was a global packet switched network that could sidestep such stupidity...
Wed 2010.06.23, 10:06pm
Just discovered PS3 Media Server: http://j.mp/cj66CB UI isn't so pretty (Java based) but it works very well for streaming to PS3 from OS X.
Wed 2010.06.23, 8:46pm
Alright, we're done with rumours and speculation, we've seen the teardowns and unboxing galleries. When do we find out if iPhone 4 blends?
Wed 2010.06.23, 10:00am
Before iOS 4 upgrade I had ~ 1 GB free on my 8 GB iPhone 3G. Now I have 4.2 GB free. Maybe it scaled down my 6000+ photos more than before?
Mon 2010.06.21, 2:33pm
Apple iOS 4 seems to be available now.
Mon 2010.06.21, 10:07am
Trying out the keyboard dock for the iPad. It's okay, but I'm a little disappointed that CTRL keys don't seem to work with iSSH.
Sat 2010.06.19, 4:29pm
iOS 4 supports IPv6? http://j.mp/bNwezQ - cool!
Fri 2010.06.18, 8:44am
Sweet! Google Earth update with iPad support released. This should be cool!
Mon 2010.06.14, 5:42pm
App shopping with my wife... Jessie: Awesome, Guitar Hero for iPhone! Me: oooh, a sweet iPad RPN calculator! So I'm a little boring...
Tue 2010.06.08, 6:40pm
I thought being free from Flash was the best feature of the iPad, then I saw this: http://twitpic.com/1uybnt
Mon 2010.06.07, 10:31pm
No 'iPhone 4' in Canada until late July. Apple is just being courteous to all us Canadians who need to pay for their iPads first, thanks!
Mon 2010.06.07, 9:56pm
Guess I'll drag the Apple TV in the bedroom and order it from there instead. Thanks for nothing Shaw!
Thu 2010.06.03, 9:50pm
Thanks for the free movie for "customer appreciation" - not even in HD. Guess I know where I stand with Shaw! Lame.
Thu 2010.06.03, 9:49pm
First obstacle to Flash free web browsing after several days of iPad use: http://twitpic.com/1t7763 - all well, at least they're sorry!
Tue 2010.06.01, 10:28pm
Air Sharing HD update with Dropbox support just released, woohoo! Nice work, @avatron!
Tue 2010.06.01, 5:42pm
Did anyone else notice how insanely tiny their iPhone or iPod screen becomes after using an iPad for 24 hours?
Sat 2010.05.29, 9:07pm
Being unable to pry myself self away from this iPad, I have now read the entire contents of the Internet. Now what?
Sat 2010.05.29, 6:30pm
Now seeing the snow everyone was warning me about all day. What month are we in again?
Sat 2010.05.29, 4:54pm
Time to stop fidgeting with this iPad and go to sleep. The battery life of this thing is far exceeding my own capacity.
Sat 2010.05.29, 1:11am
Still syncing. This is torture. Want... to... play...
Fri 2010.05.28, 6:14pm
Eagerly awaiting my first iPad sync to complete. The nearly 6000 some photos in my library aren't speeding things up any.
Fri 2010.05.28, 5:20pm
Success! iPad 3G 32 GB has been acquired. Woot!
Fri 2010.05.28, 3:56pm
Just sent my wife and mom on an iPad hunting mission. Let's see if they manages to snag one. Not sure if they've sold out yet.
Fri 2010.05.28, 3:03pm
Woke up bright and early for the Apple Southgate grande opening. Got my t-shirt and still on time for work, woot! http://twitpic.com/1ru6mp
Fri 2010.05.28, 8:10am
The Flash Forward finale was awesome. Too bad @abc_dotcom's cranial rectal inversion issues will prevent a second season. #saveff
Thu 2010.05.27, 10:26pm
...and apparently I missed an 'l' in @allisonlemire's name in my last post. The shock must have hindered my typing abilities...
Tue 2010.05.25, 8:10pm
My 3-month old daughter, @alisonlemire, just puked ALL over my Logitech Harmony! Babies are awesome. :)
Tue 2010.05.25, 8:04pm
So very tired! http://twitpic.com/1qiby8
Sun 2010.05.23, 6:24pm
I may be in the minority here, but I'm happy to see the less than pretty @tweetie 2 icon go in favor of the new Twitter branded icon.
Wed 2010.05.19, 7:10pm
Why do publishers of TV series box sets think I'd be interested in buying low-res DVDs of HD shows?! Where are the damn Blu-rays?!
Mon 2010.05.17, 9:32pm
Just scored 1502 points playing Run! (Quick) for iPhone! I ran until I collided with a steel wall. http://arthurham.com/run
Sat 2010.05.08, 11:03pm
Bunch of cops staking out my block. Wonder what's up?
Sat 2010.05.08, 6:34pm
http://twitvid.com/M52S2 - Just introduced my 2½ year old daughter to the wonders of keyboard shortcuts.
Thu 2010.05.06, 11:17pm
Only 40 days of battery life from my Magic Mouse (constant 9-5 usage on weekdays). This is less than admiral. http://twitpic.com/1llvek
Thu 2010.05.06, 3:17pm
What's THIS all about?! http://twitpic.com/1kzh1y
Tue 2010.05.04, 8:53am
What a deal! http://twitpic.com/1k4qf9
Sat 2010.05.01, 6:23pm
This is the most awesome flash game EVER! http://j.mp/bwcyyF
Fri 2010.04.30, 4:05pm
A 'bug' in Ubuntu prevents 'other OS' from booting after install? http://j.mp/cKUCV5 if the other OS is Windows, this sounds like a feature.
Fri 2010.04.30, 2:14pm
iTunes frivolously 'optimizing' my 6314 pics when syncing to iPhone. Seems to happen if my iPhoto Library is open on another Mac in the LAN?
Thu 2010.04.29, 8:45pm
Courier tablet cancelled by Microsoft: http://j.mp/9VVLHz as I expected. If only MS could make actual products instead of vapourware demos.
Thu 2010.04.29, 2:00pm
Seriously? @tweetie 2 for Mac still isn't out but Loren had time to add a slot machine to Tweetie 2 on iPhone?!
Wed 2010.04.28, 6:41pm
Allison's fancy new birth certificate was creased in the mail. Grr! Stacked O'Reilly books should flatten it. http://twitpic.com/1ipih6
Mon 2010.04.26, 1:42pm
Curiously followed a link in a Twitter themed phishing e-mail. Apparently they don't want my credentials, just trying to sell Viagra. Funny!
Sun 2010.04.25, 9:59pm
Signed up for zoompass, it was advertised in my latest Rogers bill. Looks like a very slick Canadian alternative to PayPal.
Fri 2010.04.23, 8:03pm
Those lego men get EVERYTHING! http://j.mp/d8OZSQ #jealous
Fri 2010.04.23, 6:47pm
Pouring rain. Love it.
Fri 2010.04.23, 12:09am
Who needs viruses and other malware when you have McAfee to trash your XP machines? http://j.mp/cuqaBb
Thu 2010.04.22, 2:19pm
Heaven... http://twitpic.com/1hkwf0
Thu 2010.04.22, 12:55pm
Downgraded from @ChromeBrowser 5.0.375.9 dev to 5.0.342.9 beta, weird issues with the dev build not responding to keystrokes in form fields.
Wed 2010.04.21, 8:32pm
Just scored 1890 points playing Run! (Normal) for iPhone! I ran until I crashed into a giant boulder. http://arthurham.com/run
Mon 2010.04.19, 11:30pm
Mmmm breakfast... (@ Millwoods Dennys) http://4sq.com/4H5SYi
Sat 2010.04.17, 2:08pm
As if buying one iPad isn't expensive enough, I'm sure the wife will want her own... and apparently one per cat as well: http://j.mp/cULWsW
Wed 2010.04.14, 10:08pm
Looks like my cost of living expenses for April have decreased dramatically but they will increase equivalently in May: http://j.mp/bjVgjZ
Wed 2010.04.14, 8:37am
Even Microsoft doesn't want to manage Windows based infrastructure: http://bit.ly/9sUaP5
Tue 2010.04.13, 10:26am
Whew, new toys to fix my ailing BSD box's dead HD. Critical services are back up. Now the real work begins. http://twitpic.com/1f908e
Mon 2010.04.12, 10:19pm
I'm at Memory Express (10187 - 34 Ave, Edmonton). http://4sq.com/8RZyUs
Mon 2010.04.12, 5:37pm
This is probably the first device to impress me as a decent iPhone alternative: http://maemo.nokia.com/ - Looks very cool!
Mon 2010.04.12, 1:55pm
Yay for updates that remove functionality instead of enhancing it. Sony's forced PS3 3.21 update is sleazy at best.
Sun 2010.04.11, 11:55pm
Can't understand the logic of all the whiners wanting their $2.99 for Tweetie back now that Twitter bought it and made it free. Seriously.
Fri 2010.04.09, 8:29pm
Twitter bought @tweetie? Is this good or bad news for the desktop client?! http://bit.ly/9GfiOV
Fri 2010.04.09, 6:30pm
...and suddenly my weekend was booked solid. http://twitpic.com/1edkm6
Fri 2010.04.09, 2:55pm
Robotic sculpting of solid aluminium, this is way too cool! http://j.mp/c2O9TO
Fri 2010.04.09, 12:31pm
Great article on Apple's decision to restrict iPhone apps to those developed with Obj-C/X-Code http://j.mp/bI67v6
Thu 2010.04.08, 8:36pm
This YellowPages app http://j.mp/aGPXOZ is slick but is either confused about public schools or has inside info! http://twitpic.com/1e6eof
Thu 2010.04.08, 6:43pm
iPhone OS 4's "multitasking" looks slick but doesn't handle my use cases. No iSSH backgrounding for tunnels and no Colloquy/IRC. Aww. :(
Thu 2010.04.08, 10:51am
Feels like something bad is about to happen to my FreeBSD box. Doesn't anyone make good hard drives anymore?! http://twitpic.com/1d7vxb
Sun 2010.04.04, 11:06am
This post brought to you via an iPhone tethered via USB on Ubuntu! Sweet, a working Linux kernel module is here: http://j.mp/4jAphv
Wed 2010.03.31, 10:53pm
Facebook needs a 'hide everything' feature for the News Feed.
Wed 2010.03.31, 3:24pm
Rest in pieces SCO, you won't be missed. http://j.mp/94LdSJ
Tue 2010.03.30, 1:28pm
Hardship: Putting sugar in your coffee before you realize you're out of milk. Black coffee shouldn't be sweet, blech!
Tue 2010.03.30, 8:37am
My daughter consistently identifies the Windows logo as a Rubik's cube. What an ideal Microsoft free world she lives in! How I envy her!
Mon 2010.03.29, 5:20pm
My 4 month old tweet http://j.mp/cwRtI3 now has an answer, Thunderbird 3 can store tags/stars on the IMAP server: http://j.mp/cMlPNw sweet!
Thu 2010.03.25, 11:29pm
A better (more official) link for the Rogers will not gouge you for iPhone tethering announcement: http://j.mp/cxFt6k
Wed 2010.03.24, 9:21am
Hooray! Rogers has decided to let an opportunity to further gouge their clients slide - just this once: http://j.mp/aMyhQG
Wed 2010.03.24, 9:13am
After a 62 day hiatus, the VAIO laptop is back on Ubuntu in time for the first Lucid Lynx beta. Fedora was alright, but curiosity killed it.
Mon 2010.03.22, 9:11pm
Am I the only one that hates video content online? Can't speed read or skim through it. Ugh. It was called hyperTEXT for a reason.
Fri 2010.03.19, 10:46pm
On the rare occasion OS X's GUI locks hard I can reboot it via SSH 99% of the time. Windows would have me kick the plug out. Long live UNIX!
Wed 2010.03.17, 2:08am
Whatever happened to copy and paste under X11 being simply select to copy, middle click to paste. I miss this.
Wed 2010.03.10, 11:01pm
New Castle on tonight. Finally something decent to watch. Not a whole lot on lately.
Mon 2010.03.08, 8:11pm
Shaw appears to be having a really rough time this evening...
Fri 2010.03.05, 12:30am
A net tax to clean infected computers says an MS VP?! http://j.mp/9kiXBJ I have a better idea. Let's have MS foot the bill for *their* mess!
Wed 2010.03.03, 12:43am
I did not know Mike Myers played more than just Austin Powers in Goldmember until my wife pointed it out just now. How'd I miss that?! #fail
Sat 2010.02.27, 12:16am
Just scored 2097 points playing Run! (Normal) for #iPhone. I ran until I was vanquished by a powerful wizard. http://arthurham.com/run
Fri 2010.02.26, 9:57pm
Post... Whew.
Fri 2010.02.26, 9:41pm
Someone must have accidentally let Geek Squad staff near @BestBuy's servers. http://twitpic.com/15axv8
Thu 2010.02.25, 1:34pm
HAST - http://j.mp/cpSDS9 committed to FreeBSD HEAD, looks very cool.
Sat 2010.02.20, 11:56am
Hacking ViGedit http://j.mp/9vNhuQ it needs markers and jumping between braces via '%' amongst other things. Python makes this painful. :(
Fri 2010.02.19, 8:24pm
...and don't get me started about using spaces for indentation. Tabs, man, tabs! http://j.mp/c9WQfi
Fri 2010.02.19, 8:14pm
Seriously, how do Python scripters live without braces to delimit blocks?! Gah! What a terrible syntax, or lack thereof!
Fri 2010.02.19, 8:03pm
Testing out tweet.im...
Fri 2010.02.19, 12:19am
vigedit http://j.mp/cFJ1Kj has potential to be awesome but unfortunately appears to be in its infancy. :(
Thu 2010.02.18, 8:00pm
Yay, the display glitches in the gnome-screensaver in Fedora 12 have been fixed in an update today. (2.28.3-1.fc12.x86_64)
Tue 2010.02.16, 8:13pm
Yanked the HD from a failing PC and put it into an Ubuntu box. Impressed, it immediately warned me of failures. http://twitpic.com/12xvus
Sat 2010.02.13, 12:29am
Just scored 1150 points playing Run! (Normal) for #iPhone. I ran until I was blown to bits by a falling bomb. http://arthurham.com/run
Wed 2010.02.10, 11:16pm
It's a girl! (again!) :D http://twitpic.com/12i86r
Wed 2010.02.10, 7:29pm
Hooray! Facebook did something intelligent! Facebook chat now uses XMPP! http://bit.ly/98NYhE and http://bit.ly/c7WkKj
Wed 2010.02.10, 1:16pm
Looks like Google has added 'Buzz' to my Gmail account. Peachy!
Wed 2010.02.10, 9:34am
Cool, Google added Beaumont, AB (amongst other smaller municipalities) to Street View... http://j.mp/a6HmbO http://twitpic.com/12a0ie
Tue 2010.02.09, 2:10pm
Just scored 881 points playing Run! (Quick) for #iPhone. I ran until I was mauled by a purple zombie. http://arthurham.com/run
Sat 2010.02.06, 8:24pm
Just discovered Pino - http://j.mp/9ChdAD. Finally a decent native Linux Twitter client. Lacks features but convenient for basic use.
Sat 2010.02.06, 12:14am
Very impressed with CIBC's new iPhone app. Makes me want to do more banking with them. Well done!
Fri 2010.02.05, 9:45pm
Alright, I give up. How do I filter out everything but 'Status Updates' in the new Facebook front-end?
Thu 2010.02.04, 9:02pm
Just scored 398 points playing Run! (Quick) for #iPhone. I ran until I was sliced by a spinning blade. http://arthurham.com/run
Thu 2010.02.04, 8:41pm
When life throws you unicode text files with 'non-breaking space' characters: perl -e 'while (<STDIN>) { $_ =~ s/\xc2\xa0/ /g; print }'
Thu 2010.02.04, 12:08pm
Apparently YouTube has launched on IPv6... Can't seem to resolve v6 IPs for it yet though: http://bit.ly/dnSnpW how unfortunate. :(
Mon 2010.02.01, 5:28pm
Just scored 505 points playing Run! (Normal) for #iPhone. I ran until I was slapped by an evil walrus. http://arthurham.com/run
Sat 2010.01.30, 10:33pm
If Microsoft pulled a stunt like this with Internet Explorer they would be bankrupt before the end of the day. http://j.mp/aUjQht
Fri 2010.01.29, 1:49pm
Comcast actively experimenting with IPv6 http://bit.ly/cVWehB kudos to them for having some foresight! http://twitpic.com/102ah2
Wed 2010.01.27, 3:48pm
Frantic Steve Jobs Stays Up All Night Designing Apple Tablet: http://bit.ly/bYBTXU
Wed 2010.01.27, 10:22am
Seeing a ton of Facebook notifications regarding comments on statuses & photos that smell like malware to me. http://twitpic.com/zvpgk
Tue 2010.01.26, 11:35am
My Intel WiFi doesn't stop working when I wake my laptop from sleep in Fedora like it does in Ubuntu. How convenient!
Sun 2010.01.24, 7:35pm
New IKEA dresser for "baby's" room and cutesie little wall shelf for Natalie's room assembled and mounted. Mission accomplished.
Sat 2010.01.23, 6:36pm
Need to treat your wounds while buried under a pile of rubble in Haiti? There's an app for that! http://bit.ly/8BL6Sz
Wed 2010.01.20, 1:53pm
Oh, please no: http://j.mp/58UI7Z - I assumed Verizon was the only corp dumb enough to make Bing a default. Hopefully just an ugly rumor.
Tue 2010.01.19, 10:39pm
Not terribly impressed by KDE 4. Looks like 'yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment"' should fix things up.
Tue 2010.01.19, 9:34pm
It kind of irks me that most Linux distros support net installs and have working WiFi out of the box but can't do net installs via WiFi. :(
Tue 2010.01.19, 6:43pm
Voices in my head are telling me to give Fedora with KDE 4 a try. Haven't tried either in a VERY long time.
Tue 2010.01.19, 6:08pm
Just woke up from an insane dream! Stole this brand new ride & pimped it out then was cruising around in it! Got caught, owner was SOO mad!
Thu 2010.01.14, 4:16am
This is why classic RTs suck: http://twitpic.com/xz2hq - unnecessary clutter of timelines. Now if @atebits would release Tweetie 2...
Wed 2010.01.13, 3:58pm
Whoo hoo, Acorn 2.2 released! http://bit.ly/6iz0SJ
Tue 2010.01.12, 1:04pm
Eew! The 'Personas' feature in Firefox 3.6 has to be the most hideous looking abomination of UI theming I've ever seen. http://bit.ly/ZiHmQ
Mon 2010.01.11, 5:01pm
Hmmm, decisions, decisions! http://twitpic.com/xph3x
Mon 2010.01.11, 2:18pm
Want! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olv9SiKbF5M
Thu 2010.01.07, 2:27pm
So far this keynote is terrible... I've seen bad infomercials that were far more compelling.
Wed 2010.01.06, 8:38pm
Go figure, Balmer's keynote requires Silverlight. MS never misses a moment to push that garbage.
Wed 2010.01.06, 7:40pm
Waiting for Balmer's CES keynote: http://bit.ly/5j8vZc Watching Microsoft attempt to produce useful products is usually good for a laugh!
Wed 2010.01.06, 6:56pm
TruePower UCS Power Outlet with Built in USB Ports - http://bit.ly/4Qit2t - want!
Tue 2010.01.05, 2:58pm
Apparently DVD discs aren't up to the task of surviving a 2 year old. Guess I'll start preemptively ripping 'em. http://twitpic.com/wm70q
Mon 2010.01.04, 12:19am
First day of 2010 down, 364 to go. Only 3,651 days until the end of this decade, make the most of it people!
Sat 2010.01.02, 12:41am
GO OILERS!!
Wed 2009.12.30, 9:54pm
I'm sick of FAT32 and all its ancient limitations! Why, OH WHY, don't device manufacturers move into the 21st century and use ANY OTHER FS?
Wed 2009.12.30, 6:16pm
App Store Expense Monitor: http://j.mp/5PQRHO - crazy, I've thrown $194.46 to the iPhone app store to date!
Tue 2009.12.29, 4:23pm
Ubuntu Karmic seems to have trouble waking my VAIO's Intel 3945ABG wireless card after waking the system from sleep. How annoying.
Mon 2009.12.28, 10:37pm
Just bought the Playstation 3 adapter for my Harmony 550 remote. Now everything works. Awesome!
Sun 2009.12.27, 3:47pm
Oh no! Chrome under Ubuntu has caught a virus that appears to be turning my OS into XP, this is an outrage! :P http://twitpic.com/ur8fa
Tue 2009.12.22, 10:39pm
Avatar was awesome!
Sat 2009.12.19, 7:33pm
Sena was nice enough to include an extra screw so when I chuck one in frustration trying to mount this belt clip I still have another. Nice!
Fri 2009.12.18, 10:24am
Screenshot of the defaced Twitter.com moments ago: http://j.mp/7f3HlB
Thu 2009.12.17, 11:55pm
It would appear Twitter is hacked! Wonder if SMS tweets still work.
Thu 2009.12.17, 11:46pm
Hacked together my own simple Gravatar code before I noticed Wordpress has a built in get_avatar() function. Bah, I always do that!
Thu 2009.12.17, 10:03pm
Pastebot is awesome - http://j.mp/5ejdgQ - I'm extremely impressed! That's all I've got to say about that.
Thu 2009.12.17, 10:37am
iStat http://j.mp/4ZppAZ up and running, slick! Would have tried it long ago if I realized it ran on FreeBSD. http://twitpic.com/tti0t
Wed 2009.12.16, 6:47pm
Screw this cold nonsense... All setup to work from home for now... Should be much warner here.
Tue 2009.12.15, 7:05pm
My office is a toasty 7°C at the moment. This weather rocks.
Mon 2009.12.14, 11:15am
Went retro and downloaded Mega Man 9 for PS3 this weekend. Damn game is stealing my dignity... 3 bosses down... 5 remain. How frustrating!
Sun 2009.12.13, 10:45pm
Ok, what's with the iPhone App Store prompting me to download updates I've already installed? This is happening a lot lately.
Thu 2009.12.10, 9:15pm
I've been annoyed by a TV stand door that scraped the bottom of the stand when opening for OVER 5 YEARS. Spent 2 MINUTES fixing it today! :)
Thu 2009.12.10, 8:50pm
Crazy sculptures created from old hard drives: http://j.mp/8myxUy
Thu 2009.12.10, 6:53pm
Mmmm... Bigger tubes! http://bit.ly/5kBdyL
Thu 2009.12.10, 4:28pm
Looks like replacements can be easily ordered. The last review describes my issue exactly. Guess I'm not alone. http://j.mp/5HL8DW
Wed 2009.12.09, 4:22pm
The band for my headset finally gave in to the pressure of grasping my oversized cranium and cracked... How annoying.
Wed 2009.12.09, 4:12pm
I was about to whine about Chrome looking hideous under Linux, but then I found the 'Use GTK+ theme' button. Now I'm impressed.
Tue 2009.12.08, 8:02pm
I wonder if Thunderbird 3.0's fancy labeling and tagging features can store the metadata on an IMAP server. It's kinda useless otherwise.
Tue 2009.12.08, 6:44pm
No Chrome extensions on OS X yet. How rude! :( http://twitpic.com/sp2ud
Tue 2009.12.08, 12:31pm
Finally an (official) Google Chrome beta for OS X: http://bit.ly/7WkYgl
Tue 2009.12.08, 10:23am
Mmmm, time for some 'Home Syle Donair...'
Mon 2009.12.07, 7:56pm
$60 billion lawsuit against the recording industry for infringement! Cute seeing them attacked with their own nonsense! http://bit.ly/4FLW1b
Mon 2009.12.07, 4:41pm
Nice! Rogers has a semi-slick iPhone app for checking your account usage: http://j.mp/5cLpcY how did I miss this? http://twitpic.com/sgkid
Sun 2009.12.06, 3:57pm
I MAY need to shovel off my deck today... http://twitpic.com/saj34
Sat 2009.12.05, 2:04pm
Finally watching Terminator Salvation.
Fri 2009.12.04, 8:29pm
Trip home wasn't bad at all, got home just before six!
Fri 2009.12.04, 6:36pm
The mission home begins...
Fri 2009.12.04, 5:12pm
I have arrived... w00t! People were having a lot of trouble getting up the hill. Kinda glad I stole the wife's Jeep this morning!
Fri 2009.12.04, 12:15pm
Almost there, just around the bend... Should only be another day or two... http://twitpic.com/s4jjg
Fri 2009.12.04, 11:51am
Hope I don't get a speeding ticket! http://twitpic.com/s48hh
Fri 2009.12.04, 10:35am
Wish I had a pneumatic tube to suck me into work... It'd be much quicker than THIS!
Fri 2009.12.04, 10:04am
Almost there? Nope! http://twitpic.com/s3z8a
Fri 2009.12.04, 9:34am
I could have jogged to work quicker...
Fri 2009.12.04, 9:26am
The commute from hell continues... Sloooowly...
Fri 2009.12.04, 9:19am
Winter! Yuck yuck yuck!!! http://twitpic.com/s3rty
Fri 2009.12.04, 8:41am
Playing with gource: http://bit.ly/CMFHq - very neat looking visualizations of git version control history, like so http://bit.ly/8jidt8
Thu 2009.12.03, 11:38pm
The Alliance for Code Excellence site is written in ASP. Wonder how many offsets THEY have purchased? http://codeoffsets.com/Default.aspx
Thu 2009.12.03, 2:10pm
Google Streetview is now live in Edmonton! I can see my house from here, tee hee! http://twitpic.com/rt7ea
Wed 2009.12.02, 12:42am
I really resent that having to manually skip through several 'chapters' of ads for other DVDs when playing a disc for my 2year old daughter.
Sun 2009.11.29, 9:53pm
I just generated my #TweetCloud out of a year of my tweets - http://w33.us/81l
Sat 2009.11.28, 11:06pm
This hockey game is NOT going well. :(
Sat 2009.11.28, 8:27pm
The new Air Sharing iPhone update rocks! Mobile access to my files via SSH FTW!
Sat 2009.11.28, 7:28pm
Silverlight on iPhone? That's a disturbing thought, I don't want it anywhere near my desktops, let alone my phone! - http://bit.ly/5s27iw
Fri 2009.11.27, 10:09pm
About to reboot my home server with the 8.0-RELEASE kernel. No turning back now.
Fri 2009.11.27, 8:32pm
Prebuilt Google Chrome OS image for Dell Mini 10v. Nice! http://bit.ly/5D5SXE
Fri 2009.11.27, 2:01pm
Why do I have the sudden urge to play Jenga? http://twitpic.com/r6sc5
Fri 2009.11.27, 11:16am
Experimenting with FreeBSD jails. They seem quite slick so far.
Thu 2009.11.26, 9:28pm
Another day, another 8 Google Wave invites to dispose of. They're giving 'em away like candy now. Anyone left that needs one?
Thu 2009.11.26, 12:40am
Just discovered pkg_cutleaves for cleaning BSD packages. Slick!
Tue 2009.11.24, 8:16pm
Are they seriously going to question our goal AGAIN?!
Mon 2009.11.23, 8:39pm
Let's go Oilers!
Mon 2009.11.23, 7:31pm
Have 5 more Google Wave invites to pass around. Anybody want them or has supply now exceeded demand?
Mon 2009.11.23, 12:18pm
#Haiku: Obsolete software / Useless in every way / Must install Linux. Enter the contest: http://winahomeserver.com
Sun 2009.11.22, 10:13pm
Receieved an extra Wave Invite in my e-mail, but I already have an account. What to do, what to do!?
Sat 2009.11.21, 12:44pm
Chrome OS doesn't appear interested in getting any further than the splash screen on both my laptop and netbook. Probably too soon to play.
Sat 2009.11.21, 12:15am
Curiosity has the better of me. Attempting to write a bootable Chrome OS USB key...
Fri 2009.11.20, 11:50pm
I thought Win7 vetoed my snubbing of Silverlight... Nope, actually 7 unique updates for the same damn thing. Lame! http://twitpic.com/qb672
Fri 2009.11.20, 8:05pm
This just in, Windows Mobile based phones can now be made useful! http://bit.ly/3hwIha
Wed 2009.11.18, 12:05am
Twitter has enabled the new/beta retweeting on my account. Neat! Now for @tweetie to enable it...
Tue 2009.11.17, 8:47pm
How have I been using FreeBSD for this long without noticing BSNMP built into the base (http://bit.ly/H3TFs)?
Tue 2009.11.17, 6:32pm
Demo of Chrome OS this thursday. I'm intrigued. http://bit.ly/3WA6aV
Tue 2009.11.17, 5:08pm
Spent the evening upgrading a six year old FreeBSD 4.8 installation to 8.0-RC3 on rather old hardware... Not so thrilling, but successful...
Mon 2009.11.16, 11:24pm
My wife is at a doctors appointment for a blood test and is now IM'ing me from her iPod using an unsecured router. I've taught her well! :)
Sat 2009.11.14, 12:09pm
They can't touch the Mac Mini's design and OS, but the Dell Zino HD announced today is still kinda slick for the price: http://bit.ly/3LsgEM
Thu 2009.11.12, 10:35pm
Went to Best Buy to buy a cheap $25 wireless laptop mouse (on sale) for Jessie. Walked out with a $60 Logitech V450 Nano. No self-restraint.
Thu 2009.11.12, 8:59pm
I'd like to meet whoever decided CTRL+L should open a dialogue in IE instead of simply focusing the address bar. What were they thinking?!
Tue 2009.11.10, 10:09pm
Ionic batteries you say? Sounds promising. http://bit.ly/WfPXU
Fri 2009.11.06, 4:57pm
Finally dug up the answer (http://bit.ly/3sAPMv) to my recent question (http://bit.ly/2cIekq). WIN7 media is NOT 'universal' but IS fixable.
Fri 2009.11.06, 3:44pm
No Microsoft, I don't want to install Silverlight. Never will. What part of 'Hide Update' is too difficult for you to understand?
Thu 2009.11.05, 7:29pm
Chrome is shaping up to be a very impressive browser, but I don't comprehend how it went from 1.0 to 4.0 in under a year... Odd versioning!
Wed 2009.11.04, 10:04pm
First time I've introduced a portability bug between 32 and 64 bit hosts in perl. That'll teach me for being 'clever' with shift operators!
Wed 2009.11.04, 1:08pm
You can't install 'Professional' via 'Home Premium' media... You could with Vista. Upgrade media limitation? http://twitpic.com/nz34t
Sun 2009.11.01, 10:15pm
Attempting to install Windows 7 'upgrade' in a clean VM with and without key. Trying to confirm the OEM/Upgrade/Retail medias are identical.
Sun 2009.11.01, 9:06pm
Completed a 3rd Windows 7 install today. On 2 of the 3 PCs everything worked without having to hunt for drivers. Impressive by MS standards!
Sat 2009.10.31, 11:44pm
Oh hello! What have we here?! http://twitpic.com/nhle0
Thu 2009.10.29, 11:23pm
The look & feel of Ubuntu Netbook Remix seems to have cleaned up very nicely in today's Karmic release! http://twitpic.com/nh83a
Thu 2009.10.29, 9:06pm
This hockey game has taken a TERRIBLE turn for the worse... This is getting painful!
Thu 2009.10.29, 8:51pm
Karmic Netbook Edition doesn't work with my Broadcom BCM4312 wireless out of the box, fortunately there's an easy fix: http://bit.ly/3H104T
Thu 2009.10.29, 8:27pm
Just finished setting up gitosis (http://tinyurl.com/328nun). What a sweet setup! Easily grant access to repos without giving out shells.
Thu 2009.10.29, 6:36pm
Mmmm... Karmic released and new Apple TV firmware... Days with new software are good days (excluding MS patch Tuesdays)...
Thu 2009.10.29, 4:58pm
Ooops... It would appear I've been had. http://tinyurl.com/ylrsvl3 :P
Wed 2009.10.28, 10:07am
Hmmm, Google Chrome OS beta now available http://sites.google.com/site/chromeoslinux/. Interesting, but why the rather dated Gnome 2.24?
Wed 2009.10.28, 10:01am
Ubuntu's installer is slick, but its decision to disregard existing EXT3 partitions in favor of shrinking the NTFS one was not so bright...
Tue 2009.10.27, 6:51pm
Aw crap! I'm so sick of junk mail! http://twitpic.com/n3trr
Mon 2009.10.26, 8:20pm
A package! What could it be? http://twitpic.com/n3tl2
Mon 2009.10.26, 8:19pm
Wow, the Windows 7 Product Guide http://tinyurl.com/ylapaqr weighs in at a massive 62 MB! It's as bloated as the product line it describes!
Mon 2009.10.26, 12:54pm
Only MS could write an OS updater dumb enough to download a security patch for IE 7 only to replace it with IE 8 in the same run...
Fri 2009.10.23, 7:05pm
Interesting... My portage profile appears to have been deprecated in favour of default/linux/x86/10.0, no announcement on Gentoo.org yet...
Fri 2009.10.23, 1:50pm
Just to set the record straight on MS' new ad campaign - Windows 7 was NOT my idea! Using ANYTHING but Windows was MY idea... :)
Thu 2009.10.22, 11:01pm
Everytime Khabibulin allows a goal I wonder if 'rewinding' the PVR and giving him a 2nd chance would help matters...
Thu 2009.10.22, 7:15pm
New Apple ad "Broken Promises" rocks...
Thu 2009.10.22, 6:44pm
Neat JS typing test: http://bit.ly/1hpbbs - Whew, better let the keyboard sit and cool for awhile. :P http://twitpic.com/mfv86
Wed 2009.10.21, 9:56pm
Tried NetNewsWire and Newsie... Not all that impressed. Byline is still king of the Google Reader RSS apps for my use...
Wed 2009.10.21, 7:37pm
Jessie's LG Keybo (LG9100) dies and reboots when connecting to Linux or OS X as USB mass storage. Apparently it only talks to Windows. LAME!
Tue 2009.10.20, 10:03pm
Before you can understand recursion, you must first understand recursion. http://twitpic.com/mbojm
Tue 2009.10.20, 9:25pm
Want! http://www.apple.com/imac/
Tue 2009.10.20, 9:39am
Damnit, apparently some ballgame on Fox shoved House into Lie to Me's timeslot thus ruining the PVR recording. Sucky!
Mon 2009.10.19, 10:52pm
Next up against the wall will be devs that don't comprehend that drivers weighing in at 10's or even 100's of MBs are bloated garbage!
Mon 2009.10.19, 9:27pm
One day I'll find & kill the bastard behind all the BS spam infested driver sites that eclipse the legit driver downloads in Google's index!
Mon 2009.10.19, 9:08pm
Freeing another netbook (an Asus Eee PC) from the slavery of Windows XP.
Sat 2009.10.17, 2:37pm
Apple is now allowing in-app purchase for free apps - http://tinyurl.com/yk2dgnt - Nice!
Thu 2009.10.15, 2:24pm
Smokers will use ashtrays if they actually exist? You don't say! - http://tinyurl.com/yjajvm2
Thu 2009.10.15, 9:18am
At 5 KM/hour this will be a LONG commute!
Wed 2009.10.14, 7:47am
Well this isn't going to work...
Tue 2009.10.13, 7:41pm
Waiting for Clonezilla to copy a partition off of yet another dead Maxtor drive.
Tue 2009.10.13, 7:19pm
Good game!
Sat 2009.10.10, 9:46pm
Go Oilers! Go!
Sat 2009.10.10, 8:18pm
Nice view! http://twitpic.com/l28pt
Sat 2009.10.10, 7:12pm
Going to the Oilers game, woohoo!
Sat 2009.10.10, 6:36pm
A workaround! Dereferencing the hash appears to eliminate the mystery value based keys from appearing. This still doesn't make ANY sense.
Fri 2009.10.09, 2:48pm
Woohoo, Tweetie 2 has arrived!
Fri 2009.10.09, 1:36pm
Why are my perl hash values becoming keys?!
Fri 2009.10.09, 11:33am
What just happened?!
Thu 2009.10.08, 8:58pm
Ah, Ubuntu betas. Over 260 updates in only 4 days - and now I have two battery level icons... Will I ever learn to wait for the release?
Thu 2009.10.08, 7:44pm
Received my reminder of what winter driving is about this morning. Whitemud overpass on 50th was SLICK! Barely avoided remodelling the car.
Thu 2009.10.08, 8:40am
Just worked out differences between the old Rogers 'System Access Fee' vs their new 'Regulatory Recovery Fee.' The old way saves me $0.13...
Wed 2009.10.07, 11:13am
I miss Roloson... :(
Tue 2009.10.06, 8:29pm
Dear Shaw, your PPV 'service' is a joke... Maybe you should fix it some day!
Tue 2009.10.06, 6:50pm
Dropbox looks slick! But... How does it figure I deleted a file 7 hours before creating it? Or joining even? http://twitpic.com/kihhf
Tue 2009.10.06, 1:04pm
Bell & Telus to carry the iPhone next month, nice! Maybe a little competition will correct the insanity of Rogers charging $8 for caller id!
Tue 2009.10.06, 8:27am
Fixed a dumb bug in a perl script I'm writing. Too many cookies in my cookie jar. Tossing my cookies every loop iteration solved all...
Mon 2009.10.05, 12:28pm
Dora the Explorer toddler bed - "New Easy to Assemble Design!" -- BULLSHIT! :P
Sat 2009.10.03, 3:55pm
Upgrading my laptop to Karmic Koala... I can never wait for the final releases... No willpower.
Sat 2009.10.03, 1:08pm
I despise this VAIO for not holding a charge.
Sat 2009.10.03, 11:31am
Fixed my Twitalytic instance. Apparently it doesn't like humans tearing out random rows from its tables. Whoops! Off to bed I go.
Sat 2009.10.03, 12:14am
Watching Defying Gravity in distorted standard definition. How very sucky! I blame ABC.
Fri 2009.10.02, 9:54pm
ASCII files with DOS style line endings are vile! s/^M//g
Fri 2009.10.02, 8:43pm
Google's invite only concept is brilliant. Would the world's geeks be clamouring over 'Wave' so frantically if they could sign up on a whim?
Wed 2009.09.30, 3:13pm
Less 'play' and more 'go to bed' might be a good idea right about now...
Tue 2009.09.29, 11:31pm
Push email to iPhone via Google Sync also works for Google Apps domains. Nice!
Tue 2009.09.29, 11:16pm
Apple should really allow users to hide or delete useless built in iPhone apps. Honestly, I have no desire to ever record a 'Voice Memo.'
Tue 2009.09.29, 7:50pm
WTF, why is the Whitemud all backed up?! :(
Tue 2009.09.29, 4:41pm
Google sending out 'Wave' invites to the first 100,000 people that signed up, tomorrow. Could have sworn I signed up. Can't remember...
Tue 2009.09.29, 3:59pm
"Proven antivirus protection for free?" - How can something JUST released be "proven?!" Oh, Microsoft. :P http://twitpic.com/jmwsv
Tue 2009.09.29, 1:15pm
Finally got Haiku alpha to boot in VirtualBox. Cheated! Pre-partitioned the drive with Linux fdisk. Installed a standard MBR using FreeBSD.
Fri 2009.09.25, 8:11pm
SleepNow (http://bit.ly/4fS8) is just what I needed. Combined with Wake-On-Lan I can now remotely put to sleep and wake my Macs. Cool!
Fri 2009.09.25, 5:42pm
Just purchased NetNewsWire... Torn between it and Gruml. I like Gruml's feature-complete Google Reader support, but NNW feels more refined.
Thu 2009.09.24, 11:00am
Whew... After blood sweat and tears my upgrade is done and my photos and music survived. Nice and spacious! http://yfrog.com/0t6ttp
Tue 2009.09.22, 7:30pm
Gentoo just saved my ass! Free beer for the person who decided to build the LiveCD kernel/mods with GPT and HFS+ support. You suck Knoppix!
Tue 2009.09.22, 5:57pm
Whoa is me! The 80 GB HD I was replacing with the 500 GB died in mid backup! Sucky! Up and running with the 500 GB. Need to restore data. :(
Tue 2009.09.22, 1:48am
Better setup Time Machine in preparation for the whopping 500 GB HD upgrade... Was getting cramped in here - http://twitpic.com/inpto
Mon 2009.09.21, 7:29pm
Watching Defying Gravity... Being a Canadian still rocks, you suck ABC!
Fri 2009.09.18, 7:09pm
Still waiting, got my Tetris fix already... Now what?
Wed 2009.09.16, 1:21pm
Waiting...
Wed 2009.09.16, 1:06pm
Fix to shortcomings of Apple's App Store - compare it to the WinMobile Marketplace! Apple looks flawless In contrast. http://bit.ly/1tUniK
Tue 2009.09.15, 11:17pm
Ah ha! Must have been some dork playing on his iPhone instead of driving! ;) http://twitpic.com/hdcj2
Fri 2009.09.11, 4:33pm
Ugh! Traffic sucks!
Fri 2009.09.11, 4:26pm
Why must iTunes absolutely INSIST I download over 10 GB of content already on my Apple TV?! How rude! http://twitpic.com/h9zgw
Thu 2009.09.10, 9:08pm
Hmm... What to watch? Obama, Obama, or Obama... Damn, he's on every single HD channel!
Wed 2009.09.09, 6:02pm
iPhone 3.1 now syncs faces with iPhoto, now if only it would sync events as well, they'd really have something...
Wed 2009.09.09, 5:51pm
Uh oh, vacation is over. Off to work I go.
Tue 2009.09.08, 7:16am
Wow... Upgrading en-freebsd-doc from ports pulled in and built 108 dependencies! That's a little much. Better stick to the binary next time.
Mon 2009.09.07, 9:30pm
Somewhere between FreeBSD 8.0 BETA1 and BETA4 my ZFS woes have been resolved. Nice! Also liking the new USB thumb drive install images.
Mon 2009.09.07, 6:47pm
Just noticed some new 'CompuFix' place around the corner from my house... That could be handy for some quick parts if the price is right...
Sat 2009.09.05, 8:57pm
Waiting impatiently for a virus scan on another b0rked PC. Am I the only one who finds it sad that Windows requires another OS to repair it?
Fri 2009.09.04, 11:58pm
Home, sweet home!
Mon 2009.08.31, 6:21pm
Homeward bound, quick pit stop near Calgary for some baconators and we shall be on our way...
Mon 2009.08.31, 2:26pm
My new best friend in the room is now hard at work... Excellent! http://twitpic.com/fza8u
Mon 2009.08.31, 8:57am
My iPhone battery is almost dead... Then no more Internet for me! :( Forgot my cable at home... How unfortunate...
Sun 2009.08.30, 10:21pm
Bow View Lodge's internet is pay per use... How lame is that?!
Sun 2009.08.30, 9:35pm
Off to Banff we go!
Sun 2009.08.30, 8:55am
Just another addition to the shrine... http://twitpic.com/fo14w
Fri 2009.08.28, 9:53pm
Yay!! :) http://twitpic.com/fnlg6
Fri 2009.08.28, 7:56pm
Is downloading sufficient or do I actually have to use it?! My charitable nature only goes so far! - http://bit.ly/T4kli :D
Thu 2009.08.27, 3:04pm
Wow... It is absolutely dumping... Cool! :)
Wed 2009.08.26, 9:27pm
Working on a script to convert my iTunes+ M4A files into MP3 while preserving metadata so I can burn them to a disc that'll play in my Jeep.
Tue 2009.08.25, 6:42pm
If install Ubuntu Netbook Remix on a Dell netbook and are having problems with cursor movements on clicks. Install this: http://bit.ly/6ZSSj
Sun 2009.08.23, 1:48am
Wiping XP off the wife's new netbook in favor of Ubuntu... It's the right thing to do...
Sat 2009.08.22, 11:30pm
Yay! Successfully installed Snow Leopard via my USB thumb drive.
Thu 2009.08.20, 10:44pm
Sweet, repartitioning the USB stick as a GUID seems to have done the trick...
Thu 2009.08.20, 9:53pm
God damn laser calibration! Always giving me grief... http://twitpic.com/eo8gq
Thu 2009.08.20, 8:18pm
15 DL DVDs $39.99. Snow Leopard Family Pack $49.00. Wasting the money on blanks to get Snow Leopard just over a week early: priceless! :P
Thu 2009.08.20, 8:10pm
Made it to Best Buy on time, w00t!
Thu 2009.08.20, 7:56pm
Well damnit... Off to get some dual-layer media then...
Thu 2009.08.20, 7:41pm
Hmmm, that didn't work... Wonder if I can use "Remote Install" utility to install from the image via another machine over the network...
Thu 2009.08.20, 7:21pm
Finished copying Snow Leopard onto a USB key... Time to play.
Thu 2009.08.20, 7:05pm
Whoa, Duke 3D released for iPhone! That's impressive in a "When I was your age my computer could barely handle it." sort of way...
Mon 2009.08.10, 6:46pm
The experimental Google URL (www2.sandbox.google.com) redirects to www2.sandbox.google.com/m on iPhone but that URL doesn't exist. Ooops!
Mon 2009.08.10, 6:20pm
Kill IE6? IE8 doesn't even support CSS 3 and is behind all other current browsers. How about killing IE in general? http://bit.ly/13Plfk
Wed 2009.08.05, 6:21pm
I got him! I got him! Muh ha ha ha! Down with the fly!
Wed 2009.08.05, 1:55pm
Home, sweet home...
Mon 2009.08.03, 2:15pm
Rain, rain, go away! Come again another day...
Sat 2009.08.01, 4:24pm
Out camping, looks like my data still works out here... Score, I can still get my net fix...
Sat 2009.08.01, 12:15pm
Wonder if they've managed to turn it into a decent text editor: Emacs Hits Version 23 http://bit.ly/13zXfH (via @slashdot)
Thu 2009.07.30, 12:58pm
Allowed Achilles into my office, if he's like my cats, he'll get that damn fly!
Thu 2009.07.30, 9:24am
As soon as this massive fly buzzing around my office makes a wrong move, he's a goner. He's taken a few brute hits, but he lives so far.
Wed 2009.07.29, 3:03pm
...and suddenly, if at all possible, Yahoo is even LESS relevant... http://bit.ly/146xaG
Tue 2009.07.28, 9:37pm
Thanks for all the birthday wishes!
Mon 2009.07.27, 9:59pm
I'm so proud to be an Edmontonian right now: http://tinyurl.com/larnrd
Mon 2009.07.20, 2:03pm
That can't be good... (CN Tower) http://twitpic.com/av3wr
Sat 2009.07.18, 10:30pm
Mega Man II has been ported to iPhone... That is awesome! How retro. :)
Sat 2009.07.18, 3:14pm
I hate this damn parade...
Thu 2009.07.16, 8:16am
Attempting to make the "Can we go to Memory Express and buy 4 GB of RAM" face within visual range of my wife.
Sat 2009.07.11, 12:02pm
FreeBSD upgrade fail! ZFS has all but my root filesystem and won't startup with the 8.0-BETA1 kernel. It appears to want more than 1 GB RAM.
Sat 2009.07.11, 12:00pm
Attempting freebsd-update from 7.2 to 8.0-beta1...
Sat 2009.07.11, 10:24am
Just finished a Qmail/vpopmail script that immediately pushes Prowl notifications on delivery of new mail. Cool!
Fri 2009.07.10, 11:41pm
Just discovered Byline, an iPhone UI for Google Reader. Seems slick so far.
Fri 2009.07.10, 4:59pm
Updated my Irssi prowl notification script - http://bit.ly/3sy6Lx - to use the new API key system. You're welcome.
Tue 2009.07.07, 11:00pm
Stayed up WAY too late coding a perl plugin to integrate my IRSSI proxy with Prowl... Success! Must sleep now...
Tue 2009.07.07, 1:24am
Mmmm, dinner! http://twitpic.com/9jv8y
Mon 2009.07.06, 6:25pm
Growl + Prowl + perl + iPhone push notifications = infinite possibilities! Awesome!
Mon 2009.07.06, 2:00pm
Mother nature has forsaken me and rained on my camp fire... How very saddening...
Sat 2009.07.04, 9:33pm
Sitting around the fire, doing tech support for Frank's mom via my iPhone and having a beer...
Sat 2009.07.04, 8:57pm
Another day, another scumbag telemarketer reported to the Do not call registry. Not sure if it does anything, but its worth a shot.
Fri 2009.07.03, 7:08pm
XHTML 2 Cancelled http://tinyurl.com/n93e76 (via @slashdot) - How unfortunate. I find HTML 5's direction far less appealing than XHTML's.
Fri 2009.07.03, 9:23am
Oh no! Roloson has forsaken us! :( http://twurl.nl/io5574
Wed 2009.07.01, 12:40pm
Holy shit, Apple finally approved the long overdue #Tweetie update! I'm stunned.
Tue 2009.06.30, 10:23pm
My pregnant wife MUST HAVE peanut butter... I swear she'll die if age doesn't get some soon... Out the door I go...
Sun 2009.06.28, 7:06pm
Just ordered Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade for my VAIO notebook at its special pre-order price... I feel dirty... Time for a shower.
Sun 2009.06.28, 9:54am
At Best Buy aquiring a replacement for my coffee soaked Apple keyboard... I'll try to be more carefull with this one... :p
Sat 2009.06.27, 1:47pm
Off to retrieve some McBreakfast...
Sat 2009.06.27, 9:16am
Trying TweetDeck while I impatiently wait for Tweetie's update to be approved... Surprisingly impressed so far... Especially for a free app.
Tue 2009.06.23, 7:05pm
Hmmm, how to get rid of this nuisance without unleashing an angry swarm? http://twitpic.com/85xcc
Mon 2009.06.22, 9:12pm
Watching "Cake Boss," not sure why... But now I want cake...
Mon 2009.06.22, 7:08pm
Amazing how quickly all my frustration towards Apple delaying push is melting away now that Beejive is out... Now just need Tweetie updated.
Mon 2009.06.22, 5:26pm
Finally!!! - 3.0 for iPhone is finally in the App Store - enjoy! (via @BeejiveIM)
Mon 2009.06.22, 5:18pm
...and my keyboard is screwed.... Switching to standby non-allunimum Apple keyboard. Now I can hear the racket of my typing again. :(
Mon 2009.06.22, 10:50am
Damnit... Just spilled a full cup of coffee on my keyboard. I hate it when I do that!!!
Mon 2009.06.22, 10:09am
Look what I found! http://twitpic.com/7z4et
Sat 2009.06.20, 8:33pm
Watching Wipe-Out. :)
Sat 2009.06.20, 8:05pm
Hitting up the new Bed Bath & Beyond with my wife.. Got my sweet coffee maker out of the deal... Win! http://twitpic.com/7xgms
Sat 2009.06.20, 12:44pm
iPhone app devs, please hold off new iFart and Flashlight apps for a sec so Apple can find time to click "approve" on the push apps already!
Fri 2009.06.19, 8:10pm
WTF, all the currently available push apps are for apps that don't really need it... Damn you, Apple! Hurry up with the updates already!
Thu 2009.06.18, 8:32pm
Then I could stop refreshing the updates area like an obsessed mad man and wait for the badge to increment... Sigh... All well.
Wed 2009.06.17, 10:53pm
In lieu of push apps being ready with the launch of iPhone 3.0 today, you'd think Apple could at least make the App Store app utilize push.
Wed 2009.06.17, 10:52pm
Tried tethering my iPhone to my Linux laptop. No dice, looks like this is a "Windows/Mac" only game until somebody writes a driver.
Wed 2009.06.17, 10:46pm
Sweet, tethering is now enabled... Free for iPhone users while Rogers decides how much more to gouge (next 6 months)...
Wed 2009.06.17, 9:05pm
On hold with Rogers... Let's see if I can get tethering enabled...
Wed 2009.06.17, 8:24pm
Downloading BeejiveIM... Better be worth its relatively steep price...
Wed 2009.06.17, 7:59pm
Okay, it's past midnight... Where are my push enabled iPhone apps?
Tue 2009.06.16, 11:01pm
Oooops! I did it again! :)
Tue 2009.06.16, 4:44pm
The fit PC 2 looks rather cool - http://bit.ly/8hGjC
Sun 2009.06.14, 10:58pm
Bought an Ericson HBH-PV703 Bluetooth headset 57 days ago... Used daily on my commute, I'm recharging it for the 1st time today. Impressive!
Thu 2009.06.11, 11:01pm
Hitting up the Burger Baron in my ol' hometown! :) http://twitpic.com/75w1s
Thu 2009.06.11, 6:35pm
Waking up sucks!
Thu 2009.06.11, 7:11am
Alright, one more smoke and then i'm off to bed... Sleep is good.
Wed 2009.06.10, 11:58pm
I want one of these: http://bit.ly/ZBQZi
Wed 2009.06.10, 10:49pm
Woohoo! My copy of Version Control with Git has arrived. :)
Wed 2009.06.10, 10:16pm
M'eh, it's an external, now I'm not quite as impressed. All well...
Tue 2009.06.09, 11:55pm
Wow, 4TB drives from Western Digital: http://bit.ly/G1VDC - want!
Tue 2009.06.09, 11:54pm
WTF is with these whacky widgets appearing obtrusively in the background of Slashdot comments lately?! http://yfrog.com/03itqp
Tue 2009.06.09, 10:37pm
Good news everyone! Futurama shall return again... Cool! - http://bit.ly/14xzog
Tue 2009.06.09, 10:10pm
Well, that was a hellish commute .
Tue 2009.06.09, 8:52am
99th down to one lane for no apparent reason makes me happy... :p
Tue 2009.06.09, 8:12am
Playing with my early copy of iPhone 3.0 software... Seems solid... No real push enabled apps to play with yet though...
Mon 2009.06.08, 10:26pm
Goodbye Gentoo, you're fired! It's been fun, but Ubuntu is reclaiming my laptop...
Sat 2009.06.06, 8:11pm
My copy of "Version Control with Git" has shipped. w00t!
Fri 2009.06.05, 12:38pm
Damn, I hate these bullshit Facebook quizzes, I do out of boredom that ask for a cell number at the end hoping I won't see the $5/week scam.
Tue 2009.06.02, 10:17pm
All done. Motorola CNUT 3.x now runs on OS X - http://bit.ly/6VQGf
Tue 2009.06.02, 9:40pm
Attempting to re-package CNUT 3.12 for OS X...
Tue 2009.06.02, 8:10pm
...and here's why I'll never trust any search engine Microsoft develops... http://bit.ly/6l2Ng
Mon 2009.06.01, 10:17pm
Oooh! Check out Microsoft's new search engine "Bing." Seriously, hurry before they realize they/it still sucks and rebrand it again.
Mon 2009.06.01, 9:52pm
Banishing Inferno to the basement... http://bit.ly/16Ndi1
Mon 2009.06.01, 8:01pm
Stupid Rogers. Their promotional "MEGA VALUE PLAN" has no value whatsoever when you weigh in all the factors... Tards - http://bit.ly/13fvIb
Mon 2009.06.01, 5:57pm
My vacation is now over. :( Off to bed so I can wake up on time to grab a cappuccino and return to the whole "working for a living" routine.
Sun 2009.05.31, 11:03pm
Shaw must just be getting saturated in my area. Now, in the middle of the night I'm getting my usual 15 Mbps again. Time for upgrades, Shaw?
Sat 2009.05.30, 12:11am
Shaw seems disturbingly slow at the moment... Only getting ~ 3.5 Mbps... Usually get 15 Mbps pretty consistently. What's up?
Fri 2009.05.29, 9:38pm
Why, oh why is Seven Pounds not available for rent in HD on Apple TV? All well, not giving Shaw $7.99 for the privilege. Standard def it is.
Sun 2009.05.24, 10:26pm
Going across the street to Fat Franks to get me a hot dog, gigady!
Fri 2009.05.22, 12:09pm
Just discovered a slick and free iPhone app called 'Mover.' A neat UI for sharing photos and contacts over WiFi. Ok seriously, going to bed!
Thu 2009.05.21, 12:30am
Must... Fall... Asleep...
Thu 2009.05.21, 12:13am
One more reason to hate Rogers - http://bit.ly/HU1kN
Wed 2009.05.20, 11:21pm
Waiting on hold for a Rogers rep... Wonder if they're actually around at this hour or if they just put me in an infinite queue for laughs.
Wed 2009.05.20, 10:28pm
Damn all these cliffhanger finales... What's the deal?!
Wed 2009.05.20, 8:03pm
Watching Criminal Minds...
Wed 2009.05.20, 6:00pm
Need to get me one of these: http://bit.ly/178h3G for the next time the car taunts me with its check engine light.
Wed 2009.05.20, 5:44pm
Received my Ubuntu 9.04 CD in the mail. It's taunting me with its fancy new artwork... It wants to be installed over my finely tuned Gentoo.
Tue 2009.05.19, 6:17pm
Really should setup ZFS on my gateway box and be done with fsck nonsense...
Tue 2009.05.19, 5:49pm
Power is back up, now I need to get all my computers back up and happy again.
Tue 2009.05.19, 5:42pm
My wife found my Home Depot card again, dammit!! http://twitpic.com/5b3vu
Sat 2009.05.16, 12:58pm
Downloading Worms for PS3. Awesome!
Fri 2009.05.15, 7:27pm
Mmm... OS X screensavers. - http://bit.ly/5BLEu :)
Thu 2009.05.14, 10:28pm
Evacuating CN!!! Run for your lives!
Wed 2009.05.13, 10:08am
Linux.com looks nice and should serve Linux users well, but I think they got a little carried away with the whole social networking thing.
Tue 2009.05.12, 9:35pm
Checking out the new linux.com site.
Tue 2009.05.12, 9:25pm
Why, oh why does a little snow slow down traffic so drastically?!1
Tue 2009.05.12, 4:44pm
Leopard 10.5.7 Update released, w00t! http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3397
Tue 2009.05.12, 1:33pm
WTF, why is VirtualBox's DHCP server passing 16.187.5.8 as the primary nameserver to my Gentoo virtual machine?
Tue 2009.05.12, 10:38am
Installing perl forks: 'Fixing prototypes in forks.xs' seems to take an absurd amount of time... Waiting...
Tue 2009.05.12, 10:12am
Watching the finale of Castle...
Mon 2009.05.11, 7:07pm
Hmmm, Shaw phone service seems to be down... How odd...
Mon 2009.05.11, 5:43pm
New version of Things for iPhone is out, w00t!
Sun 2009.05.10, 5:37pm
Wait a minute... I'm still awake? How silly! Time to stop pretending I'm a web designer and go to sleep...
Sun 2009.05.10, 1:22am
Alright, Tomcat either hates me, FreeBSD or both. Either way, I'm going to bed.
Thu 2009.05.07, 10:32pm
Yay, got Apache Tomcat up and running...
Thu 2009.05.07, 7:44pm
Traffic sucks!
Thu 2009.05.07, 4:27pm
Allright, it's definitely past my bed time... Good night!
Tue 2009.05.05, 11:54pm
Sweet... All set for Windows 7 drivers. 64-bit drivers for most VAIO notebooks can be found here: http://bit.ly/Uv9GP - you're welcome. :)
Tue 2009.05.05, 8:18pm
Now that I've got GRUB reinstalled I can boot into a REAL OS (Linux) and run lspci to find out what chipsets I still need drivers for.
Tue 2009.05.05, 7:44pm
Thanks for wiping out GRUB. Good ol' Windows (not that I didn't expect it). Also wish I kept the drivers I downloaded for the beta.
Tue 2009.05.05, 7:19pm
Installing Windows 7 RC. I suppose it would be too much to ask the installer to tell me the partition types when it asks me to select one?
Tue 2009.05.05, 6:49pm
Downloading Win7-RC within VirtualBox. Nice of them to make the download site incompatible with anything but Windows/IE/ActiveX. How lame!
Tue 2009.05.05, 4:03pm
I love coming to work only to discover my headset didn't sit it its cradle properly overnight and is now stone dead.
Tue 2009.05.05, 8:34am
Yay... Inferno all upgraded... Better get to work now.
Tue 2009.05.05, 7:30am
Screw it! This FreeBSD update on inferno is taking too long. I'll go to bed and leave it 'till tomorrow, what could possibly go wrong?
Mon 2009.05.04, 10:58pm
Trying out the facebook twitter app.
Mon 2009.05.04, 10:41pm
Geez... Running freebsd-update on inferno takes FOREVER. Might be time to consider retiring this old Thunderbird (http://bit.ly/XJ4zI).
Mon 2009.05.04, 10:06pm
Upgrading inferno to FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE.
Mon 2009.05.04, 8:05pm
Time to go watch Castle.
Mon 2009.05.04, 6:59pm
Yay! All fixed up... Going home. :)
Mon 2009.05.04, 4:26pm
I need to stop fixing Gentoo vulnerabilities towards the end of the day... Now I have to wait for PHP to recompile before going home. :(
Mon 2009.05.04, 4:06pm
Chillin' lazily on the couch watching TV... Worn out from dragging two truckloads of junk to the landfill... Waiting for my McFlurry... Mmm.
Sun 2009.05.03, 8:39pm
Oooh, FreeBSD 7.2 has been released. Nice!
Sun 2009.05.03, 5:52pm
Sweet, accidently found an Easter egg in the Fortune app for iPhone... Now I feel clever. :)
Sat 2009.05.02, 7:58pm
Starting to look more summer like out here! Natalie loves it! http://twitpic.com/4f7np
Sat 2009.05.02, 12:11pm
Sweet! VirtualBox is being ported to FreeBSD! - http://bit.ly/13b1oO
Sat 2009.05.02, 9:29am
Alright, one last smoke and I'm going to bed.
Sat 2009.05.02, 12:59am
It appears Twitux may be my best option for treating my twitter addiction under Linux. Don't imagine Tweetie will ever be ported.
Fri 2009.05.01, 7:04pm
Cisco lists 1 lame "advantage" of Proxy ARP and 6 disadvantages, why is it enabled by default on their routers?! http://tinyurl.com/6oby3
Fri 2009.05.01, 9:46am
Enough! I'm going to bed.
Thu 2009.04.30, 11:13pm
Downloaded NetBSD 5.0 yesterday... As its the one BSD I haven't played with... Disappointingly it won't boot within VirtualBox. How odd!
Thu 2009.04.30, 10:58pm
Wow, it was a bit of a fight (http://bit.ly/LQEZ0) but it looks like the system is now happily running Jaunty. I'm impressed and bewildered!
Thu 2009.04.30, 9:47pm
Still letting apt work its magic. I'll be thoroughly impressed if that system functions normally after all this.
Thu 2009.04.30, 9:14pm
Oh yeah, that system is pissed right off now... I just might be able to recover it from here though... Here's hoping. :)
Thu 2009.04.30, 8:59pm
Uh oh... Its either happily rebooting or broken... Neat experiment, yes? Bright idea... umm? Maybe not?
Thu 2009.04.30, 8:14pm
Upgrading my brother's Ubuntu desktop to 9.04 using update-manager via SSH X11 forwarding over an IPv6 connection. Cool. :)
Thu 2009.04.30, 7:38pm
Downloading NetBSD 5, I'm just plain curious. Never actually got around to trying NetBSD.
Wed 2009.04.29, 9:03pm
Going home, w00t!
Wed 2009.04.29, 4:05pm
Successfully made a Prolific UC-232A USB to serial adapter work with OS X using an open source driver: http://tinyurl.com/34szj3. Sweet!
Wed 2009.04.29, 12:44pm
Don't do drugs and try to talk tech! http://tinyurl.com/c983tu
Wed 2009.04.29, 10:27am
textmate (http://bit.ly/AFMjh) looks like it could be slick. If only it had vi key-bindings I could use it as a text editor.
Tue 2009.04.28, 11:09pm
Finally going home... Woohoo!
Tue 2009.04.28, 6:49pm
Sleepy, tired... Zzzzz...
Mon 2009.04.27, 11:31pm
Windows 7 - Enabling users to virtualize a lousy ancient and useless OS within a newer, shinier and still useless OS! http://bit.ly/aXlyh
Mon 2009.04.27, 10:23pm
Playing with Perl::Critic (http://perlcritic.com/). Looks interesting. Will have to take a closer look at this as time permits.
Mon 2009.04.27, 9:58pm
Google profiles, cause the world needed one more way to track my every move: http://www.google.com/profiles/dlemire
Mon 2009.04.27, 8:49pm
Time to put away the perl interpreter, wrap things up and call it a day.
Mon 2009.04.27, 4:14pm
Thus ends another weekend... Time to sleep...
Sun 2009.04.26, 10:35pm
Wow, it is remarkable how much more responsive Courier IMAP is on my P4 3.2 GHz colo vs my aging AMD 850 MHz Thunderbird based home server.
Sat 2009.04.25, 11:11pm
Mission accomplished.
Sat 2009.04.25, 6:25pm
Making her some Kraft Dinner to exact "Kraft" specifications may smooth things over. Worth a try.
Sat 2009.04.25, 6:02pm
All this mail migration stuff has bored my wife so severely she's resorted to watching Harry Potter on TV. This can't be good.
Sat 2009.04.25, 5:58pm
Think I'm all done... Too bad for my 24 hour DNS TTL though. That was stupid. :P
Sat 2009.04.25, 5:39pm
Playing with the idea of moving mail from my home server to my Tera-Byte colocation.
Sat 2009.04.25, 3:27pm
Did I fall asleep, miss summer and skip straight to fall? Last I looked it was supposed to be spring. Damn Alberta.
Thu 2009.04.23, 8:46pm
Hooray!!! It compiled! It actually compiled!!! Who knew defining NPTL_KERNEL_VERSION in make.conf would do the trick?!
Thu 2009.04.23, 1:59pm
Trying again to build glibc.
Thu 2009.04.23, 11:21am
Alright, Criminal Minds is over and my FreeBSD updates are done. I'm going to bed.
Wed 2009.04.22, 11:14pm
Well, might as well go watch Criminal Minds while BIND recompiles.
Wed 2009.04.22, 10:00pm
I should probably update the FreeBSD base on my home server as the the power outage killed my uptime a couple days ago anyway. I need a UPS.
Wed 2009.04.22, 9:40pm
Why, oh why won't this Gentoo box build glibc?!
Wed 2009.04.22, 9:12am
Idling at the Tim Horton's drive through to celebrate Earth day... :)
Wed 2009.04.22, 7:19am
Whoa! It's not even 8 AM yet and I'm up and ready to go, and I have enough on my Tim Card for a cappuccino. It'll be a good day!
Wed 2009.04.22, 6:52am
Need a good twitter client for Linux. Maybe I'll give TweetDeck a try...
Tue 2009.04.21, 5:58pm
How is it that mod_perl is lowercasing the field-name key in my DBI row hashref?!
Tue 2009.04.21, 12:38pm
It's 2009 and our clocks still blink 12:00 after a power outage, WTF?!
Mon 2009.04.20, 11:59pm
Emerging iwl3945-ucode-15.28.1.8 seems to break WiFi on my Gentoo notebook. Reverted to 15.28.1.6 and masked that beotch. All is well now.
Mon 2009.04.20, 9:54pm
I have power again, yay!
Mon 2009.04.20, 7:49pm
What the hell, my power just went out... :(
Mon 2009.04.20, 6:54pm
I think they put baby crack in these Goldfish crackers. My daughter simply can't get enough of them!
Mon 2009.04.20, 6:43pm
Ubuntu 9.04 will be out in 3 days. Will Gnome 2.26 hit the Gentoo portage tree first? If not, I may question my current distro choice. :)
Mon 2009.04.20, 6:32pm
My wife bought me a Rubik's cube... Sweet!
Mon 2009.04.20, 4:54pm
That's enough for today. Time to go home.
Mon 2009.04.20, 4:08pm
Not sure how I feel about Oracle acquiring Sun... How will this affect MySQL and ZFS?
Mon 2009.04.20, 10:09am
Ah, Going to sleep, the thing to look forward to when you wake up in the morning. :)
Sun 2009.04.19, 12:53am
Going home. :)
Fri 2009.04.17, 5:22pm
I'm on twitter and my chair squeaks like a tweetie-bird, coincidence?
Wed 2009.04.15, 9:43pm
Why must I wait 8 hours for batteries to charge when I buy a new toy? :(
Wed 2009.04.15, 9:05pm
Hmm. Just bought Tweetie. Much better UI compared to TwitterFon.
Wed 2009.04.15, 8:57pm
Seriously people. Its a virus. It's infecting Windows machines... This is news, because?!
Tue 2009.03.31, 9:35pm
Conficker?! Windows has sooo many damn viruses that all the good names are taken!
Tue 2009.03.31, 9:32pm
MacTavish, you bonehead!
Tue 2009.03.31, 9:13pm
Time to sleep...
Sun 2009.03.29, 11:19pm
Damn Shaw and their audio cut-outs!!
Sun 2009.03.29, 8:35pm
M'eh
Sat 2009.03.28, 5:30pm
Hooray! VESA console is now coexisting with X peacefully. :)
Fri 2009.03.27, 8:32pm
Upgrading xorg-server from from 1.3.0.0-r6 to 1.5.3-r5. Damn ~ keyword!
Fri 2009.03.27, 7:12pm
Tweaked almost all the nagging issues out of my Gentoo install... Was it worth it?
Tue 2009.03.24, 11:27pm
Sorry Microsoft, even free porn isn't enough to persuade me into installing Silverlight! (playboyarchive.com).
Sun 2009.03.22, 11:08pm
Oooh, look... The final IE8 has been released... Does anybody care? :P
Thu 2009.03.19, 10:12am
Going to bed...
Wed 2009.03.18, 11:45pm
Alright, so I have a working 'base...' Now the fun of compiling everything I need to actually have a useable laptop. That'll take some time.
Wed 2009.03.18, 10:21pm
Damn... Didn't even break my Windows 7 partition in the process... :P
Wed 2009.03.18, 10:06pm
It lives! :)
Wed 2009.03.18, 10:04pm
Nope... Screwed up my grub.conf. :(
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:58pm
Rebooting... Will it boot?
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:56pm
Still compiling...
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:48pm
Compiling the essentials... syslog, cron, dhcp client... Yeah, and a boot loader...
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:44pm
Emerging vi before I go NANO CRAZY!!!
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:35pm
Sweet, kernel is done compiling... Just needed to get distracted with trying to make a non-sucky twitter background...
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:34pm
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:23pm
For once the wife is probably right... I think I'm just installing Gentoo cause I like pain...
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:22pm
My wife hates "tweeter"
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:17pm
Attempt failed... Still compiling... She's still giving me dirty looks for wiping Ubuntu... :(
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:15pm
Attempting to make conversation with my wife while my kernel compiles..
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:13pm
Still compiling; good cigarette...
Compiling is taking too long... Guess I should smoke.
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:09pm
Compiling the kernel...
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:07pm
Wussing out and installing genkernel for now...
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:06pm
She doesn't get it.
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:04pm
Explaining to my wife why I'm installing Gentoo instead of Ubuntu... Sigh.
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:03pm
Profile set, locales generated...
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:02pm
Syncing portage...
Wed 2009.03.18, 8:55pm
Chroot'ing...
Tweaking my make.conf, why must stage3 include nano but not vi?! Sacrilege!
Wed 2009.03.18, 8:54pm
Extracting portage snapshot...
Wed 2009.03.18, 8:48pm
Groovy, grabbing a portage snapshot.
Wed 2009.03.18, 8:47pm
Download complete... Extracting stage3 tar-ball...
Wed 2009.03.18, 8:45pm
Drive partitioned, filesystems created... Downloading a stage3 tar-ball...
Wed 2009.03.18, 8:42pm
Allright, all backed up... Destroy!
Wed 2009.03.18, 8:35pm
Backing up my Ubuntu home directories in preparation for a long painful Gentoo installation.
Wed 2009.03.18, 8:23pm
Compiling takes way too damn long...
Tue 2009.03.17, 2:16pm
My laptop boots Haiku via USB, my Pentium-D desktop not so much. Still has a ways to go before its useful. Still makes me nostalgic though.
Thu 2009.03.12, 7:56pm
dd'ing the Haiku image to a usb stick. Will it boot on real hardware?!
Thu 2009.03.12, 7:12pm
Victory!
Wed 2009.03.11, 10:10pm
Trying to sucker someone to be a twit like me and join Twitter... Maybe I'll see the point of this then?
Wed 2009.03.11, 9:58pm
Let's see if SMS updates are working...
Thu 2009.03.05, 8:24pm
Man, these chocolate covered coffee beens should be illegal. They're way to good. Wonder how many I have to eat to get a caffeine high?
Mon 2009.03.02, 2:57pm
I'm wondering two things. Why are people so fond of this twitter thing, and why doesn't it let me upload a photo with Safari beta?
Mon 2009.03.02, 12:10pm
Maybe their plan is to make it up with volume: http://t.co/1r6F99c2 #BeBold
Fri 2012.02.03, 6:03pm
That's a whole lot of nostalgia for $15, thanks @GOGCom! These will populate boxer nicely: http://t.co/WUDjAPGG http://t.co/Saldbci0
Fri 2012.02.03, 8:56am
Why build a modern successor to their obsolete graphing calculator phones. All RIM needs is shiny marketing! #BeBold http://t.co/LBCgYWxS
Tue 2012.01.31, 1:23pm
The new AirPort Utility 6.0 is a dumbed down abomination. 5.6 can co-exist and is available here: http://t.co/GDz2czJL
Mon 2012.01.30, 7:17pm
160 calories per serving, ptsh! When will they stop pretending a 'serving' is anything less than the whole damn bag? http://t.co/Jsucr1qa
Sun 2012.01.29, 1:07pm
Attempted to add X11 to my @freebsd box and take XFCE for a spin... No dice. It seems the Intel GMA 3150 is not well supported out of the box.
Thu 2012.01.26, 10:16pm
Until someone tells me otherwise, I'm thinking Safari is just getting hot and bothered over Apple's $46.33 billion dollar quarter. #iCash
Tue 2012.01.24, 2:41pm
Twice today, I'm startled by a jet turbine caused by Safari having its way with both my CPU's cores. What gives?! http://t.co/EvciKNMU
Tue 2012.01.24, 2:33pm
Oooooh, shiny! #iCertified http://t.co/yhABRyou
Tue 2012.01.24, 12:23pm
Had my ring cleaned and redipped. Don't know if it'll solve the skin irritation, but it sure is shiny... http://t.co/bTiEk9OT
Mon 2012.01.23, 6:23pm
So long old friend, thanks for the decade of cycles... #lasthalt
Wed 2012.01.18, 5:59pm
My Mini-ITX Atom board has arrived. System is assembled, @FreeBSD 9.0 has been installed... Now the endless port compiling... #shiny
Tue 2012.01.17, 8:50pm
'World IPv6 Launch' is June 6, 2012: http://t.co/JoX7XJXR Hooray! #babysteps #natmustdie
Tue 2012.01.17, 10:06am
Attempting to consume literature via an old fashioned stack of dead tree based material. No zoom gestures. My place isn't retained. No fun!
Sun 2012.01.15, 3:54pm
Impressive web based port of "Cut the Rope." I think we can safely write off any future for Flash at this point. http://t.co/Ru58QT2R
Tue 2012.01.10, 8:29am
Of the sites that require security questions, I prefer the ones allow a custom question: Q: Are security questions stupid? A: Yes!
Mon 2012.01.09, 11:34am
Ordered AWESOME hardware to replace my ancient @freebsd box! Mini-ITX Atom D525 and a Fractal Design Array R2 case. #wifesaidno #diditanyway
Wed 2012.01.04, 1:40pm
Time for my annual "Why do I have to spin up @virtualbox to run @TurboTaxCanada on my superior computer?!" tweet... http://t.co/TbacySI6
Tue 2012.01.03, 6:30pm
The rumored Apple event this month involves iBooks? Maybe they'll drop the DRM nonsense like they did for music... That'd be huge!
Mon 2012.01.02, 11:27pm
How much contempt for their readers does a web publisher require to inflict these obnoxious hovering @Chitika ads on them?
Mon 2012.01.02, 5:46pm
Happy New Year! #11111011100 #MMXII
Sun 2012.01.01, 12:00am
Dead iPod problem: solved! Ok... So I spoil her a little bit... But can YOU say no to that smile?! http://t.co/HMSFa4Tc
Sat 2011.12.31, 11:39am
Natalie's hand-me-down 2nd gen iPod Touch died... Will not power up. All attempts to convince her that it's a permanent problem have failed.
Fri 2011.12.30, 9:25pm
Did the alarm built in to the iPhone clock app not go off, or have I become highly effective at disabling it in my sleep? #recurringquestion
Fri 2011.12.30, 11:06am
Wha?! Who's there!? What do you want?! Oh... It's my inner monologue... Haven't heard you in a while... #emptyoffice #silence
Tue 2011.12.27, 9:58am
It's almost like I'm not the only one trying to redeem an iTunes card at this moment...
Sun 2011.12.25, 9:57am
For @freebsd users bitten by the expiration of the bind9-sdb-ldap port: bind97-sdb is a drop-in replacement without the vulnerabilities.
Fri 2011.12.23, 9:44pm
Hooray, my unrelenting consumption of @Starbucks is not going unappreciated! #moarcoffee http://t.co/Puaxf7p7
Fri 2011.12.23, 8:08pm
Sold! http://t.co/mWWYWzls
Thu 2011.12.22, 7:23pm
When did @henet start offering free DNS hosting? Excellent! https://t.co/2YkBUfuk
Mon 2011.12.19, 10:41pm
UNIX argument to set your source IP address for... telnet: telnet -b traceroute: tracerout -s ping: ping -I Yay for consistency!
Thu 2011.12.15, 3:05pm
Only one useful piece of info in this error message Chrome is now spewing and it's truncated. Handy! #dumberrors http://t.co/Dr4vBM0D
Wed 2011.12.14, 11:48am
What kind of geek would I be if I didn't wireshark this Rogers 'One Number' business? It's SIP! Nice! http://t.co/Elf9TDyR
Tue 2011.12.13, 1:06pm
Checking out "Rogers One Number" http://t.co/gE773KFG Looks interesting!
Tue 2011.12.13, 12:24pm
What's with all the TextMate excitement? Text editing is a solved problem since 1976! This is the only editor you need: http://t.co/rr2IJ2No
Mon 2011.12.12, 4:15pm
Finally trying out @tweetbot, it's a little too 'cute' for my liking, but has some NICE features... Why'd Twitter have to wreck Tweetie?! :(
Fri 2011.12.09, 1:04pm
Our tax dollars at work: http://t.co/OfChrCpp #ludicrous #boondoggle
Thu 2011.12.08, 8:18pm
What have they done to my Twitter client?!
Thu 2011.12.08, 2:50pm
Ah... Home sweet home... Home is where the bandwidth is! http://t.co/S7QE9qqt
Fri 2011.12.02, 7:51pm
...it started fine, now at a complete standstill. Eta: maybe next week at this rate. Radio keeps saying we shouldn't be here...
Fri 2011.12.02, 4:11pm
Attempting to get back home via the QE2... This ones on you, @ClaudioVirga!
Fri 2011.12.02, 2:59pm
Attending the MS Lync Ignite sessions. Shamelessly completed my name tag sign. http://t.co/kxbetRpz
Mon 2011.11.28, 12:58pm
Impatiently waiting for the @NAVIGON_ update for the Canada only version... Why must we be last... Something we said?! http://t.co/HocAD9dz
Thu 2011.11.17, 4:11pm
How can the 'designers' in this video say anything beyond "MacBook Pro knock-off" with a straight face? #sad http://t.co/Hd1WAFhG
Wed 2011.11.16, 9:31pm
Well... I WAS making good time... http://t.co/M6il7UjV
Tue 2011.11.15, 5:34pm
Time for another treacherous commute...
Tue 2011.11.15, 8:22am
Yuck. It's snowing.
Mon 2011.11.14, 2:57pm
Hooray for @Distributel swag. Nobody makes hats with capacity for my cranius maximus, but cool nonetheless! http://t.co/XSDvTlCk
Thu 2011.11.10, 9:13am
Kudos to @comcast for taking IPv6 seriously and moving forward: http://t.co/yb35XSjT - pay attention @ShawInfo!
Wed 2011.11.09, 11:59am
'Apple Store' App is finally in Canada: http://t.co/uMUHu2Wf
Tue 2011.11.08, 8:22am
Dear web developers that write code claiming my @lemire.name address is invalid: Please quit your job and die in a fire! #incompetentidiots
Sat 2011.11.05, 8:06pm
I find it a little amusing that I learnt of the first snowfall of this year from Twitter... Instead of... Looking outside?
Fri 2011.11.04, 7:10am
Hooray for #toys! One less reason to put down the iPhone, no more hunting for the remote. Thanks @Logitech! http://t.co/aTOthpZB
Thu 2011.11.03, 4:59pm
Success! Jessie and I now have a shared iCloud Photo Stream while still maintaining our own separate contacts, calendars, etc. Convenient!
Wed 2011.10.26, 8:19pm
Thrilled with #yegcc's decision on the #yegarena. It'll make this view from my office window far more interesting! http://t.co/ovcRV4xz
Wed 2011.10.26, 2:22pm
Am I missing something or does FreeBSD's kernel based NAT not support redirect_address like the natd implementation?
Sat 2011.10.22, 7:51pm
Adding Kraft Parmesan to Kraft Dinner... Why has nobody told me this before?!
Sat 2011.10.22, 12:17pm
Hey, @ShawInfo this is the most brain damaged feature in television history. How does it know my kids aren't watching?! http://t.co/lnOXIwyI
Mon 2011.10.17, 5:50pm
One iPhone down, one more to go. Selling ice water in hell would be more difficult...
Mon 2011.10.17, 4:59pm
Jessie and I have now posted our previous generation iPhones on Kijiji. Let's see how long they'll stay there... http://t.co/rQMRsLor
Sun 2011.10.16, 6:31pm
...and now a truckload of e-waste. Apparently my basement is where old tech goes to die. http://t.co/BX6XpvQy
Sat 2011.10.15, 4:15pm
What a load of crap! Gotta purge every decade or so I guess. http://t.co/NkzBlL1O
Sat 2011.10.15, 1:18pm
Ok... AirPlay mirroring is very awesome!
Sat 2011.10.15, 8:53am
Me: What do you look like naked? Siri: Shiny! So... awesome!
Fri 2011.10.14, 10:01am
Targets acquired. Heading home.
Fri 2011.10.14, 7:50am
I'm assuming the cheers are people leaving with iPhones. Can't see from here.
Fri 2011.10.14, 6:59am
Sweeeeeet caffeine! http://t.co/d5fCgdIB
Fri 2011.10.14, 6:13am
Southgate Apple Store is sold out of the 32 GB White iPhone 4S.
Fri 2011.10.14, 5:51am
Booyah! http://t.co/eTMjWUBF
Fri 2011.10.14, 5:45am
Line up behind me at the Southgate Apple store is starting to grow significantly. http://t.co/DMF6p4Oq
Fri 2011.10.14, 4:57am
Killed some time with Tetris... Little more than two hours until the Apple Store opens... Need coffee. http://t.co/qcVuQm1b
Fri 2011.10.14, 4:45am
Only four more hours until Apple Southgate opens its doors... But when does the @Starbucks cart make its round? #yeg
Fri 2011.10.14, 3:07am
No longer last in line at the Southgate Apple Store.
Fri 2011.10.14, 2:55am
Not exactly first in line! http://t.co/EttU1L7Q
Fri 2011.10.14, 2:38am
I've arrived. There's something to be said about having the road all to yourself!
Fri 2011.10.14, 2:35am
Well... I'm awake. Might as well head to the Apple Store... How's that Southgate lineup looking?
Fri 2011.10.14, 2:07am
Alarm set... Time to get a little bit of sleep before facing the iStampede. http://t.co/7pqKfU5r
Thu 2011.10.13, 10:14pm
New Ubuntu released?! This is the first release that I didn't start playing with in the beta stage in a LONG time. Better get on it!
Thu 2011.10.13, 6:31pm
Seriously? First we lose the man who finally brought UNIX to the desktop, now we lose the father of UNIX?! What a week. RIP Dennis Ritchie.
Wed 2011.10.12, 8:11pm
Well, it wasn't @Batman but my windows are clean... Thank you, kind sir! http://t.co/TOlgyZhH
Wed 2011.10.12, 10:00am
That you again, @Batman? Try not to leave footprints on my window this time... http://t.co/YXSdssUm
Wed 2011.10.12, 9:41am
If Siri is even 30% accurate, McDonalds could replace the employees that took my order with an iPhone 4S and it'd be a dramatic improvement.
Tue 2011.10.11, 4:55pm
Loving the iMessage synchronization between iOS devices. Ludicrously slick.
Fri 2011.10.07, 7:32pm
What's this now? X-Files on @netflix? Nice!! http://t.co/5uMIEzPk
Wed 2011.10.05, 8:52pm
Farewell Steve, some people sold sugar water... You changed the world! http://t.co/ZnJ6o8nj #rip
Wed 2011.10.05, 4:53pm
The day of the iPhone 4S keynote I learn my car needs a $440 replacement 'multi-switch sensor' if I want my headlights to work again. #fml
Tue 2011.10.04, 12:40pm
It seems like Twitter might be the only realtime medium to survive this iPhone keynote. Impressive?
Tue 2011.10.04, 10:02am
Question of the day: Will Apple somehow entice me into a new iPhone this year or can I skip a generation? What's Tim Cook'in?
Tue 2011.10.04, 6:57am
Reading the 'Building Windows 8' blog and MS' statistical approach to software design sheds some real insight into how 'ribbon' happened.
Mon 2011.10.03, 2:49pm
Hey @ThinkTel_Canada guess who's certified with @CounterPath's awesome Bria product? http://t.co/v3Xctxsc
Mon 2011.10.03, 12:11pm
Remember when you had to leave your home to rent movies... and then you had to remember to bring them back? Good times... #longago
Sat 2011.10.01, 7:52pm
Finally picked up a UPS for my @freebsd box: http://t.co/8SRGlog9 Wait, discontinued? Silly Best Buy. All well, it's supported by apcupsd.
Fri 2011.09.30, 8:36pm
Hooray, after three long months the massive crater on my rear-end is finally better! #shiny http://t.co/353BgqLC
Wed 2011.09.28, 8:19am
Great view from the Muttart Conservatory. #yegFAD http://t.co/y9jHnLKh
Sun 2011.09.25, 12:42pm
This will almost certainly replace my @Logitech Harmony remote: http://t.co/IvcNz33l
Tue 2011.09.20, 2:38pm
The force is strong with this one... http://t.co/erIzqXFk
Sun 2011.09.18, 4:40pm
Cold called by @globeandmail. Sorry, I'm not interested in paper. Offering to deliver less often doesn't make the medium less obsolete.
Tue 2011.09.13, 10:58am
Woohoo, it's been a year since I quit smoking! #yayforme #madeit #moremoneyfortoys http://t.co/Wh6ZJuk
Tue 2011.09.13, 9:05am
An Asterisk box I maintain was power cycled today. Its uptime: 1400 days. Last reboot was Nov 9, 2007. Impressive. #Gentoo #sadface #badups
Fri 2011.09.09, 4:18pm
Clearly a prerequisite to further exploration. I applaud the notion: http://t.co/2u7cFOE
Thu 2011.09.01, 9:51am
Slick JPEG recompression service, I'm impressed. My portrait went from 4.5 MB to just 651 KB. No perceivable artifacts. http://t.co/NOxf8qO
Wed 2011.08.31, 11:39am
This is the best news I've heard all day, but I still wish they'd just let me leave with the pot and be done with it! http://t.co/GQCwfyH
Mon 2011.08.29, 2:54pm
There are no suitable words... http://t.co/yUgV3OR
Wed 2011.08.24, 4:58pm
Mmmm, 12 GB of SIP signalling... 18,043,854 packets... Going to chew this for a while... http://t.co/QPg6b6P
Fri 2011.08.12, 4:11pm
Xync works acceptably well, but they *desperately* need to hire UI and graphic design staff! http://t.co/lvZejRE
Thu 2011.08.11, 6:48pm
Boom. http://t.co/3wy2M8l
Tue 2011.08.09, 10:33am
Sometimes its all about timing...
Wed 2011.08.03, 12:59pm
Safari 5.1 in Lion has a broken address bar! Long URLs are truncated with an ellipsis - the crime is it also copies that way! #misfeature
Fri 2011.07.29, 8:00pm
After a week of use, I have to say I don't like Lion's 'Resume' feature. Call me old school, but I prefer apps to start with a clean slate.
Fri 2011.07.29, 2:14pm
Being colour blind, this is especially critical: Contrast Rebellion - to hell with low-contrast fonts! http://t.co/MqRdYlR
Tue 2011.07.26, 11:49am
Hooray for full-screen @colloquyapp in OS X Lion! #hack http://t.co/CV6lk2d
Mon 2011.07.25, 4:02pm
Lookie here, it's an over the air update! Neat! http://t.co/XEvIT0m
Fri 2011.07.22, 2:54pm
In fairness, I really should have a 'Solicitors will be relentlessly mocked on @twitter' sign on my front door...
Thu 2011.07.21, 6:12pm
Last time I had someone that aggressive, slimy and misleading on my doorstep they were wearing a @Just_Energy tag instead of the @telus one.
Thu 2011.07.21, 6:02pm
Telus would have won on price, but unfortunately, that's not very high on my 'important criteria' list when choosing service providers.
Thu 2011.07.21, 5:55pm
Telus scare tactics: implied security risk from cable's shared medium. The INTERNET is shared, moron, it's why we have cryptography.
Thu 2011.07.21, 5:50pm
Telus spent 15 minutes wasting their breath trying to sell me something... Anything. Told him to come back when "Optik" means FTTH. #sad
Thu 2011.07.21, 5:45pm
Lion download complete. Excuse me while I hug my DOCSIS 3 modem with its blazing 100 Mbps connection from @ShawInfo. #biggerpipes
Wed 2011.07.20, 6:01am
Yay! Lion download in progress. #sold
Wed 2011.07.20, 5:53am
Waiting patiently in line in the Mac 'App Store' for Lion's release... Why hasn't anyone brought me a @Starbucks?
Wed 2011.07.20, 5:21am
A pre-emptive 3% credit on my bill because the service I only pay $8 for was down briefly? Classy move @Netflix! #impressed
Mon 2011.07.18, 8:33pm
...@ucmikew went to #WPC11 with @ThinkTel_Canada and all I got was this AWESOME @Plantronics headset... #swag #thanks http://t.co/KNRb6LR
Mon 2011.07.18, 8:41am
Seriously, @EAMobile, how am I supposed to flaunt my insane Tetris abilities without Game Center support on iOS?! http://t.co/5NQecJ3
Wed 2011.07.13, 7:17pm
Is there some way around this error? Is there no way to reuse an address associated with an expired MobileMe for iCloud? http://t.co/G1KYgJh
Mon 2011.07.11, 8:54pm
The cloud is that thing that let's me doctor my bad family photos, right? #WPC11
Mon 2011.07.11, 9:44am
Looks like Google+ is allowing invites again? Is there anybody left that wants one?
Sat 2011.07.09, 4:55pm
I don't know how to put this, but I'm kind of a big deal. People know me... http://t.co/zEGEwVI
Sat 2011.07.09, 7:45am
Finally got around to sorting out my @Logitech Harmony 550 woes with the new @ShawInfo 'Total Home Portal.' http://t.co/pektXdN #success
Tue 2011.07.05, 7:39pm
Happy Canada Day, indeed! #sadbaby http://t.co/NJgEuWk
Fri 2011.07.01, 3:20pm
Just got onboard with Google+ thanks @paulletourneau! Initial impressions are good. #newtoy
Thu 2011.06.30, 7:31pm
My Plantronics met my Maytag last Friday. It's been in a coma until this morning. Now it lives! Woohoo!
Thu 2011.06.30, 9:30am
Looking a little ominous out there. #yeg #weather http://t.co/f1JHWEd
Wed 2011.06.29, 3:39pm
One more nail in the Flash coffin: http://t.co/M3ol1sA
Tue 2011.06.28, 12:29pm
What's with the smoky haze? http://t.co/i3AP6WZ
Mon 2011.06.27, 8:53am
My car got remodeled in the parking lot. At least they left a note. #sadface #poordodge http://t.co/IFcq5dF
Fri 2011.06.24, 6:20pm
As slick as the Nokia N9 looks on the surface, why have they bothered to release a phone based on a platform they intend to abandon. #fail
Fri 2011.06.24, 12:49pm
Nothing against the hot pink hand-me-down case I was using before, but this is an improvement. Thanks @JessieLemire! http://t.co/NgyggAG
Sun 2011.06.19, 1:39pm
I disapprove of the glass on the roof below my office that reflects the sun and blinds me as a pace around... http://t.co/mFYa9MT
Fri 2011.06.17, 4:03pm
Awesome. Screen Sharing under Lion actually bothers to look up AAAA records. #IPv6
Fri 2011.06.17, 2:47pm
Syncing and updating my iPhone via a cable, theoretically for the last time. Hooray for WiFi syncing and over the air updates in iOS 5!
Sun 2011.06.12, 9:26pm
Hey! @reederapp is finally in the Mac App Store! Sold!
Wed 2011.06.08, 8:16pm
Uh oh. Running Lion on my 2011 MacBook Pro, roaring fans whenever I launch mission control. Serves me right for installing a beta OS. :P
Tue 2011.06.07, 9:46pm
giggity giggity... http://t.co/2Yz8IUz
Tue 2011.06.07, 9:12pm
Any non-developers pay for a dev account with Apple just for early 'enthusiast' access? Was it worth it? #WWDC
Mon 2011.06.06, 3:44pm
Does anybody know of a reasonably priced & safe cryogenic service? I'm not sure I can wait for iOS 5, Lion & iCloud consciously. #WWDC
Mon 2011.06.06, 3:08pm
A good start... http://t.co/FCFlYL2
Thu 2011.06.02, 6:46pm
How did I go this long without realizing Juniper's Junos is FreeBSD based? Why didn't anyone tell me?! That's awesome!
Thu 2011.06.02, 2:39pm
All well, leaving the Nitro order @JessieLemire arranged this morning as is. I'll get the new DOCSIS 3 modem and sort the billing out later.
Wed 2011.06.01, 6:38pm
Tried ordering Shaw's new 'Broadband 100.' Unfortunately Shaw's staff are blissfully unaware. Still quoting Nitro. http://t.co/x3nTePd
Wed 2011.06.01, 6:36pm
Just upgraded my SPA-2102 firmware from 5.2.5 to 5.2.12. Hopefully it now correctly distinguishes between @JessieLemire's chit-chat & DTMF.
Tue 2011.05.31, 6:53pm
Lion, iCloud and iOS 5, oh my! http://t.co/x2Ukbes - but will there be 'One more thing...?' #WWDC #shiny #bits
Tue 2011.05.31, 9:28am
Linux kernel version reaches 3.0.0. Tough to call this premature after nearly 15 years in 2.x.x. Still, this will take some getting used to.
Mon 2011.05.30, 6:02pm
Turns out my WGA woes were caused by an incorrect date. Unacceptable nonetheless. It's not nice to disable your OS in a fit of paranoia!
Sat 2011.05.21, 12:50pm
The only thing Windows activation and WGA has been successful at is preventing legit customers from using their software. This is garbage.
Sat 2011.05.21, 3:22am
Finally! Looks like Shaw is modernizing their TV offering. They lose points for starting with Calgary though! http://t.co/jSEOcnv
Wed 2011.05.11, 7:38pm
My bank now demands I setup retarded security questions but INSISTS on an all numeric 5 digit password. What's wrong with this picture?
Wed 2011.05.11, 6:39pm
Mmmmm, RAMtacular! #upgrades #moregeebees http://t.co/p9nsZnX
Wed 2011.05.11, 6:08pm
Microsoft acquiring Skype could be interesting if they can enable calling directly between Skype clients and Lync. Why bother otherwise?
Mon 2011.05.09, 9:14pm
Time for a round of "Can I get to work without Scona road?" This should be fun!
Mon 2011.05.09, 7:30am
Dashboard has been happily chewing my disk, bringing my system to a crawl. Kudos to 'iotop -C 5 12' for identifying it as the culprit.
Wed 2011.05.04, 6:11pm
Aaaargh! I get Facebook, I get it, I've been tagged! Stop it! #notifications #excess #pain #flood http://t.co/3Y8o8y7 http://t.co/v7QNLyy
Wed 2011.05.04, 4:20pm
As far as Outlook's spell checking is concerned, I do SIP trucking.
Wed 2011.05.04, 3:45pm
Sweet view from Mount Tolmie Park. http://t.co/gowV3Qv
Sat 2011.04.30, 5:00pm
...and we've landed...
Fri 2011.04.29, 11:25pm
Delayed flight, but we're now onboard and awaiting take-off. Woohoo!
Fri 2011.04.29, 9:46pm
5 years ago: no Twitter, iPhone or Blu-ray discs. What will our crazy world look like in another 5 years? Happy anniversary, @jessielemire!
Fri 2011.04.29, 11:13am
Hooray for Shaw upgrading the 'Extreme' package from 15/1 Mbps to 25/2.5 Mbps: http://t.co/f7b2cKJ Thanks for the heads up, @gordbird!
Wed 2011.04.20, 10:48am
What's the deal with the @AmericanExpress app in the Canadian App Store: http://t.co/PBL0PhF - it's only available in spanish!? #wtf
Mon 2011.04.18, 3:54pm
Jessie brought home a "rat" (hamster)! What was she thinking? Natalie seems thrilled with the lil' dude. http://t.co/kxH07fN
Sun 2011.04.17, 5:53pm
Power outages again. This is getting annoying. I need to get a UPS before something bad happens to my file server.
Sat 2011.04.16, 8:35pm
So I have no power but can still get online via WiFi tethering. Apparently Internet is my most redundant utility. 2011 is awesome. #tech
Tue 2011.04.12, 10:55pm
Hey! Who turned out the lights?!
Tue 2011.04.12, 10:35pm
Google Reader is b0rked today. A twitter search confirmed I'm not the only one seeing it. Twitter: The "What's broken today?" search engine!
Mon 2011.04.11, 6:47pm
Finally getting around to updating my FreeBSD box to 8.2. Boo for "custom kernel" compile time on old hardware. http://t.co/2fSkQ7z
Sat 2011.04.09, 2:04pm
I suddenly have a craving for ¼ of my daily recommended caloric intake in liquid form. Time for a Java Chip Frappuccino® from @starbucks!
Fri 2011.03.25, 11:27am
Don't be sad if you missed the #iE9 launch, instead you can celebrate a browser that's still relevant, #fx4 launches today!
Tue 2011.03.22, 8:27am
Installing Windows Vista within VirtualBox on my SSD equipped MacBook Pro took under 10 minutes from start to finish. SSDs ROCK!
Sat 2011.03.19, 8:12pm
New MacBook Pro arrived. SSD makes a HUGE difference. Everything is just ridiculously responsive! #happy
Mon 2011.03.14, 10:10pm
Hey! My tweets post to Facebook again. My strategy of "not caring" combined with "doing nothing" has finally paid off! #winning
Sat 2011.03.12, 1:17am
Shiny new MacBook Pro arrived in Calgary late this evening. Now I have to wait till at least Monday. That's just cruel. http://t.co/vEcpD2v
Fri 2011.03.11, 10:56pm
Xcode 4 has built in git integration?! That is so awesome it's ludicrous! Best $4.99 I'll ever spend.
Wed 2011.03.09, 4:33pm
So close... Yet, so very far away... http://t.co/u8yZnRA
Wed 2011.03.09, 4:12pm
Received my "IPv6 Certified: Sage" t-shirt from @henet in the mail this evening. How delightfully geeky! http://t.co/1X1cnMr
Tue 2011.03.08, 8:15pm
Added a brand new 13" i5 MacBook Pro with 128 GB SSD to my cart at apple.ca. My 3 year old clicked "Place Order." Accidents happen. #toys
Sat 2011.03.05, 3:15pm
After painfully avoiding 'Weeds' all season, it's finally time for a marathon! Aww, yeah! #bluray http://twitpic.com/42rik4
Tue 2011.02.22, 8:14pm
Noticed a strange inaccessible Q: drive on my work computer. MS Office Click-to-Run 2010 was the culprit. How (un)intuitive! Uninstalled!
Tue 2011.02.22, 2:46pm
Spent our Family Day at Royal Alberta Museum. Natalie loved the Wild Alberta Gallery! Tired both girls right out! #yeg http://t.co/mY6nJWw
Mon 2011.02.21, 6:14pm
Saw one of these ridiculously tiny thumb drives on @slePP's keychain on Friday. No choice, had to buy one. #toys http://twitpic.com/42e173
Mon 2011.02.21, 5:46pm
I've saved nearly $300 over the 3 months since I told Alberta Energy 'Savings' to go 'fork' themselves. Best. Decision. Ever! #scam
Thu 2011.02.17, 10:23pm
I obsess enough over keeping my iPhone screen clean. Imagine a world full of finger oil smeared surfaces. Oh, hell no! http://bit.ly/hr5EFT
Wed 2011.02.16, 12:53pm
Mario is so awesome that he was able to single-handedly sell me this primitive Wii system. Well that and years of my wife begging for one.
Tue 2011.02.15, 10:13pm
OpenDNS == Broken DNS
Mon 2011.02.14, 6:15pm
Battery for the mouse included with my HP Elite combo was dead this morning only 41 days after purchase. Long 4 month battery life, indeed!
Mon 2011.02.07, 11:52am
Fun: Downloading and installing a 3.5 GB package to build a 55 KB package. If anyone else needs sipsak for OS X: http://t.co/ADNa0Ho
Sat 2011.02.05, 8:25pm
Wife making me watch The Social Network. WTF, Zuckerberg uses emacs?!
Tue 2011.02.01, 11:17pm
The CRTC decision mainly allows the incumbent carriers to hurt the little ISPs reselling their "pipes" - don't miss the real issue.
Tue 2011.02.01, 9:05pm
Dear whining Canadians - Shaw charges $2.00/GB after 60 GB. Rogers charges *$51.20* per GB after 1 GB! #perspective
Tue 2011.02.01, 8:58pm
Does it count as situational irony when my modern netbook's GPU can't handle a vintage terminal? http://t.co/9VzWmwA http://t.co/kDVnltm
Wed 2011.01.26, 11:58am
I'm so pleased with #yeg wasting substantial tax dollars on the "green light" cash grab equipment which they now acknowledge as useless.
Mon 2011.01.24, 6:11pm
Just installed my first iOS beta app via @testflightapp. It lives up to the hype. Very cool.
Sat 2011.01.22, 11:20pm
Just updated @thinkupapp from 0.3 to 0.7. It's coming along nicely! New automated database upgrades eased the pain nicely.
Sat 2011.01.22, 4:32pm
Whoops, last pic was before I gave everything the cable management treatment. Much nicer now... http://twitpic.com/3r1id4
Mon 2011.01.17, 7:14pm
First day at the awesome new ThinkTel office in HSBC Bank Place. My desk is pretty much setup and good to go. http://twitpic.com/3r1du4
Mon 2011.01.17, 6:57pm
Both Angry Birds and Flight Control from the Mac App Store appear to work flawlessly on my Dell Mini 10V Hackintosh. Impressive!
Sat 2011.01.15, 10:40pm
Looking forward to iOS 4.3 http://t.co/GTGE2w0 - WiFi tethering, shiny!
Wed 2011.01.12, 3:37pm
Why oh why is Chrome dropping H.264 support. This is an outrage! I'm switching back to @firefox! ...Oh... wait... What?
Wed 2011.01.12, 12:19pm
A visual for those wondering what I'm babbling about. Original Twitter for Mac icon on the left. Updated on right. Why? http://t.co/7zv0G3u
Tue 2011.01.11, 10:35pm
First round of App Store updates! Angry Birds now works on my wife's aging Mac Mini & Twitter has a new blue but painfully textureless icon.
Tue 2011.01.11, 10:26pm
What's the deal with computers in TV shows lately? All Apple gear is unbranded, generic PCs ALL have an obnoxious Windows logo added. Why?
Sun 2011.01.09, 9:14pm
Open screen sharing to my Mini at home over IPv6, resize Twitter client to fit my tiny netbook and scp the plist back. That's how I roll.
Thu 2011.01.06, 11:28am
Netbook is up and running on 10.6.6, new Twitter client resize handle is off-screen. Must resize... Somehow...
Thu 2011.01.06, 9:57am
Time to go to work and see if 10.6.6 breaks my Hackintosh netbook.
Thu 2011.01.06, 8:25am
Apple App Store already open and a new Tweetie derived Twitter client?! Very awesome! #newtoys http://t.co/vVWyy1h
Thu 2011.01.06, 8:19am
Another original product, the Microsoft Touch Mouse: http://j.mp/epO8Bs - not to be confused with Apple's "Magic Mouse" from 2009.
Thu 2011.01.06, 12:10am
Been tolerating lag and sluggish performance on my IPhone 4 for a few months. Just did a full restore, seems far more responsive now. Weird.
Mon 2011.01.03, 8:25pm
Happy '11s!
Sat 2011.01.01, 11:05am
OK, whoever at Microsoft FINALLY made CTRL+L work sanely in IE 9 needs to be promoted to CEO of Microsoft! He or she is my hero!
Thu 2010.12.30, 4:00pm
Just setup Synergy (http://bit.ly/ckFbVI) between my Hackintosh Mini 10v and my Windows 7 based HP ProBook. It is all sorts of awesome!
Wed 2010.12.29, 10:42am
Picked up an HP Elite Keyboard/Mouse combo http://bit.ly/epVdOz to match my HP ProBook at work for only $39.99. Practically stole it! #toys
Tue 2010.12.28, 4:19pm
Tried the Internet Explorer 9 Beta. Still a crude and primitive browser. Why even bother? At this point they should just build IE on WebKit.
Mon 2010.12.27, 7:41pm
Success! Snow Leopard 10.6.5 is happily running on this Dell Mini 10v. Suddenly hardware that was sitting around is useful. Awesome!
Sun 2010.12.26, 3:30pm
Install went flawlessly, now to tempt fate and install the 10.6.5 combo update.
Sun 2010.12.26, 1:20pm
Project Dell Mini 10v Hackintosh has begun. If successful, this should hold me over until I can pick up a MacBook Air.
Sun 2010.12.26, 11:45am
When can I have a Linux distro that turns off the damn display when idle instead of making the screen black and leaving the backlight on?!
Thu 2010.12.23, 9:05pm
Time to dig out the car and head home... #snow http://twitpic.com/3gahxb
Wed 2010.12.15, 6:31pm
An official Google Latitude client for iPhone, awesome! I liked Latitudie's icon better though! http://twitpic.com/3frwdc
Mon 2010.12.13, 10:30pm
I was about to unfollow @RovioMobile due to their excessive retweets, then I remembered you can silence RTs from a given user. Yay! #winwin
Sun 2010.12.12, 11:22am
Having way too much fun with VoIP. Every self-respecting geek should have a SIP trunk routed to a home Asterisk box, I tell ya!
Thu 2010.12.09, 10:52am
Just noticed I inadvertently trashed the notes on my iPhone at some point. Time Machine recovered them all via Apple Mail, painlessly. Nice!
Sun 2010.12.05, 10:01pm
Really like the clean looks of Reeder for Mac, but the color scheme doesn't have enough contrast. Barely readable if you're color blind.
Fri 2010.12.03, 10:21pm
Oh Windows, Outlook I've missed you! http://twitpic.com/3ca1su
Thu 2010.12.02, 1:51pm
My ring was fixed up, ready to go (and shiny!) a day early. Whew, that feels better. http://twitpic.com/3bs4cz
Tue 2010.11.30, 8:21pm
...and that concludes my position at Tera-byte. New challenges and opportunities await with my new role at ThinkTel, beginning tomorrow...
Tue 2010.11.30, 5:00pm
Bent my wedding ring moving some heavy furniture around. Dropped it off to get fixed up. Feel completely naked without it!
Sun 2010.11.28, 5:38pm
Hooray for "Find My iPhone" being made free for newer 4.2.1 devices! This was the only MobileMe feature that tempted me! http://j.mp/cjCGJu
Mon 2010.11.22, 10:12am
Just noticed Talon, one of my two cats, absolutely LOVES beef jerky. He'll literally gobble down a whole strip if offered. #whoknew
Fri 2010.11.19, 10:46pm
While there's something profound in the recursive nature of watching gcc compile gcc, the affect wears off after several hours. #gentoo
Thu 2010.11.18, 4:01pm
Hooray for Twitter push notifications!!! http://twitpic.com/37h1o7
Tue 2010.11.16, 4:20pm
Seems I just missed the 'Option key mapping' feature. Nice workaround!
Fri 2010.11.12, 10:17pm
iSSH support for external keyboards is getting better, but ESC and CTRL keys still don't work. iOS API limitations?
Fri 2010.11.12, 9:53pm
Details on enabling the missing AirPrint feature in 10.6.5: http://j.mp/bZCQFH - works great! Why'd they remove this from the final build!?
Thu 2010.11.11, 12:07pm
Extra hour or not, the concept of 'Daylight Saving' could not have been created by someone that wasn't at least a little bit brain damaged.
Sat 2010.11.06, 10:42pm
The iDECT is kind of cool: http://bit.ly/bQlRpW a cordless home phone that doesn't look like it was designed with tech from 10 years ago.
Fri 2010.11.05, 8:49am
Hooray! A Google Latitude app for iPhone with background location update, Latitudie 2.0! It's even cooler now that it works! #win
Tue 2010.11.02, 2:06pm
iOS 4.2 on iPad officially rocks! All the apps I use that benefit from multitasking already support it. Everything feels faster. #happy
Mon 2010.11.01, 8:38pm
Still downloading iOS 4.2 for iPad & iPhone at a painful 60 Kbps. Things I do to get releases early... Multitasking on iPad, here I come!
Mon 2010.11.01, 7:38pm
Okay, iOS 4.2 build 8C134 has been released to developers. Must find a download!
Mon 2010.11.01, 4:55pm
Apparently you CAN remove 'Back to the Future' discs from the package non-destructively: http://j.mp/c8JaYC via @Joshonthenet
Sat 2010.10.30, 12:10am
Whoever designed the case for the Back to the Future blu-rays should be fired! It's impossible to remove/replace the discs #1stworldProblems
Fri 2010.10.29, 9:14pm
Time machine backups to a drive connected to an AirPort Extreme worked for a few days, but can't be trusted. #dang http://twitpic.com/322kr7
Fri 2010.10.29, 8:02pm
Lots of contradicting info regarding Time Machine backups to a disk attached via AirPort Extreme. Might as well just give it a try...
Sun 2010.10.24, 8:06pm
Dear WD, if your drives require a crapware removal utility: a) you're doing it wrong! b) make sure it works! http://twitpic.com/2ynl8f
Sun 2010.10.17, 10:10pm
Potential new Mac virus spotted in the wild: http://drp.ly/Omwa better secure your systems before this becomes a widespread problem!
Tue 2010.10.12, 8:35pm
Books from @OReillyMedia are now in Apple's book store but cost more and deliver less vs books purchased directly from O'Reilly. #nothanks
Tue 2010.10.12, 2:19pm
Haven't updated my @thinkupapp install since commit aec7457 (predates the 3rd name change). All fixed up. It is nice to be current!
Fri 2010.10.08, 10:02pm
Geez, Kiprusuck can't even keep the puck out of the net long enough for me to gloat about the last goal! #oilers
Thu 2010.10.07, 9:13pm
Adobe has 2 products that are still relevant, Photoshop & Illustrator. If MS acquired Adobe, together they would have 2 relevant products!!!
Thu 2010.10.07, 8:39pm
The first of many! Sorry, Kiprusoff! #oilers
Thu 2010.10.07, 7:36pm
Rogers announces LTE technical trials in Ottawa: http://bit.ly/bv3NiY - when can I expect my LTE enabled iPhone 4GS?
Wed 2010.10.06, 2:23pm
Chrome 7.0.517.24 is having way to many small and subtle but annoying issues for me. Reverted to Chrome 6.0.472.63 for now. #beta
Tue 2010.10.05, 1:29pm
Watching "The Joneses"
Sat 2010.10.02, 6:00pm
Just got scolded by a Just Energy rep for "rudely" closing the door while saying "not interested" instead of wasting both of our time. Sigh.
Sat 2010.10.02, 3:21pm
Heads up, if you upgrade Ubuntu Netbook to 10.10 from 10.04 the upgrade process doesn't install 'unity', leaving you with no desktop.
Fri 2010.10.01, 6:21pm
Updating the netbook to Maverick Meerkat. At this point if I waited for the final release I'd be breaking tradition.
Fri 2010.10.01, 4:46pm
Microsoft: "The key advantage of Windows Phone 7 is we'll sue you if you use something else." http://bit.ly/aAVxeQ so much for REAL merits.
Fri 2010.10.01, 3:57pm
Apple TV has arrived, crazy tiny! http://twitpic.com/2teoza
Thu 2010.09.30, 11:44am
Thanks, Telus, but if we're pretending it's the mid 90s shouldn't you also suggest an ideal res and color depth? http://twitpic.com/2t9a0w
Wed 2010.09.29, 10:24pm
So much for FedEx's estimated delivery of today before 6:00 PM... Memphis?! But I want it NOW!! #whine http://twitpic.com/2t8obi
Wed 2010.09.29, 8:50pm
Just started using Droplr, an app for Mac. Check it out at http://droplr.com
Tue 2010.09.28, 2:45pm
I can understand the reasoning behind forking OpenOffice.org, but couldn't they have come up with a better name than LibreOffice?
Tue 2010.09.28, 1:31pm
Just received a shipping notification message. My new Apple TV's long journey from Shenzhen has begun. #toys
Sun 2010.09.26, 10:52pm
Sweet, Family Guy is finally HD! Woohoo!
Sun 2010.09.26, 8:08pm
I just used my daughter as an excuse; truth is I've been wanting to do this for a while! http://twitpic.com/2sb3ri
Sun 2010.09.26, 1:04pm
Netflix is now in Canada! 1st impressions: selection is limited, desktop playback requires Silverlight - no thanks! Might rock on Apple TV.
Wed 2010.09.22, 9:50am
New Mini enjoying the company of even newer 24" Cinema Display. So DONE buying toys for a while! #selfcontrol http://twitpic.com/2pvomc
Sat 2010.09.18, 10:25pm
What is this funny looking object, now? http://twitpic.com/2pei1y
Fri 2010.09.17, 4:07pm
Chapters has free return shipping & @JessieLemire found the Blu-ray version with a t-shirt at @BestBuy. Bazinga!! http://twitpic.com/2ossgr
Wed 2010.09.15, 5:38pm
Yay! Season 3 of Big Bang Theory Blu-ra... DVD?! WTF?! I SWEAR I pre-ordered the Blu-ray... Order confirmation doesn't say! Must return! :(
Wed 2010.09.15, 1:21pm
Whew, work iMac has new hard drive, all software reinstalled. All is back to normal.
Tue 2010.09.14, 11:24pm
Yay for bullsh*t HDCP restrictions in new Macs breaking legal content while doing NOTHING to curb piracy. Idiots! http://twitpic.com/2mbutx
Tue 2010.09.07, 10:30pm
Splurged on a new Mac Mini! Jessie upgraded to my old one from her PowerMac. Migrating data was a long but impressively seamless task. #toys
Mon 2010.09.06, 12:11am
Hello Twitter for iPad! Woohoo!
Wed 2010.09.01, 9:13pm
I'm sure I won't be the first or last to whine about this awful iTunes icon. It doesn't match the others at all. http://twitpic.com/2keodb
Wed 2010.09.01, 8:10pm
With some persistence, I've managed to get a headless VirtualBox running an Ubuntu guest within a FreeBSD host. Very cool.
Mon 2010.08.30, 11:11pm
Now that MPEG LA has eliminated royalties for free H.264 content: http://j.mp/aBJ0EC will @firefox use the built-in OS codec and move on?
Thu 2010.08.26, 2:35pm
This clears everything up! http://bit.ly/dk4tUs
Tue 2010.08.24, 2:23pm
While I appreciate iOS app updates being free, I think iTunes needs a tip jar for devs that routinely enhance and support their products.
Mon 2010.08.23, 11:25pm
Updated Google app for iPhone supposably adds mail & calendar push notifications, but it Doesn't seem to work. Anyone else have better luck?
Mon 2010.08.23, 7:55pm
Useless binary blob bundled with PNY products: http://bit.ly/96o3gm can be converted into playable a movie: http://bit.ly/9Ujpam #f_ck_drm!
Sun 2010.08.22, 1:30pm
If this air quality lasts any length of time, I'm going to save a ton of money on cigarettes. #freesmoke
Thu 2010.08.19, 1:43pm
Facebook's new "Places" feature seems ridiculously limited. Did I miss something? Do we not have GPS in Canada?! http://twitpic.com/2g2or3
Wed 2010.08.18, 9:34pm
I wonder how many of these concerned parents have cordless and cellular phones, baby monitors, etc. Yay for hysteria! http://j.mp/9B1em8
Mon 2010.08.16, 5:53pm
Oracle suing Google over Java in Android?! Java was open sourced, but GPLv2 doesn't cover software patents. http://bit.ly/cl2gpy Uh oh!
Thu 2010.08.12, 7:53pm
What's with all these "Fembots" attempting to friend me?! Over 10 a day... Getting annoying. #facebook http://twitpic.com/2duiny
Wed 2010.08.11, 6:36pm
Everybody loves shiny new accessories... http://twitpic.com/2cnsb6
Sat 2010.08.07, 7:52pm
Just compared Telus & Rogers 3G speeds. Equivalent downstream, Rogers murders Telus upstream by a factor of 10! http://twitpic.com/2clav5
Sat 2010.08.07, 3:31pm
Between Skype, FaceTime and the new Vonage app for IPhone (http://j.mp/dwMz8K) the carriers are destined to become "dumb pipes."
Wed 2010.08.04, 4:24pm
Finally! Someone wrote a Google Latitude app for iPhone with background location update, Latitudie! It'd be even cooler if it worked! #fail
Tue 2010.08.03, 7:59pm
Hooray! My iPhone 4 "Magnetic Flipper" from @SenaCases has arrived! #happycustomer http://twitpic.com/2bb29i
Tue 2010.08.03, 11:14am
This Kijiji ad is just plain awesome! http://j.mp/aL2uTd #yeg http://twitpic.com/2b5sdv
Mon 2010.08.02, 10:10pm
My iPhone 3G went from being posted on Kijiji to sold in just 4 hours. What other phone resells so easily?
Mon 2010.08.02, 8:45pm
Anybody in Canada with iPhone 4 manage to get MMS working?
Sat 2010.07.31, 12:38pm
How is it possible for the iPhone 4 to be THIS superior to my 2 year old 3G?! Ridiculous! There has to be a tear in space-time somewhere!
Sat 2010.07.31, 7:22am
It was an extremely long day, but SO worth it! iPhone 4 is activated, synced with my old 3G data and ridiculously awesome!
Fri 2010.07.30, 6:46pm
Still waiting in line, Rogers really dropped the ball today #nosurprise. My battery is going to die. http://twitpic.com/2a2lni
Fri 2010.07.30, 10:38am
Off to the Apple Store, w00t!
Fri 2010.07.30, 4:54am
Yes, opting out of "communications about 'valuable' Microsoft products" was just a silly oversight on my part... http://twitpic.com/29suy4
Thu 2010.07.29, 1:06pm
Yay, @1Password updates for Mac, iPhone and iPad. This is one app that just keeps getting better!
Thu 2010.07.22, 9:50pm
Interesting correlation courtesy of @facebook http://twitpic.com/27eiz1
Wed 2010.07.21, 3:40pm
Pre-ordered a Magnet Flipper from @SenaCases on July 9. Ship date was end of July, now shows Aug11-18 for new orders. Will mine be delayed?
Wed 2010.07.21, 10:12am
Finally! Popular Windows based malware has been ported to and is being sold for Mac OS X: http://j.mp/9l1AEo - let me get my credit card...
Tue 2010.07.20, 2:18pm
Since upgrading my iPhone 3G to iOS 4 I've received two over the air carrier updates. Is there a way to determine what these change?
Sun 2010.07.18, 2:42pm
Watching Inception...
Sat 2010.07.17, 9:01pm
Snarky prediction for Apple's press conference this Friday: "We've fixed iPhone 4's reception issue, behold, the Verizon iPhone 4!" ;)
Wed 2010.07.14, 7:09pm
Great article contrasting all the iPhone 4 antenna hysteria with real world (albeit anecdotal) performance. http://j.mp/avZeqO
Wed 2010.07.14, 11:32am
Apparently Scott Forstall just joined Twitter (@Forstall). The account was marked as verified but now isn't. Wonder if it's legit...
Tue 2010.07.13, 9:25pm
Just upgraded 4 of my previously purchased O'Reilly dead tree books to eBooks for only $4.99 each! http://j.mp/9T3R0g ridiculously awesome!
Fri 2010.07.09, 9:34pm
Grabbed a couple 3rd party ePubs online. They look great in iBooks on iPad/iPhone and no DRM. What's not to like? http://twitpic.com/23xoeh
Fri 2010.07.09, 8:48pm
Be sure to check out @QuickTaxCanada for your annual tax preparation needs. Runs on any OS you'd like, as long as it's Windows! :P #FF
Fri 2010.07.09, 7:13pm
The 'Previous versions' feature in @Dropbox enabled me to easily restore an inadvertently deleted @1Password record just now. Very nice.
Fri 2010.07.09, 3:30pm
Kin is dead: http://j.mp/d5bqPg Microsoft's biggest progression as of late is being quicker to realize when they've failed miserably. Sad.
Wed 2010.06.30, 2:25pm
Weird power blip just now, caused my FreeBSD gateway to reboot but my three desktop survived. Odd.
Wed 2010.06.30, 11:14am
Just discovered free SSL certificates at startssl.com, even works in most browsers. Finally a reasonable alternative to self signing!
Mon 2010.06.28, 11:53pm
Yes, it blends! http://j.mp/b3Hw6K
Fri 2010.06.25, 1:36pm
Why the hell isn't #Futurama airing in Canada?! If only there was a global packet switched network that could sidestep such stupidity...
Wed 2010.06.23, 10:06pm
Just discovered PS3 Media Server: http://j.mp/cj66CB UI isn't so pretty (Java based) but it works very well for streaming to PS3 from OS X.
Wed 2010.06.23, 8:46pm
Alright, we're done with rumours and speculation, we've seen the teardowns and unboxing galleries. When do we find out if iPhone 4 blends?
Wed 2010.06.23, 10:00am
Before iOS 4 upgrade I had ~ 1 GB free on my 8 GB iPhone 3G. Now I have 4.2 GB free. Maybe it scaled down my 6000+ photos more than before?
Mon 2010.06.21, 2:33pm
Apple iOS 4 seems to be available now.
Mon 2010.06.21, 10:07am
Trying out the keyboard dock for the iPad. It's okay, but I'm a little disappointed that CTRL keys don't seem to work with iSSH.
Sat 2010.06.19, 4:29pm
iOS 4 supports IPv6? http://j.mp/bNwezQ - cool!
Fri 2010.06.18, 8:44am
Sweet! Google Earth update with iPad support released. This should be cool!
Mon 2010.06.14, 5:42pm
App shopping with my wife... Jessie: Awesome, Guitar Hero for iPhone! Me: oooh, a sweet iPad RPN calculator! So I'm a little boring...
Tue 2010.06.08, 6:40pm
I thought being free from Flash was the best feature of the iPad, then I saw this: http://twitpic.com/1uybnt
Mon 2010.06.07, 10:31pm
No 'iPhone 4' in Canada until late July. Apple is just being courteous to all us Canadians who need to pay for their iPads first, thanks!
Mon 2010.06.07, 9:56pm
Guess I'll drag the Apple TV in the bedroom and order it from there instead. Thanks for nothing Shaw!
Thu 2010.06.03, 9:50pm
Thanks for the free movie for "customer appreciation" - not even in HD. Guess I know where I stand with Shaw! Lame.
Thu 2010.06.03, 9:49pm
First obstacle to Flash free web browsing after several days of iPad use: http://twitpic.com/1t7763 - all well, at least they're sorry!
Tue 2010.06.01, 10:28pm
Air Sharing HD update with Dropbox support just released, woohoo! Nice work, @avatron!
Tue 2010.06.01, 5:42pm
Did anyone else notice how insanely tiny their iPhone or iPod screen becomes after using an iPad for 24 hours?
Sat 2010.05.29, 9:07pm
Being unable to pry myself self away from this iPad, I have now read the entire contents of the Internet. Now what?
Sat 2010.05.29, 6:30pm
Now seeing the snow everyone was warning me about all day. What month are we in again?
Sat 2010.05.29, 4:54pm
Time to stop fidgeting with this iPad and go to sleep. The battery life of this thing is far exceeding my own capacity.
Sat 2010.05.29, 1:11am
Still syncing. This is torture. Want... to... play...
Fri 2010.05.28, 6:14pm
Eagerly awaiting my first iPad sync to complete. The nearly 6000 some photos in my library aren't speeding things up any.
Fri 2010.05.28, 5:20pm
Success! iPad 3G 32 GB has been acquired. Woot!
Fri 2010.05.28, 3:56pm
Just sent my wife and mom on an iPad hunting mission. Let's see if they manages to snag one. Not sure if they've sold out yet.
Fri 2010.05.28, 3:03pm
Woke up bright and early for the Apple Southgate grande opening. Got my t-shirt and still on time for work, woot! http://twitpic.com/1ru6mp
Fri 2010.05.28, 8:10am
The Flash Forward finale was awesome. Too bad @abc_dotcom's cranial rectal inversion issues will prevent a second season. #saveff
Thu 2010.05.27, 10:26pm
...and apparently I missed an 'l' in @allisonlemire's name in my last post. The shock must have hindered my typing abilities...
Tue 2010.05.25, 8:10pm
My 3-month old daughter, @alisonlemire, just puked ALL over my Logitech Harmony! Babies are awesome. :)
Tue 2010.05.25, 8:04pm
So very tired! http://twitpic.com/1qiby8
Sun 2010.05.23, 6:24pm
I may be in the minority here, but I'm happy to see the less than pretty @tweetie 2 icon go in favor of the new Twitter branded icon.
Wed 2010.05.19, 7:10pm
Why do publishers of TV series box sets think I'd be interested in buying low-res DVDs of HD shows?! Where are the damn Blu-rays?!
Mon 2010.05.17, 9:32pm
Just scored 1502 points playing Run! (Quick) for iPhone! I ran until I collided with a steel wall. http://arthurham.com/run
Sat 2010.05.08, 11:03pm
Bunch of cops staking out my block. Wonder what's up?
Sat 2010.05.08, 6:34pm
http://twitvid.com/M52S2 - Just introduced my 2½ year old daughter to the wonders of keyboard shortcuts.
Thu 2010.05.06, 11:17pm
Only 40 days of battery life from my Magic Mouse (constant 9-5 usage on weekdays). This is less than admiral. http://twitpic.com/1llvek
Thu 2010.05.06, 3:17pm
What's THIS all about?! http://twitpic.com/1kzh1y
Tue 2010.05.04, 8:53am
What a deal! http://twitpic.com/1k4qf9
Sat 2010.05.01, 6:23pm
This is the most awesome flash game EVER! http://j.mp/bwcyyF
Fri 2010.04.30, 4:05pm
A 'bug' in Ubuntu prevents 'other OS' from booting after install? http://j.mp/cKUCV5 if the other OS is Windows, this sounds like a feature.
Fri 2010.04.30, 2:14pm
iTunes frivolously 'optimizing' my 6314 pics when syncing to iPhone. Seems to happen if my iPhoto Library is open on another Mac in the LAN?
Thu 2010.04.29, 8:45pm
Courier tablet cancelled by Microsoft: http://j.mp/9VVLHz as I expected. If only MS could make actual products instead of vapourware demos.
Thu 2010.04.29, 2:00pm
Seriously? @tweetie 2 for Mac still isn't out but Loren had time to add a slot machine to Tweetie 2 on iPhone?!
Wed 2010.04.28, 6:41pm
Allison's fancy new birth certificate was creased in the mail. Grr! Stacked O'Reilly books should flatten it. http://twitpic.com/1ipih6
Mon 2010.04.26, 1:42pm
Curiously followed a link in a Twitter themed phishing e-mail. Apparently they don't want my credentials, just trying to sell Viagra. Funny!
Sun 2010.04.25, 9:59pm
Signed up for zoompass, it was advertised in my latest Rogers bill. Looks like a very slick Canadian alternative to PayPal.
Fri 2010.04.23, 8:03pm
Those lego men get EVERYTHING! http://j.mp/d8OZSQ #jealous
Fri 2010.04.23, 6:47pm
Pouring rain. Love it.
Fri 2010.04.23, 12:09am
Who needs viruses and other malware when you have McAfee to trash your XP machines? http://j.mp/cuqaBb
Thu 2010.04.22, 2:19pm
Heaven... http://twitpic.com/1hkwf0
Thu 2010.04.22, 12:55pm
Downgraded from @ChromeBrowser 5.0.375.9 dev to 5.0.342.9 beta, weird issues with the dev build not responding to keystrokes in form fields.
Wed 2010.04.21, 8:32pm
Just scored 1890 points playing Run! (Normal) for iPhone! I ran until I crashed into a giant boulder. http://arthurham.com/run
Mon 2010.04.19, 11:30pm
Mmmm breakfast... (@ Millwoods Dennys) http://4sq.com/4H5SYi
Sat 2010.04.17, 2:08pm
As if buying one iPad isn't expensive enough, I'm sure the wife will want her own... and apparently one per cat as well: http://j.mp/cULWsW
Wed 2010.04.14, 10:08pm
Looks like my cost of living expenses for April have decreased dramatically but they will increase equivalently in May: http://j.mp/bjVgjZ
Wed 2010.04.14, 8:37am
Even Microsoft doesn't want to manage Windows based infrastructure: http://bit.ly/9sUaP5
Tue 2010.04.13, 10:26am
Whew, new toys to fix my ailing BSD box's dead HD. Critical services are back up. Now the real work begins. http://twitpic.com/1f908e
Mon 2010.04.12, 10:19pm
I'm at Memory Express (10187 - 34 Ave, Edmonton). http://4sq.com/8RZyUs
Mon 2010.04.12, 5:37pm
This is probably the first device to impress me as a decent iPhone alternative: http://maemo.nokia.com/ - Looks very cool!
Mon 2010.04.12, 1:55pm
Yay for updates that remove functionality instead of enhancing it. Sony's forced PS3 3.21 update is sleazy at best.
Sun 2010.04.11, 11:55pm
Can't understand the logic of all the whiners wanting their $2.99 for Tweetie back now that Twitter bought it and made it free. Seriously.
Fri 2010.04.09, 8:29pm
Twitter bought @tweetie? Is this good or bad news for the desktop client?! http://bit.ly/9GfiOV
Fri 2010.04.09, 6:30pm
...and suddenly my weekend was booked solid. http://twitpic.com/1edkm6
Fri 2010.04.09, 2:55pm
Robotic sculpting of solid aluminium, this is way too cool! http://j.mp/c2O9TO
Fri 2010.04.09, 12:31pm
Great article on Apple's decision to restrict iPhone apps to those developed with Obj-C/X-Code http://j.mp/bI67v6
Thu 2010.04.08, 8:36pm
This YellowPages app http://j.mp/aGPXOZ is slick but is either confused about public schools or has inside info! http://twitpic.com/1e6eof
Thu 2010.04.08, 6:43pm
iPhone OS 4's "multitasking" looks slick but doesn't handle my use cases. No iSSH backgrounding for tunnels and no Colloquy/IRC. Aww. :(
Thu 2010.04.08, 10:51am
Feels like something bad is about to happen to my FreeBSD box. Doesn't anyone make good hard drives anymore?! http://twitpic.com/1d7vxb
Sun 2010.04.04, 11:06am
This post brought to you via an iPhone tethered via USB on Ubuntu! Sweet, a working Linux kernel module is here: http://j.mp/4jAphv
Wed 2010.03.31, 10:53pm
Facebook needs a 'hide everything' feature for the News Feed.
Wed 2010.03.31, 3:24pm
Rest in pieces SCO, you won't be missed. http://j.mp/94LdSJ
Tue 2010.03.30, 1:28pm
Hardship: Putting sugar in your coffee before you realize you're out of milk. Black coffee shouldn't be sweet, blech!
Tue 2010.03.30, 8:37am
My daughter consistently identifies the Windows logo as a Rubik's cube. What an ideal Microsoft free world she lives in! How I envy her!
Mon 2010.03.29, 5:20pm
My 4 month old tweet http://j.mp/cwRtI3 now has an answer, Thunderbird 3 can store tags/stars on the IMAP server: http://j.mp/cMlPNw sweet!
Thu 2010.03.25, 11:29pm
A better (more official) link for the Rogers will not gouge you for iPhone tethering announcement: http://j.mp/cxFt6k
Wed 2010.03.24, 9:21am
Hooray! Rogers has decided to let an opportunity to further gouge their clients slide - just this once: http://j.mp/aMyhQG
Wed 2010.03.24, 9:13am
After a 62 day hiatus, the VAIO laptop is back on Ubuntu in time for the first Lucid Lynx beta. Fedora was alright, but curiosity killed it.
Mon 2010.03.22, 9:11pm
Am I the only one that hates video content online? Can't speed read or skim through it. Ugh. It was called hyperTEXT for a reason.
Fri 2010.03.19, 10:46pm
On the rare occasion OS X's GUI locks hard I can reboot it via SSH 99% of the time. Windows would have me kick the plug out. Long live UNIX!
Wed 2010.03.17, 2:08am
Whatever happened to copy and paste under X11 being simply select to copy, middle click to paste. I miss this.
Wed 2010.03.10, 11:01pm
New Castle on tonight. Finally something decent to watch. Not a whole lot on lately.
Mon 2010.03.08, 8:11pm
Shaw appears to be having a really rough time this evening...
Fri 2010.03.05, 12:30am
A net tax to clean infected computers says an MS VP?! http://j.mp/9kiXBJ I have a better idea. Let's have MS foot the bill for *their* mess!
Wed 2010.03.03, 12:43am
I did not know Mike Myers played more than just Austin Powers in Goldmember until my wife pointed it out just now. How'd I miss that?! #fail
Sat 2010.02.27, 12:16am
Just scored 2097 points playing Run! (Normal) for #iPhone. I ran until I was vanquished by a powerful wizard. http://arthurham.com/run
Fri 2010.02.26, 9:57pm
Post... Whew.
Fri 2010.02.26, 9:41pm
Someone must have accidentally let Geek Squad staff near @BestBuy's servers. http://twitpic.com/15axv8
Thu 2010.02.25, 1:34pm
HAST - http://j.mp/cpSDS9 committed to FreeBSD HEAD, looks very cool.
Sat 2010.02.20, 11:56am
Hacking ViGedit http://j.mp/9vNhuQ it needs markers and jumping between braces via '%' amongst other things. Python makes this painful. :(
Fri 2010.02.19, 8:24pm
...and don't get me started about using spaces for indentation. Tabs, man, tabs! http://j.mp/c9WQfi
Fri 2010.02.19, 8:14pm
Seriously, how do Python scripters live without braces to delimit blocks?! Gah! What a terrible syntax, or lack thereof!
Fri 2010.02.19, 8:03pm
Testing out tweet.im...
Fri 2010.02.19, 12:19am
vigedit http://j.mp/cFJ1Kj has potential to be awesome but unfortunately appears to be in its infancy. :(
Thu 2010.02.18, 8:00pm
Yay, the display glitches in the gnome-screensaver in Fedora 12 have been fixed in an update today. (2.28.3-1.fc12.x86_64)
Tue 2010.02.16, 8:13pm
Yanked the HD from a failing PC and put it into an Ubuntu box. Impressed, it immediately warned me of failures. http://twitpic.com/12xvus
Sat 2010.02.13, 12:29am
Just scored 1150 points playing Run! (Normal) for #iPhone. I ran until I was blown to bits by a falling bomb. http://arthurham.com/run
Wed 2010.02.10, 11:16pm
It's a girl! (again!) :D http://twitpic.com/12i86r
Wed 2010.02.10, 7:29pm
Hooray! Facebook did something intelligent! Facebook chat now uses XMPP! http://bit.ly/98NYhE and http://bit.ly/c7WkKj
Wed 2010.02.10, 1:16pm
Looks like Google has added 'Buzz' to my Gmail account. Peachy!
Wed 2010.02.10, 9:34am
Cool, Google added Beaumont, AB (amongst other smaller municipalities) to Street View... http://j.mp/a6HmbO http://twitpic.com/12a0ie
Tue 2010.02.09, 2:10pm
Just scored 881 points playing Run! (Quick) for #iPhone. I ran until I was mauled by a purple zombie. http://arthurham.com/run
Sat 2010.02.06, 8:24pm
Just discovered Pino - http://j.mp/9ChdAD. Finally a decent native Linux Twitter client. Lacks features but convenient for basic use.
Sat 2010.02.06, 12:14am
Very impressed with CIBC's new iPhone app. Makes me want to do more banking with them. Well done!
Fri 2010.02.05, 9:45pm
Alright, I give up. How do I filter out everything but 'Status Updates' in the new Facebook front-end?
Thu 2010.02.04, 9:02pm
Just scored 398 points playing Run! (Quick) for #iPhone. I ran until I was sliced by a spinning blade. http://arthurham.com/run
Thu 2010.02.04, 8:41pm
When life throws you unicode text files with 'non-breaking space' characters: perl -e 'while (<STDIN>) { $_ =~ s/\xc2\xa0/ /g; print }'
Thu 2010.02.04, 12:08pm
Apparently YouTube has launched on IPv6... Can't seem to resolve v6 IPs for it yet though: http://bit.ly/dnSnpW how unfortunate. :(
Mon 2010.02.01, 5:28pm
Just scored 505 points playing Run! (Normal) for #iPhone. I ran until I was slapped by an evil walrus. http://arthurham.com/run
Sat 2010.01.30, 10:33pm
If Microsoft pulled a stunt like this with Internet Explorer they would be bankrupt before the end of the day. http://j.mp/aUjQht
Fri 2010.01.29, 1:49pm
Comcast actively experimenting with IPv6 http://bit.ly/cVWehB kudos to them for having some foresight! http://twitpic.com/102ah2
Wed 2010.01.27, 3:48pm
Frantic Steve Jobs Stays Up All Night Designing Apple Tablet: http://bit.ly/bYBTXU
Wed 2010.01.27, 10:22am
Seeing a ton of Facebook notifications regarding comments on statuses & photos that smell like malware to me. http://twitpic.com/zvpgk
Tue 2010.01.26, 11:35am
My Intel WiFi doesn't stop working when I wake my laptop from sleep in Fedora like it does in Ubuntu. How convenient!
Sun 2010.01.24, 7:35pm
New IKEA dresser for "baby's" room and cutesie little wall shelf for Natalie's room assembled and mounted. Mission accomplished.
Sat 2010.01.23, 6:36pm
Need to treat your wounds while buried under a pile of rubble in Haiti? There's an app for that! http://bit.ly/8BL6Sz
Wed 2010.01.20, 1:53pm
Oh, please no: http://j.mp/58UI7Z - I assumed Verizon was the only corp dumb enough to make Bing a default. Hopefully just an ugly rumor.
Tue 2010.01.19, 10:39pm
Not terribly impressed by KDE 4. Looks like 'yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment"' should fix things up.
Tue 2010.01.19, 9:34pm
It kind of irks me that most Linux distros support net installs and have working WiFi out of the box but can't do net installs via WiFi. :(
Tue 2010.01.19, 6:43pm
Voices in my head are telling me to give Fedora with KDE 4 a try. Haven't tried either in a VERY long time.
Tue 2010.01.19, 6:08pm
Just woke up from an insane dream! Stole this brand new ride & pimped it out then was cruising around in it! Got caught, owner was SOO mad!
Thu 2010.01.14, 4:16am
This is why classic RTs suck: http://twitpic.com/xz2hq - unnecessary clutter of timelines. Now if @atebits would release Tweetie 2...
Wed 2010.01.13, 3:58pm
Whoo hoo, Acorn 2.2 released! http://bit.ly/6iz0SJ
Tue 2010.01.12, 1:04pm
Eew! The 'Personas' feature in Firefox 3.6 has to be the most hideous looking abomination of UI theming I've ever seen. http://bit.ly/ZiHmQ
Mon 2010.01.11, 5:01pm
Hmmm, decisions, decisions! http://twitpic.com/xph3x
Mon 2010.01.11, 2:18pm
Want! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olv9SiKbF5M
Thu 2010.01.07, 2:27pm
So far this keynote is terrible... I've seen bad infomercials that were far more compelling.
Wed 2010.01.06, 8:38pm
Go figure, Balmer's keynote requires Silverlight. MS never misses a moment to push that garbage.
Wed 2010.01.06, 7:40pm
Waiting for Balmer's CES keynote: http://bit.ly/5j8vZc Watching Microsoft attempt to produce useful products is usually good for a laugh!
Wed 2010.01.06, 6:56pm
TruePower UCS Power Outlet with Built in USB Ports - http://bit.ly/4Qit2t - want!
Tue 2010.01.05, 2:58pm
Apparently DVD discs aren't up to the task of surviving a 2 year old. Guess I'll start preemptively ripping 'em. http://twitpic.com/wm70q
Mon 2010.01.04, 12:19am
First day of 2010 down, 364 to go. Only 3,651 days until the end of this decade, make the most of it people!
Sat 2010.01.02, 12:41am
GO OILERS!!
Wed 2009.12.30, 9:54pm
I'm sick of FAT32 and all its ancient limitations! Why, OH WHY, don't device manufacturers move into the 21st century and use ANY OTHER FS?
Wed 2009.12.30, 6:16pm
App Store Expense Monitor: http://j.mp/5PQRHO - crazy, I've thrown $194.46 to the iPhone app store to date!
Tue 2009.12.29, 4:23pm
Ubuntu Karmic seems to have trouble waking my VAIO's Intel 3945ABG wireless card after waking the system from sleep. How annoying.
Mon 2009.12.28, 10:37pm
Just bought the Playstation 3 adapter for my Harmony 550 remote. Now everything works. Awesome!
Sun 2009.12.27, 3:47pm
Oh no! Chrome under Ubuntu has caught a virus that appears to be turning my OS into XP, this is an outrage! :P http://twitpic.com/ur8fa
Tue 2009.12.22, 10:39pm
Avatar was awesome!
Sat 2009.12.19, 7:33pm
Sena was nice enough to include an extra screw so when I chuck one in frustration trying to mount this belt clip I still have another. Nice!
Fri 2009.12.18, 10:24am
Screenshot of the defaced Twitter.com moments ago: http://j.mp/7f3HlB
Thu 2009.12.17, 11:55pm
It would appear Twitter is hacked! Wonder if SMS tweets still work.
Thu 2009.12.17, 11:46pm
Hacked together my own simple Gravatar code before I noticed Wordpress has a built in get_avatar() function. Bah, I always do that!
Thu 2009.12.17, 10:03pm
Pastebot is awesome - http://j.mp/5ejdgQ - I'm extremely impressed! That's all I've got to say about that.
Thu 2009.12.17, 10:37am
iStat http://j.mp/4ZppAZ up and running, slick! Would have tried it long ago if I realized it ran on FreeBSD. http://twitpic.com/tti0t
Wed 2009.12.16, 6:47pm
Screw this cold nonsense... All setup to work from home for now... Should be much warner here.
Tue 2009.12.15, 7:05pm
My office is a toasty 7°C at the moment. This weather rocks.
Mon 2009.12.14, 11:15am
Went retro and downloaded Mega Man 9 for PS3 this weekend. Damn game is stealing my dignity... 3 bosses down... 5 remain. How frustrating!
Sun 2009.12.13, 10:45pm
Ok, what's with the iPhone App Store prompting me to download updates I've already installed? This is happening a lot lately.
Thu 2009.12.10, 9:15pm
I've been annoyed by a TV stand door that scraped the bottom of the stand when opening for OVER 5 YEARS. Spent 2 MINUTES fixing it today! :)
Thu 2009.12.10, 8:50pm
Crazy sculptures created from old hard drives: http://j.mp/8myxUy
Thu 2009.12.10, 6:53pm
Mmmm... Bigger tubes! http://bit.ly/5kBdyL
Thu 2009.12.10, 4:28pm
Looks like replacements can be easily ordered. The last review describes my issue exactly. Guess I'm not alone. http://j.mp/5HL8DW
Wed 2009.12.09, 4:22pm
The band for my headset finally gave in to the pressure of grasping my oversized cranium and cracked... How annoying.
Wed 2009.12.09, 4:12pm
I was about to whine about Chrome looking hideous under Linux, but then I found the 'Use GTK+ theme' button. Now I'm impressed.
Tue 2009.12.08, 8:02pm
I wonder if Thunderbird 3.0's fancy labeling and tagging features can store the metadata on an IMAP server. It's kinda useless otherwise.
Tue 2009.12.08, 6:44pm
No Chrome extensions on OS X yet. How rude! :( http://twitpic.com/sp2ud
Tue 2009.12.08, 12:31pm
Finally an (official) Google Chrome beta for OS X: http://bit.ly/7WkYgl
Tue 2009.12.08, 10:23am
Mmmm, time for some 'Home Syle Donair...'
Mon 2009.12.07, 7:56pm
$60 billion lawsuit against the recording industry for infringement! Cute seeing them attacked with their own nonsense! http://bit.ly/4FLW1b
Mon 2009.12.07, 4:41pm
Nice! Rogers has a semi-slick iPhone app for checking your account usage: http://j.mp/5cLpcY how did I miss this? http://twitpic.com/sgkid
Sun 2009.12.06, 3:57pm
I MAY need to shovel off my deck today... http://twitpic.com/saj34
Sat 2009.12.05, 2:04pm
Finally watching Terminator Salvation.
Fri 2009.12.04, 8:29pm
Trip home wasn't bad at all, got home just before six!
Fri 2009.12.04, 6:36pm
The mission home begins...
Fri 2009.12.04, 5:12pm
I have arrived... w00t! People were having a lot of trouble getting up the hill. Kinda glad I stole the wife's Jeep this morning!
Fri 2009.12.04, 12:15pm
Almost there, just around the bend... Should only be another day or two... http://twitpic.com/s4jjg
Fri 2009.12.04, 11:51am
Hope I don't get a speeding ticket! http://twitpic.com/s48hh
Fri 2009.12.04, 10:35am
Wish I had a pneumatic tube to suck me into work... It'd be much quicker than THIS!
Fri 2009.12.04, 10:04am
Almost there? Nope! http://twitpic.com/s3z8a
Fri 2009.12.04, 9:34am
I could have jogged to work quicker...
Fri 2009.12.04, 9:26am
The commute from hell continues... Sloooowly...
Fri 2009.12.04, 9:19am
Winter! Yuck yuck yuck!!! http://twitpic.com/s3rty
Fri 2009.12.04, 8:41am
Playing with gource: http://bit.ly/CMFHq - very neat looking visualizations of git version control history, like so http://bit.ly/8jidt8
Thu 2009.12.03, 11:38pm
The Alliance for Code Excellence site is written in ASP. Wonder how many offsets THEY have purchased? http://codeoffsets.com/Default.aspx
Thu 2009.12.03, 2:10pm
Google Streetview is now live in Edmonton! I can see my house from here, tee hee! http://twitpic.com/rt7ea
Wed 2009.12.02, 12:42am
I really resent that having to manually skip through several 'chapters' of ads for other DVDs when playing a disc for my 2year old daughter.
Sun 2009.11.29, 9:53pm
I just generated my #TweetCloud out of a year of my tweets - http://w33.us/81l
Sat 2009.11.28, 11:06pm
This hockey game is NOT going well. :(
Sat 2009.11.28, 8:27pm
The new Air Sharing iPhone update rocks! Mobile access to my files via SSH FTW!
Sat 2009.11.28, 7:28pm
Silverlight on iPhone? That's a disturbing thought, I don't want it anywhere near my desktops, let alone my phone! - http://bit.ly/5s27iw
Fri 2009.11.27, 10:09pm
About to reboot my home server with the 8.0-RELEASE kernel. No turning back now.
Fri 2009.11.27, 8:32pm
Prebuilt Google Chrome OS image for Dell Mini 10v. Nice! http://bit.ly/5D5SXE
Fri 2009.11.27, 2:01pm
Why do I have the sudden urge to play Jenga? http://twitpic.com/r6sc5
Fri 2009.11.27, 11:16am
Experimenting with FreeBSD jails. They seem quite slick so far.
Thu 2009.11.26, 9:28pm
Another day, another 8 Google Wave invites to dispose of. They're giving 'em away like candy now. Anyone left that needs one?
Thu 2009.11.26, 12:40am
Just discovered pkg_cutleaves for cleaning BSD packages. Slick!
Tue 2009.11.24, 8:16pm
Are they seriously going to question our goal AGAIN?!
Mon 2009.11.23, 8:39pm
Let's go Oilers!
Mon 2009.11.23, 7:31pm
Have 5 more Google Wave invites to pass around. Anybody want them or has supply now exceeded demand?
Mon 2009.11.23, 12:18pm
#Haiku: Obsolete software / Useless in every way / Must install Linux. Enter the contest: http://winahomeserver.com
Sun 2009.11.22, 10:13pm
Receieved an extra Wave Invite in my e-mail, but I already have an account. What to do, what to do!?
Sat 2009.11.21, 12:44pm
Chrome OS doesn't appear interested in getting any further than the splash screen on both my laptop and netbook. Probably too soon to play.
Sat 2009.11.21, 12:15am
Curiosity has the better of me. Attempting to write a bootable Chrome OS USB key...
Fri 2009.11.20, 11:50pm
I thought Win7 vetoed my snubbing of Silverlight... Nope, actually 7 unique updates for the same damn thing. Lame! http://twitpic.com/qb672
Fri 2009.11.20, 8:05pm
This just in, Windows Mobile based phones can now be made useful! http://bit.ly/3hwIha
Wed 2009.11.18, 12:05am
Twitter has enabled the new/beta retweeting on my account. Neat! Now for @tweetie to enable it...
Tue 2009.11.17, 8:47pm
How have I been using FreeBSD for this long without noticing BSNMP built into the base (http://bit.ly/H3TFs)?
Tue 2009.11.17, 6:32pm
Demo of Chrome OS this thursday. I'm intrigued. http://bit.ly/3WA6aV
Tue 2009.11.17, 5:08pm
Spent the evening upgrading a six year old FreeBSD 4.8 installation to 8.0-RC3 on rather old hardware... Not so thrilling, but successful...
Mon 2009.11.16, 11:24pm
My wife is at a doctors appointment for a blood test and is now IM'ing me from her iPod using an unsecured router. I've taught her well! :)
Sat 2009.11.14, 12:09pm
They can't touch the Mac Mini's design and OS, but the Dell Zino HD announced today is still kinda slick for the price: http://bit.ly/3LsgEM
Thu 2009.11.12, 10:35pm
Went to Best Buy to buy a cheap $25 wireless laptop mouse (on sale) for Jessie. Walked out with a $60 Logitech V450 Nano. No self-restraint.
Thu 2009.11.12, 8:59pm
I'd like to meet whoever decided CTRL+L should open a dialogue in IE instead of simply focusing the address bar. What were they thinking?!
Tue 2009.11.10, 10:09pm
Ionic batteries you say? Sounds promising. http://bit.ly/WfPXU
Fri 2009.11.06, 4:57pm
Finally dug up the answer (http://bit.ly/3sAPMv) to my recent question (http://bit.ly/2cIekq). WIN7 media is NOT 'universal' but IS fixable.
Fri 2009.11.06, 3:44pm
No Microsoft, I don't want to install Silverlight. Never will. What part of 'Hide Update' is too difficult for you to understand?
Thu 2009.11.05, 7:29pm
Chrome is shaping up to be a very impressive browser, but I don't comprehend how it went from 1.0 to 4.0 in under a year... Odd versioning!
Wed 2009.11.04, 10:04pm
First time I've introduced a portability bug between 32 and 64 bit hosts in perl. That'll teach me for being 'clever' with shift operators!
Wed 2009.11.04, 1:08pm
You can't install 'Professional' via 'Home Premium' media... You could with Vista. Upgrade media limitation? http://twitpic.com/nz34t
Sun 2009.11.01, 10:15pm
Attempting to install Windows 7 'upgrade' in a clean VM with and without key. Trying to confirm the OEM/Upgrade/Retail medias are identical.
Sun 2009.11.01, 9:06pm
Completed a 3rd Windows 7 install today. On 2 of the 3 PCs everything worked without having to hunt for drivers. Impressive by MS standards!
Sat 2009.10.31, 11:44pm
Oh hello! What have we here?! http://twitpic.com/nhle0
Thu 2009.10.29, 11:23pm
The look & feel of Ubuntu Netbook Remix seems to have cleaned up very nicely in today's Karmic release! http://twitpic.com/nh83a
Thu 2009.10.29, 9:06pm
This hockey game has taken a TERRIBLE turn for the worse... This is getting painful!
Thu 2009.10.29, 8:51pm
Karmic Netbook Edition doesn't work with my Broadcom BCM4312 wireless out of the box, fortunately there's an easy fix: http://bit.ly/3H104T
Thu 2009.10.29, 8:27pm
Just finished setting up gitosis (http://tinyurl.com/328nun). What a sweet setup! Easily grant access to repos without giving out shells.
Thu 2009.10.29, 6:36pm
Mmmm... Karmic released and new Apple TV firmware... Days with new software are good days (excluding MS patch Tuesdays)...
Thu 2009.10.29, 4:58pm
Ooops... It would appear I've been had. http://tinyurl.com/ylrsvl3 :P
Wed 2009.10.28, 10:07am
Hmmm, Google Chrome OS beta now available http://sites.google.com/site/chromeoslinux/. Interesting, but why the rather dated Gnome 2.24?
Wed 2009.10.28, 10:01am
Ubuntu's installer is slick, but its decision to disregard existing EXT3 partitions in favor of shrinking the NTFS one was not so bright...
Tue 2009.10.27, 6:51pm
Aw crap! I'm so sick of junk mail! http://twitpic.com/n3trr
Mon 2009.10.26, 8:20pm
A package! What could it be? http://twitpic.com/n3tl2
Mon 2009.10.26, 8:19pm
Wow, the Windows 7 Product Guide http://tinyurl.com/ylapaqr weighs in at a massive 62 MB! It's as bloated as the product line it describes!
Mon 2009.10.26, 12:54pm
Only MS could write an OS updater dumb enough to download a security patch for IE 7 only to replace it with IE 8 in the same run...
Fri 2009.10.23, 7:05pm
Interesting... My portage profile appears to have been deprecated in favour of default/linux/x86/10.0, no announcement on Gentoo.org yet...
Fri 2009.10.23, 1:50pm
Just to set the record straight on MS' new ad campaign - Windows 7 was NOT my idea! Using ANYTHING but Windows was MY idea... :)
Thu 2009.10.22, 11:01pm
Everytime Khabibulin allows a goal I wonder if 'rewinding' the PVR and giving him a 2nd chance would help matters...
Thu 2009.10.22, 7:15pm
New Apple ad "Broken Promises" rocks...
Thu 2009.10.22, 6:44pm
Neat JS typing test: http://bit.ly/1hpbbs - Whew, better let the keyboard sit and cool for awhile. :P http://twitpic.com/mfv86
Wed 2009.10.21, 9:56pm
Tried NetNewsWire and Newsie... Not all that impressed. Byline is still king of the Google Reader RSS apps for my use...
Wed 2009.10.21, 7:37pm
Jessie's LG Keybo (LG9100) dies and reboots when connecting to Linux or OS X as USB mass storage. Apparently it only talks to Windows. LAME!
Tue 2009.10.20, 10:03pm
Before you can understand recursion, you must first understand recursion. http://twitpic.com/mbojm
Tue 2009.10.20, 9:25pm
Want! http://www.apple.com/imac/
Tue 2009.10.20, 9:39am
Damnit, apparently some ballgame on Fox shoved House into Lie to Me's timeslot thus ruining the PVR recording. Sucky!
Mon 2009.10.19, 10:52pm
Next up against the wall will be devs that don't comprehend that drivers weighing in at 10's or even 100's of MBs are bloated garbage!
Mon 2009.10.19, 9:27pm
One day I'll find & kill the bastard behind all the BS spam infested driver sites that eclipse the legit driver downloads in Google's index!
Mon 2009.10.19, 9:08pm
Freeing another netbook (an Asus Eee PC) from the slavery of Windows XP.
Sat 2009.10.17, 2:37pm
Apple is now allowing in-app purchase for free apps - http://tinyurl.com/yk2dgnt - Nice!
Thu 2009.10.15, 2:24pm
Smokers will use ashtrays if they actually exist? You don't say! - http://tinyurl.com/yjajvm2
Thu 2009.10.15, 9:18am
At 5 KM/hour this will be a LONG commute!
Wed 2009.10.14, 7:47am
Well this isn't going to work...
Tue 2009.10.13, 7:41pm
Waiting for Clonezilla to copy a partition off of yet another dead Maxtor drive.
Tue 2009.10.13, 7:19pm
Good game!
Sat 2009.10.10, 9:46pm
Go Oilers! Go!
Sat 2009.10.10, 8:18pm
Nice view! http://twitpic.com/l28pt
Sat 2009.10.10, 7:12pm
Going to the Oilers game, woohoo!
Sat 2009.10.10, 6:36pm
A workaround! Dereferencing the hash appears to eliminate the mystery value based keys from appearing. This still doesn't make ANY sense.
Fri 2009.10.09, 2:48pm
Woohoo, Tweetie 2 has arrived!
Fri 2009.10.09, 1:36pm
Why are my perl hash values becoming keys?!
Fri 2009.10.09, 11:33am
What just happened?!
Thu 2009.10.08, 8:58pm
Ah, Ubuntu betas. Over 260 updates in only 4 days - and now I have two battery level icons... Will I ever learn to wait for the release?
Thu 2009.10.08, 7:44pm
Received my reminder of what winter driving is about this morning. Whitemud overpass on 50th was SLICK! Barely avoided remodelling the car.
Thu 2009.10.08, 8:40am
Just worked out differences between the old Rogers 'System Access Fee' vs their new 'Regulatory Recovery Fee.' The old way saves me $0.13...
Wed 2009.10.07, 11:13am
I miss Roloson... :(
Tue 2009.10.06, 8:29pm
Dear Shaw, your PPV 'service' is a joke... Maybe you should fix it some day!
Tue 2009.10.06, 6:50pm
Dropbox looks slick! But... How does it figure I deleted a file 7 hours before creating it? Or joining even? http://twitpic.com/kihhf
Tue 2009.10.06, 1:04pm
Bell & Telus to carry the iPhone next month, nice! Maybe a little competition will correct the insanity of Rogers charging $8 for caller id!
Tue 2009.10.06, 8:27am
Fixed a dumb bug in a perl script I'm writing. Too many cookies in my cookie jar. Tossing my cookies every loop iteration solved all...
Mon 2009.10.05, 12:28pm
Dora the Explorer toddler bed - "New Easy to Assemble Design!" -- BULLSHIT! :P
Sat 2009.10.03, 3:55pm
Upgrading my laptop to Karmic Koala... I can never wait for the final releases... No willpower.
Sat 2009.10.03, 1:08pm
I despise this VAIO for not holding a charge.
Sat 2009.10.03, 11:31am
Fixed my Twitalytic instance. Apparently it doesn't like humans tearing out random rows from its tables. Whoops! Off to bed I go.
Sat 2009.10.03, 12:14am
Watching Defying Gravity in distorted standard definition. How very sucky! I blame ABC.
Fri 2009.10.02, 9:54pm
ASCII files with DOS style line endings are vile! s/^M//g
Fri 2009.10.02, 8:43pm
Google's invite only concept is brilliant. Would the world's geeks be clamouring over 'Wave' so frantically if they could sign up on a whim?
Wed 2009.09.30, 3:13pm
Less 'play' and more 'go to bed' might be a good idea right about now...
Tue 2009.09.29, 11:31pm
Push email to iPhone via Google Sync also works for Google Apps domains. Nice!
Tue 2009.09.29, 11:16pm
Apple should really allow users to hide or delete useless built in iPhone apps. Honestly, I have no desire to ever record a 'Voice Memo.'
Tue 2009.09.29, 7:50pm
WTF, why is the Whitemud all backed up?! :(
Tue 2009.09.29, 4:41pm
Google sending out 'Wave' invites to the first 100,000 people that signed up, tomorrow. Could have sworn I signed up. Can't remember...
Tue 2009.09.29, 3:59pm
"Proven antivirus protection for free?" - How can something JUST released be "proven?!" Oh, Microsoft. :P http://twitpic.com/jmwsv
Tue 2009.09.29, 1:15pm
Finally got Haiku alpha to boot in VirtualBox. Cheated! Pre-partitioned the drive with Linux fdisk. Installed a standard MBR using FreeBSD.
Fri 2009.09.25, 8:11pm
SleepNow (http://bit.ly/4fS8) is just what I needed. Combined with Wake-On-Lan I can now remotely put to sleep and wake my Macs. Cool!
Fri 2009.09.25, 5:42pm
Just purchased NetNewsWire... Torn between it and Gruml. I like Gruml's feature-complete Google Reader support, but NNW feels more refined.
Thu 2009.09.24, 11:00am
Whew... After blood sweat and tears my upgrade is done and my photos and music survived. Nice and spacious! http://yfrog.com/0t6ttp
Tue 2009.09.22, 7:30pm
Gentoo just saved my ass! Free beer for the person who decided to build the LiveCD kernel/mods with GPT and HFS+ support. You suck Knoppix!
Tue 2009.09.22, 5:57pm
Whoa is me! The 80 GB HD I was replacing with the 500 GB died in mid backup! Sucky! Up and running with the 500 GB. Need to restore data. :(
Tue 2009.09.22, 1:48am
Better setup Time Machine in preparation for the whopping 500 GB HD upgrade... Was getting cramped in here - http://twitpic.com/inpto
Mon 2009.09.21, 7:29pm
Watching Defying Gravity... Being a Canadian still rocks, you suck ABC!
Fri 2009.09.18, 7:09pm
Still waiting, got my Tetris fix already... Now what?
Wed 2009.09.16, 1:21pm
Waiting...
Wed 2009.09.16, 1:06pm
Fix to shortcomings of Apple's App Store - compare it to the WinMobile Marketplace! Apple looks flawless In contrast. http://bit.ly/1tUniK
Tue 2009.09.15, 11:17pm
Ah ha! Must have been some dork playing on his iPhone instead of driving! ;) http://twitpic.com/hdcj2
Fri 2009.09.11, 4:33pm
Ugh! Traffic sucks!
Fri 2009.09.11, 4:26pm
Why must iTunes absolutely INSIST I download over 10 GB of content already on my Apple TV?! How rude! http://twitpic.com/h9zgw
Thu 2009.09.10, 9:08pm
Hmm... What to watch? Obama, Obama, or Obama... Damn, he's on every single HD channel!
Wed 2009.09.09, 6:02pm
iPhone 3.1 now syncs faces with iPhoto, now if only it would sync events as well, they'd really have something...
Wed 2009.09.09, 5:51pm
Uh oh, vacation is over. Off to work I go.
Tue 2009.09.08, 7:16am
Wow... Upgrading en-freebsd-doc from ports pulled in and built 108 dependencies! That's a little much. Better stick to the binary next time.
Mon 2009.09.07, 9:30pm
Somewhere between FreeBSD 8.0 BETA1 and BETA4 my ZFS woes have been resolved. Nice! Also liking the new USB thumb drive install images.
Mon 2009.09.07, 6:47pm
Just noticed some new 'CompuFix' place around the corner from my house... That could be handy for some quick parts if the price is right...
Sat 2009.09.05, 8:57pm
Waiting impatiently for a virus scan on another b0rked PC. Am I the only one who finds it sad that Windows requires another OS to repair it?
Fri 2009.09.04, 11:58pm
Home, sweet home!
Mon 2009.08.31, 6:21pm
Homeward bound, quick pit stop near Calgary for some baconators and we shall be on our way...
Mon 2009.08.31, 2:26pm
My new best friend in the room is now hard at work... Excellent! http://twitpic.com/fza8u
Mon 2009.08.31, 8:57am
My iPhone battery is almost dead... Then no more Internet for me! :( Forgot my cable at home... How unfortunate...
Sun 2009.08.30, 10:21pm
Bow View Lodge's internet is pay per use... How lame is that?!
Sun 2009.08.30, 9:35pm
Off to Banff we go!
Sun 2009.08.30, 8:55am
Just another addition to the shrine... http://twitpic.com/fo14w
Fri 2009.08.28, 9:53pm
Yay!! :) http://twitpic.com/fnlg6
Fri 2009.08.28, 7:56pm
Is downloading sufficient or do I actually have to use it?! My charitable nature only goes so far! - http://bit.ly/T4kli :D
Thu 2009.08.27, 3:04pm
Wow... It is absolutely dumping... Cool! :)
Wed 2009.08.26, 9:27pm
Working on a script to convert my iTunes+ M4A files into MP3 while preserving metadata so I can burn them to a disc that'll play in my Jeep.
Tue 2009.08.25, 6:42pm
If install Ubuntu Netbook Remix on a Dell netbook and are having problems with cursor movements on clicks. Install this: http://bit.ly/6ZSSj
Sun 2009.08.23, 1:48am
Wiping XP off the wife's new netbook in favor of Ubuntu... It's the right thing to do...
Sat 2009.08.22, 11:30pm
Yay! Successfully installed Snow Leopard via my USB thumb drive.
Thu 2009.08.20, 10:44pm
Sweet, repartitioning the USB stick as a GUID seems to have done the trick...
Thu 2009.08.20, 9:53pm
God damn laser calibration! Always giving me grief... http://twitpic.com/eo8gq
Thu 2009.08.20, 8:18pm
15 DL DVDs $39.99. Snow Leopard Family Pack $49.00. Wasting the money on blanks to get Snow Leopard just over a week early: priceless! :P
Thu 2009.08.20, 8:10pm
Made it to Best Buy on time, w00t!
Thu 2009.08.20, 7:56pm
Well damnit... Off to get some dual-layer media then...
Thu 2009.08.20, 7:41pm
Hmmm, that didn't work... Wonder if I can use "Remote Install" utility to install from the image via another machine over the network...
Thu 2009.08.20, 7:21pm
Finished copying Snow Leopard onto a USB key... Time to play.
Thu 2009.08.20, 7:05pm
Whoa, Duke 3D released for iPhone! That's impressive in a "When I was your age my computer could barely handle it." sort of way...
Mon 2009.08.10, 6:46pm
The experimental Google URL (www2.sandbox.google.com) redirects to www2.sandbox.google.com/m on iPhone but that URL doesn't exist. Ooops!
Mon 2009.08.10, 6:20pm
Kill IE6? IE8 doesn't even support CSS 3 and is behind all other current browsers. How about killing IE in general? http://bit.ly/13Plfk
Wed 2009.08.05, 6:21pm
I got him! I got him! Muh ha ha ha! Down with the fly!
Wed 2009.08.05, 1:55pm
Home, sweet home...
Mon 2009.08.03, 2:15pm
Rain, rain, go away! Come again another day...
Sat 2009.08.01, 4:24pm
Out camping, looks like my data still works out here... Score, I can still get my net fix...
Sat 2009.08.01, 12:15pm
Wonder if they've managed to turn it into a decent text editor: Emacs Hits Version 23 http://bit.ly/13zXfH (via @slashdot)
Thu 2009.07.30, 12:58pm
Allowed Achilles into my office, if he's like my cats, he'll get that damn fly!
Thu 2009.07.30, 9:24am
As soon as this massive fly buzzing around my office makes a wrong move, he's a goner. He's taken a few brute hits, but he lives so far.
Wed 2009.07.29, 3:03pm
...and suddenly, if at all possible, Yahoo is even LESS relevant... http://bit.ly/146xaG
Tue 2009.07.28, 9:37pm
Thanks for all the birthday wishes!
Mon 2009.07.27, 9:59pm
I'm so proud to be an Edmontonian right now: http://tinyurl.com/larnrd
Mon 2009.07.20, 2:03pm
That can't be good... (CN Tower) http://twitpic.com/av3wr
Sat 2009.07.18, 10:30pm
Mega Man II has been ported to iPhone... That is awesome! How retro. :)
Sat 2009.07.18, 3:14pm
I hate this damn parade...
Thu 2009.07.16, 8:16am
Attempting to make the "Can we go to Memory Express and buy 4 GB of RAM" face within visual range of my wife.
Sat 2009.07.11, 12:02pm
FreeBSD upgrade fail! ZFS has all but my root filesystem and won't startup with the 8.0-BETA1 kernel. It appears to want more than 1 GB RAM.
Sat 2009.07.11, 12:00pm
Attempting freebsd-update from 7.2 to 8.0-beta1...
Sat 2009.07.11, 10:24am
Just finished a Qmail/vpopmail script that immediately pushes Prowl notifications on delivery of new mail. Cool!
Fri 2009.07.10, 11:41pm
Just discovered Byline, an iPhone UI for Google Reader. Seems slick so far.
Fri 2009.07.10, 4:59pm
Updated my Irssi prowl notification script - http://bit.ly/3sy6Lx - to use the new API key system. You're welcome.
Tue 2009.07.07, 11:00pm
Stayed up WAY too late coding a perl plugin to integrate my IRSSI proxy with Prowl... Success! Must sleep now...
Tue 2009.07.07, 1:24am
Mmmm, dinner! http://twitpic.com/9jv8y
Mon 2009.07.06, 6:25pm
Growl + Prowl + perl + iPhone push notifications = infinite possibilities! Awesome!
Mon 2009.07.06, 2:00pm
Mother nature has forsaken me and rained on my camp fire... How very saddening...
Sat 2009.07.04, 9:33pm
Sitting around the fire, doing tech support for Frank's mom via my iPhone and having a beer...
Sat 2009.07.04, 8:57pm
Another day, another scumbag telemarketer reported to the Do not call registry. Not sure if it does anything, but its worth a shot.
Fri 2009.07.03, 7:08pm
XHTML 2 Cancelled http://tinyurl.com/n93e76 (via @slashdot) - How unfortunate. I find HTML 5's direction far less appealing than XHTML's.
Fri 2009.07.03, 9:23am
Oh no! Roloson has forsaken us! :( http://twurl.nl/io5574
Wed 2009.07.01, 12:40pm
Holy shit, Apple finally approved the long overdue #Tweetie update! I'm stunned.
Tue 2009.06.30, 10:23pm
My pregnant wife MUST HAVE peanut butter... I swear she'll die if age doesn't get some soon... Out the door I go...
Sun 2009.06.28, 7:06pm
Just ordered Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade for my VAIO notebook at its special pre-order price... I feel dirty... Time for a shower.
Sun 2009.06.28, 9:54am
At Best Buy aquiring a replacement for my coffee soaked Apple keyboard... I'll try to be more carefull with this one... :p
Sat 2009.06.27, 1:47pm
Off to retrieve some McBreakfast...
Sat 2009.06.27, 9:16am
Trying TweetDeck while I impatiently wait for Tweetie's update to be approved... Surprisingly impressed so far... Especially for a free app.
Tue 2009.06.23, 7:05pm
Hmmm, how to get rid of this nuisance without unleashing an angry swarm? http://twitpic.com/85xcc
Mon 2009.06.22, 9:12pm
Watching "Cake Boss," not sure why... But now I want cake...
Mon 2009.06.22, 7:08pm
Amazing how quickly all my frustration towards Apple delaying push is melting away now that Beejive is out... Now just need Tweetie updated.
Mon 2009.06.22, 5:26pm
Finally!!! - 3.0 for iPhone is finally in the App Store - enjoy! (via @BeejiveIM)
Mon 2009.06.22, 5:18pm
...and my keyboard is screwed.... Switching to standby non-allunimum Apple keyboard. Now I can hear the racket of my typing again. :(
Mon 2009.06.22, 10:50am
Damnit... Just spilled a full cup of coffee on my keyboard. I hate it when I do that!!!
Mon 2009.06.22, 10:09am
Look what I found! http://twitpic.com/7z4et
Sat 2009.06.20, 8:33pm
Watching Wipe-Out. :)
Sat 2009.06.20, 8:05pm
Hitting up the new Bed Bath & Beyond with my wife.. Got my sweet coffee maker out of the deal... Win! http://twitpic.com/7xgms
Sat 2009.06.20, 12:44pm
iPhone app devs, please hold off new iFart and Flashlight apps for a sec so Apple can find time to click "approve" on the push apps already!
Fri 2009.06.19, 8:10pm
WTF, all the currently available push apps are for apps that don't really need it... Damn you, Apple! Hurry up with the updates already!
Thu 2009.06.18, 8:32pm
Then I could stop refreshing the updates area like an obsessed mad man and wait for the badge to increment... Sigh... All well.
Wed 2009.06.17, 10:53pm
In lieu of push apps being ready with the launch of iPhone 3.0 today, you'd think Apple could at least make the App Store app utilize push.
Wed 2009.06.17, 10:52pm
Tried tethering my iPhone to my Linux laptop. No dice, looks like this is a "Windows/Mac" only game until somebody writes a driver.
Wed 2009.06.17, 10:46pm
Sweet, tethering is now enabled... Free for iPhone users while Rogers decides how much more to gouge (next 6 months)...
Wed 2009.06.17, 9:05pm
On hold with Rogers... Let's see if I can get tethering enabled...
Wed 2009.06.17, 8:24pm
Downloading BeejiveIM... Better be worth its relatively steep price...
Wed 2009.06.17, 7:59pm
Okay, it's past midnight... Where are my push enabled iPhone apps?
Tue 2009.06.16, 11:01pm
Oooops! I did it again! :)
Tue 2009.06.16, 4:44pm
The fit PC 2 looks rather cool - http://bit.ly/8hGjC
Sun 2009.06.14, 10:58pm
Bought an Ericson HBH-PV703 Bluetooth headset 57 days ago... Used daily on my commute, I'm recharging it for the 1st time today. Impressive!
Thu 2009.06.11, 11:01pm
Hitting up the Burger Baron in my ol' hometown! :) http://twitpic.com/75w1s
Thu 2009.06.11, 6:35pm
Waking up sucks!
Thu 2009.06.11, 7:11am
Alright, one more smoke and then i'm off to bed... Sleep is good.
Wed 2009.06.10, 11:58pm
I want one of these: http://bit.ly/ZBQZi
Wed 2009.06.10, 10:49pm
Woohoo! My copy of Version Control with Git has arrived. :)
Wed 2009.06.10, 10:16pm
M'eh, it's an external, now I'm not quite as impressed. All well...
Tue 2009.06.09, 11:55pm
Wow, 4TB drives from Western Digital: http://bit.ly/G1VDC - want!
Tue 2009.06.09, 11:54pm
WTF is with these whacky widgets appearing obtrusively in the background of Slashdot comments lately?! http://yfrog.com/03itqp
Tue 2009.06.09, 10:37pm
Good news everyone! Futurama shall return again... Cool! - http://bit.ly/14xzog
Tue 2009.06.09, 10:10pm
Well, that was a hellish commute .
Tue 2009.06.09, 8:52am
99th down to one lane for no apparent reason makes me happy... :p
Tue 2009.06.09, 8:12am
Playing with my early copy of iPhone 3.0 software... Seems solid... No real push enabled apps to play with yet though...
Mon 2009.06.08, 10:26pm
Goodbye Gentoo, you're fired! It's been fun, but Ubuntu is reclaiming my laptop...
Sat 2009.06.06, 8:11pm
My copy of "Version Control with Git" has shipped. w00t!
Fri 2009.06.05, 12:38pm
Damn, I hate these bullshit Facebook quizzes, I do out of boredom that ask for a cell number at the end hoping I won't see the $5/week scam.
Tue 2009.06.02, 10:17pm
All done. Motorola CNUT 3.x now runs on OS X - http://bit.ly/6VQGf
Tue 2009.06.02, 9:40pm
Attempting to re-package CNUT 3.12 for OS X...
Tue 2009.06.02, 8:10pm
...and here's why I'll never trust any search engine Microsoft develops... http://bit.ly/6l2Ng
Mon 2009.06.01, 10:17pm
Oooh! Check out Microsoft's new search engine "Bing." Seriously, hurry before they realize they/it still sucks and rebrand it again.
Mon 2009.06.01, 9:52pm
Banishing Inferno to the basement... http://bit.ly/16Ndi1
Mon 2009.06.01, 8:01pm
Stupid Rogers. Their promotional "MEGA VALUE PLAN" has no value whatsoever when you weigh in all the factors... Tards - http://bit.ly/13fvIb
Mon 2009.06.01, 5:57pm
My vacation is now over. :( Off to bed so I can wake up on time to grab a cappuccino and return to the whole "working for a living" routine.
Sun 2009.05.31, 11:03pm
Shaw must just be getting saturated in my area. Now, in the middle of the night I'm getting my usual 15 Mbps again. Time for upgrades, Shaw?
Sat 2009.05.30, 12:11am
Shaw seems disturbingly slow at the moment... Only getting ~ 3.5 Mbps... Usually get 15 Mbps pretty consistently. What's up?
Fri 2009.05.29, 9:38pm
Why, oh why is Seven Pounds not available for rent in HD on Apple TV? All well, not giving Shaw $7.99 for the privilege. Standard def it is.
Sun 2009.05.24, 10:26pm
Going across the street to Fat Franks to get me a hot dog, gigady!
Fri 2009.05.22, 12:09pm
Just discovered a slick and free iPhone app called 'Mover.' A neat UI for sharing photos and contacts over WiFi. Ok seriously, going to bed!
Thu 2009.05.21, 12:30am
Must... Fall... Asleep...
Thu 2009.05.21, 12:13am
One more reason to hate Rogers - http://bit.ly/HU1kN
Wed 2009.05.20, 11:21pm
Waiting on hold for a Rogers rep... Wonder if they're actually around at this hour or if they just put me in an infinite queue for laughs.
Wed 2009.05.20, 10:28pm
Damn all these cliffhanger finales... What's the deal?!
Wed 2009.05.20, 8:03pm
Watching Criminal Minds...
Wed 2009.05.20, 6:00pm
Need to get me one of these: http://bit.ly/178h3G for the next time the car taunts me with its check engine light.
Wed 2009.05.20, 5:44pm
Received my Ubuntu 9.04 CD in the mail. It's taunting me with its fancy new artwork... It wants to be installed over my finely tuned Gentoo.
Tue 2009.05.19, 6:17pm
Really should setup ZFS on my gateway box and be done with fsck nonsense...
Tue 2009.05.19, 5:49pm
Power is back up, now I need to get all my computers back up and happy again.
Tue 2009.05.19, 5:42pm
My wife found my Home Depot card again, dammit!! http://twitpic.com/5b3vu
Sat 2009.05.16, 12:58pm
Downloading Worms for PS3. Awesome!
Fri 2009.05.15, 7:27pm
Mmm... OS X screensavers. - http://bit.ly/5BLEu :)
Thu 2009.05.14, 10:28pm
Evacuating CN!!! Run for your lives!
Wed 2009.05.13, 10:08am
Linux.com looks nice and should serve Linux users well, but I think they got a little carried away with the whole social networking thing.
Tue 2009.05.12, 9:35pm
Checking out the new linux.com site.
Tue 2009.05.12, 9:25pm
Why, oh why does a little snow slow down traffic so drastically?!1
Tue 2009.05.12, 4:44pm
Leopard 10.5.7 Update released, w00t! http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3397
Tue 2009.05.12, 1:33pm
WTF, why is VirtualBox's DHCP server passing 16.187.5.8 as the primary nameserver to my Gentoo virtual machine?
Tue 2009.05.12, 10:38am
Installing perl forks: 'Fixing prototypes in forks.xs' seems to take an absurd amount of time... Waiting...
Tue 2009.05.12, 10:12am
Watching the finale of Castle...
Mon 2009.05.11, 7:07pm
Hmmm, Shaw phone service seems to be down... How odd...
Mon 2009.05.11, 5:43pm
New version of Things for iPhone is out, w00t!
Sun 2009.05.10, 5:37pm
Wait a minute... I'm still awake? How silly! Time to stop pretending I'm a web designer and go to sleep...
Sun 2009.05.10, 1:22am
Alright, Tomcat either hates me, FreeBSD or both. Either way, I'm going to bed.
Thu 2009.05.07, 10:32pm
Yay, got Apache Tomcat up and running...
Thu 2009.05.07, 7:44pm
Traffic sucks!
Thu 2009.05.07, 4:27pm
Allright, it's definitely past my bed time... Good night!
Tue 2009.05.05, 11:54pm
Sweet... All set for Windows 7 drivers. 64-bit drivers for most VAIO notebooks can be found here: http://bit.ly/Uv9GP - you're welcome. :)
Tue 2009.05.05, 8:18pm
Now that I've got GRUB reinstalled I can boot into a REAL OS (Linux) and run lspci to find out what chipsets I still need drivers for.
Tue 2009.05.05, 7:44pm
Thanks for wiping out GRUB. Good ol' Windows (not that I didn't expect it). Also wish I kept the drivers I downloaded for the beta.
Tue 2009.05.05, 7:19pm
Installing Windows 7 RC. I suppose it would be too much to ask the installer to tell me the partition types when it asks me to select one?
Tue 2009.05.05, 6:49pm
Downloading Win7-RC within VirtualBox. Nice of them to make the download site incompatible with anything but Windows/IE/ActiveX. How lame!
Tue 2009.05.05, 4:03pm
I love coming to work only to discover my headset didn't sit it its cradle properly overnight and is now stone dead.
Tue 2009.05.05, 8:34am
Yay... Inferno all upgraded... Better get to work now.
Tue 2009.05.05, 7:30am
Screw it! This FreeBSD update on inferno is taking too long. I'll go to bed and leave it 'till tomorrow, what could possibly go wrong?
Mon 2009.05.04, 10:58pm
Trying out the facebook twitter app.
Mon 2009.05.04, 10:41pm
Geez... Running freebsd-update on inferno takes FOREVER. Might be time to consider retiring this old Thunderbird (http://bit.ly/XJ4zI).
Mon 2009.05.04, 10:06pm
Upgrading inferno to FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE.
Mon 2009.05.04, 8:05pm
Time to go watch Castle.
Mon 2009.05.04, 6:59pm
Yay! All fixed up... Going home. :)
Mon 2009.05.04, 4:26pm
I need to stop fixing Gentoo vulnerabilities towards the end of the day... Now I have to wait for PHP to recompile before going home. :(
Mon 2009.05.04, 4:06pm
Chillin' lazily on the couch watching TV... Worn out from dragging two truckloads of junk to the landfill... Waiting for my McFlurry... Mmm.
Sun 2009.05.03, 8:39pm
Oooh, FreeBSD 7.2 has been released. Nice!
Sun 2009.05.03, 5:52pm
Sweet, accidently found an Easter egg in the Fortune app for iPhone... Now I feel clever. :)
Sat 2009.05.02, 7:58pm
Starting to look more summer like out here! Natalie loves it! http://twitpic.com/4f7np
Sat 2009.05.02, 12:11pm
Sweet! VirtualBox is being ported to FreeBSD! - http://bit.ly/13b1oO
Sat 2009.05.02, 9:29am
Alright, one last smoke and I'm going to bed.
Sat 2009.05.02, 12:59am
It appears Twitux may be my best option for treating my twitter addiction under Linux. Don't imagine Tweetie will ever be ported.
Fri 2009.05.01, 7:04pm
Cisco lists 1 lame "advantage" of Proxy ARP and 6 disadvantages, why is it enabled by default on their routers?! http://tinyurl.com/6oby3
Fri 2009.05.01, 9:46am
Enough! I'm going to bed.
Thu 2009.04.30, 11:13pm
Downloaded NetBSD 5.0 yesterday... As its the one BSD I haven't played with... Disappointingly it won't boot within VirtualBox. How odd!
Thu 2009.04.30, 10:58pm
Wow, it was a bit of a fight (http://bit.ly/LQEZ0) but it looks like the system is now happily running Jaunty. I'm impressed and bewildered!
Thu 2009.04.30, 9:47pm
Still letting apt work its magic. I'll be thoroughly impressed if that system functions normally after all this.
Thu 2009.04.30, 9:14pm
Oh yeah, that system is pissed right off now... I just might be able to recover it from here though... Here's hoping. :)
Thu 2009.04.30, 8:59pm
Uh oh... Its either happily rebooting or broken... Neat experiment, yes? Bright idea... umm? Maybe not?
Thu 2009.04.30, 8:14pm
Upgrading my brother's Ubuntu desktop to 9.04 using update-manager via SSH X11 forwarding over an IPv6 connection. Cool. :)
Thu 2009.04.30, 7:38pm
Downloading NetBSD 5, I'm just plain curious. Never actually got around to trying NetBSD.
Wed 2009.04.29, 9:03pm
Going home, w00t!
Wed 2009.04.29, 4:05pm
Successfully made a Prolific UC-232A USB to serial adapter work with OS X using an open source driver: http://tinyurl.com/34szj3. Sweet!
Wed 2009.04.29, 12:44pm
Don't do drugs and try to talk tech! http://tinyurl.com/c983tu
Wed 2009.04.29, 10:27am
textmate (http://bit.ly/AFMjh) looks like it could be slick. If only it had vi key-bindings I could use it as a text editor.
Tue 2009.04.28, 11:09pm
Finally going home... Woohoo!
Tue 2009.04.28, 6:49pm
Sleepy, tired... Zzzzz...
Mon 2009.04.27, 11:31pm
Windows 7 - Enabling users to virtualize a lousy ancient and useless OS within a newer, shinier and still useless OS! http://bit.ly/aXlyh
Mon 2009.04.27, 10:23pm
Playing with Perl::Critic (http://perlcritic.com/). Looks interesting. Will have to take a closer look at this as time permits.
Mon 2009.04.27, 9:58pm
Google profiles, cause the world needed one more way to track my every move: http://www.google.com/profiles/dlemire
Mon 2009.04.27, 8:49pm
Time to put away the perl interpreter, wrap things up and call it a day.
Mon 2009.04.27, 4:14pm
Thus ends another weekend... Time to sleep...
Sun 2009.04.26, 10:35pm
Wow, it is remarkable how much more responsive Courier IMAP is on my P4 3.2 GHz colo vs my aging AMD 850 MHz Thunderbird based home server.
Sat 2009.04.25, 11:11pm
Mission accomplished.
Sat 2009.04.25, 6:25pm
Making her some Kraft Dinner to exact "Kraft" specifications may smooth things over. Worth a try.
Sat 2009.04.25, 6:02pm
All this mail migration stuff has bored my wife so severely she's resorted to watching Harry Potter on TV. This can't be good.
Sat 2009.04.25, 5:58pm
Think I'm all done... Too bad for my 24 hour DNS TTL though. That was stupid. :P
Sat 2009.04.25, 5:39pm
Playing with the idea of moving mail from my home server to my Tera-Byte colocation.
Sat 2009.04.25, 3:27pm
Did I fall asleep, miss summer and skip straight to fall? Last I looked it was supposed to be spring. Damn Alberta.
Thu 2009.04.23, 8:46pm
Hooray!!! It compiled! It actually compiled!!! Who knew defining NPTL_KERNEL_VERSION in make.conf would do the trick?!
Thu 2009.04.23, 1:59pm
Trying again to build glibc.
Thu 2009.04.23, 11:21am
Alright, Criminal Minds is over and my FreeBSD updates are done. I'm going to bed.
Wed 2009.04.22, 11:14pm
Well, might as well go watch Criminal Minds while BIND recompiles.
Wed 2009.04.22, 10:00pm
I should probably update the FreeBSD base on my home server as the the power outage killed my uptime a couple days ago anyway. I need a UPS.
Wed 2009.04.22, 9:40pm
Why, oh why won't this Gentoo box build glibc?!
Wed 2009.04.22, 9:12am
Idling at the Tim Horton's drive through to celebrate Earth day... :)
Wed 2009.04.22, 7:19am
Whoa! It's not even 8 AM yet and I'm up and ready to go, and I have enough on my Tim Card for a cappuccino. It'll be a good day!
Wed 2009.04.22, 6:52am
Need a good twitter client for Linux. Maybe I'll give TweetDeck a try...
Tue 2009.04.21, 5:58pm
How is it that mod_perl is lowercasing the field-name key in my DBI row hashref?!
Tue 2009.04.21, 12:38pm
It's 2009 and our clocks still blink 12:00 after a power outage, WTF?!
Mon 2009.04.20, 11:59pm
Emerging iwl3945-ucode-15.28.1.8 seems to break WiFi on my Gentoo notebook. Reverted to 15.28.1.6 and masked that beotch. All is well now.
Mon 2009.04.20, 9:54pm
I have power again, yay!
Mon 2009.04.20, 7:49pm
What the hell, my power just went out... :(
Mon 2009.04.20, 6:54pm
I think they put baby crack in these Goldfish crackers. My daughter simply can't get enough of them!
Mon 2009.04.20, 6:43pm
Ubuntu 9.04 will be out in 3 days. Will Gnome 2.26 hit the Gentoo portage tree first? If not, I may question my current distro choice. :)
Mon 2009.04.20, 6:32pm
My wife bought me a Rubik's cube... Sweet!
Mon 2009.04.20, 4:54pm
That's enough for today. Time to go home.
Mon 2009.04.20, 4:08pm
Not sure how I feel about Oracle acquiring Sun... How will this affect MySQL and ZFS?
Mon 2009.04.20, 10:09am
Ah, Going to sleep, the thing to look forward to when you wake up in the morning. :)
Sun 2009.04.19, 12:53am
Going home. :)
Fri 2009.04.17, 5:22pm
I'm on twitter and my chair squeaks like a tweetie-bird, coincidence?
Wed 2009.04.15, 9:43pm
Why must I wait 8 hours for batteries to charge when I buy a new toy? :(
Wed 2009.04.15, 9:05pm
Hmm. Just bought Tweetie. Much better UI compared to TwitterFon.
Wed 2009.04.15, 8:57pm
Seriously people. Its a virus. It's infecting Windows machines... This is news, because?!
Tue 2009.03.31, 9:35pm
Conficker?! Windows has sooo many damn viruses that all the good names are taken!
Tue 2009.03.31, 9:32pm
MacTavish, you bonehead!
Tue 2009.03.31, 9:13pm
Time to sleep...
Sun 2009.03.29, 11:19pm
Damn Shaw and their audio cut-outs!!
Sun 2009.03.29, 8:35pm
M'eh
Sat 2009.03.28, 5:30pm
Hooray! VESA console is now coexisting with X peacefully. :)
Fri 2009.03.27, 8:32pm
Upgrading xorg-server from from 1.3.0.0-r6 to 1.5.3-r5. Damn ~ keyword!
Fri 2009.03.27, 7:12pm
Tweaked almost all the nagging issues out of my Gentoo install... Was it worth it?
Tue 2009.03.24, 11:27pm
Sorry Microsoft, even free porn isn't enough to persuade me into installing Silverlight! (playboyarchive.com).
Sun 2009.03.22, 11:08pm
Oooh, look... The final IE8 has been released... Does anybody care? :P
Thu 2009.03.19, 10:12am
Going to bed...
Wed 2009.03.18, 11:45pm
Alright, so I have a working 'base...' Now the fun of compiling everything I need to actually have a useable laptop. That'll take some time.
Wed 2009.03.18, 10:21pm
Damn... Didn't even break my Windows 7 partition in the process... :P
Wed 2009.03.18, 10:06pm
It lives! :)
Wed 2009.03.18, 10:04pm
Nope... Screwed up my grub.conf. :(
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:58pm
Rebooting... Will it boot?
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:56pm
Still compiling...
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:48pm
Compiling the essentials... syslog, cron, dhcp client... Yeah, and a boot loader...
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:44pm
Emerging vi before I go NANO CRAZY!!!
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:35pm
Sweet, kernel is done compiling... Just needed to get distracted with trying to make a non-sucky twitter background...
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:34pm
Still compiling...
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:23pm
For once the wife is probably right... I think I'm just installing Gentoo cause I like pain...
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:22pm
My wife hates "tweeter"
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:17pm
Attempt failed... Still compiling... She's still giving me dirty looks for wiping Ubuntu... :(
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:15pm
Attempting to make conversation with my wife while my kernel compiles..
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:13pm
Still compiling; good cigarette...
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:13pm
Compiling is taking too long... Guess I should smoke.
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:09pm
Compiling the kernel...
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:07pm
Wussing out and installing genkernel for now...
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:06pm
She doesn't get it.
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:04pm
Explaining to my wife why I'm installing Gentoo instead of Ubuntu... Sigh.
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:03pm
Profile set, locales generated...
Wed 2009.03.18, 9:02pm
Syncing portage...
Wed 2009.03.18, 8:55pm
Chroot'ing...
Wed 2009.03.18, 8:55pm
Tweaking my make.conf, why must stage3 include nano but not vi?! Sacrilege!
Wed 2009.03.18, 8:54pm
Extracting portage snapshot...
Wed 2009.03.18, 8:48pm
Groovy, grabbing a portage snapshot.
Wed 2009.03.18, 8:47pm
Download complete... Extracting stage3 tar-ball...
Wed 2009.03.18, 8:45pm
Drive partitioned, filesystems created... Downloading a stage3 tar-ball...
Wed 2009.03.18, 8:42pm
Allright, all backed up... Destroy!
Wed 2009.03.18, 8:35pm
Backing up my Ubuntu home directories in preparation for a long painful Gentoo installation.
Wed 2009.03.18, 8:23pm
Compiling takes way too damn long...
Tue 2009.03.17, 2:16pm
My laptop boots Haiku via USB, my Pentium-D desktop not so much. Still has a ways to go before its useful. Still makes me nostalgic though.
Thu 2009.03.12, 7:56pm
dd'ing the Haiku image to a usb stick. Will it boot on real hardware?!
Thu 2009.03.12, 7:12pm
Victory!
Wed 2009.03.11, 10:10pm
Trying to sucker someone to be a twit like me and join Twitter... Maybe I'll see the point of this then?
Wed 2009.03.11, 9:58pm
Let's see if SMS updates are working...
Thu 2009.03.05, 8:24pm
Man, these chocolate covered coffee beens should be illegal. They're way to good. Wonder how many I have to eat to get a caffeine high?
Mon 2009.03.02, 2:57pm
I'm wondering two things. Why are people so fond of this twitter thing, and why doesn't it let me upload a photo with Safari beta?
Mon 2009.03.02, 12:10pm