Tag Archives: Technology

I’m going to try out VaultPress, but I might not spring for it

A while back, Matt and the Automattic gang (maybe a pose now) let the world know that they were working on a new service to back up WP.org-based blogs—Announcing VaultPress | VaultPress Blog. It was clear from the get go … Continue reading

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I guess I’m a radical copyright extremist

According to James Moore I’m a radical (copyright) extremist Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore delivered a keynote address at a conference sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce’s IP Council today and according to media reports warned against “radical extremists” seeking … Continue reading

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When was the last time you tried (or retried) a new app?

We all get set in our ways as far as the apps we use day-to-day goes. I know there are apps I wouldn’t turn away from for the world…or would I? Being the geeky sort I live and die by … Continue reading

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Prediction: Hunch & Quora gather a ton of buzz, then fizzle out

You all know that I pride myself on trying to be helpful to people. I make time to answer questions, solve tech problems, offer insight without a thought of charging money for my sage wisdom. To be honest, I genuinely … Continue reading

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What My Dad Taught Me About Tech…Always Read the Manual

Inspired by both Gizmodo—What Our Dads Taught Us About Tech—and Kevin Purdy’s post—What My Dad Taught Me About Tech—here’s what my dad taught me: Always read the manual. Here’s the story.

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BC Ferries Misses the Boat on WiFi: Maybe It Shouldn’t Be Free

This might be the only time you’ll see be advocate for non-free WiFi, but here it is. Yes, I’ve been hoping that BC Ferries would get WiFi on the ferries for, umm, ten years now. Yes, I generally oppose paying … Continue reading

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Unlike the American Senate, the Canadian one is often ignored by government: Canada must follow Europe’s example and implement open-access rules that will force internet network owners to share their infrastructure with smaller competitors if the country is to compete … Continue reading

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Okay tonight there will be a downtime for MobileMe to add some features (so go the reports): Apple has noted on its MobileMe support page and the me.com login page that access to MobileMe Web applications will be down from … Continue reading

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I think most iPad owners would agree that while Safari for the iPad is good, it isn’t great. I saw on TUAW their “first look review” of Life, so I checked out the site—It’s About Time: Life web browser for … Continue reading

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Catching the news here, if you haven’t heard already, but WordPress 3.0 is finally out! WordPress › Blog » WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious”. WP 3.0 was a huge (epic perhaps) amount of work to merge WP and WPMU together, but as … Continue reading

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I’ll let you know in a bit how the update looks. Since it will probably require a reboot, I’m not going to do it right this minute. I guess it’s nice that Apple didn’t drop both 10.6.4 and iTunes 9.2 … Continue reading

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