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Currently I’m using Bell Canada for my internet. We all know that Bell is pure evil. However, I’m grandfathered into their unlimited internet package. Sadly, they keep on upping the price of the package, without increasing any speed. Current TekSavvy 5 TekSavvy Cable Bell FIBE 25 TekSavvy 25 Downspeed 3Mbps 5Mbps 15Mbps 25Mbps 25Mbps Bandwidth Unlimited 300GB 300GB 75GB 300GB Base price $64.90 $31.95 $42.95 $76.95 $67.97 Band rate $0.00 $9.10 $0.00 $0.00 $9.10 Total, with HST $73.34 $46.39 $48.53 $86.95 $87.09 My bandwidth averages at 130GB per month. With that in mind, the Bell FIBE, beyond being stupidly priced in comparison to TekSavvy, it’s out. My peak bandwidth usage… Read More »Internet

Goals for “vacation”

I’m on pseudo-vacation. The school where I work is on break from today until a week Thursday. I’m working on Monday morning, and Wednesday (all day). That leaves ten and a half days for me to do what I please. I’m making goals for this vacation, but they’re kind of lofty goals. Wanna suggest stuff? See people Visit my family1 Visit the Millers See Emily, tonight, post-Sadies, perhaps another time2 Visit Graeme and Heather3 Do some hangouts with Vince Concerts & Events See The Sadies, tonight Ron Sexsmith in-store The Weather Station at Holy Oak, FUCK that’s the second sedar night. Damn goyim. Go to at least one other show… Read More »Goals for “vacation”

The End of Stillepost.ca

With the upcoming demise of Stillepost.ca (funeral details are found here) Toronto will be losing an incredible resource for show listings. Hell, that’s the majority of what I use the site for. So, do you people want to pick up the slack? I’m willing to shell out for the domain, and cover hosting, if you kids are willing to help me with content. What say you? I figure a simple WordPress install, with one page of listings, and that’s it. A handful of admins, and people can comment like they did before to add shows. What’s the domain? Thoughts?

Good News, Everyone!

I have a strange sense of humour, which on occasion shows its head at work. This is an email I sent out a few days ago. Sweet Zombie Server! Our beloved DNS server is back from the dead! Broken things that work again: – Printing (not for you Brenda, you’re next) – Syncing files for Windows machines (Doris, this is probably the problem that you were having) – Resolving domains, such as “www.domain.ca” or “moss.domain.ca” – Logging into the Macs The server has been making a strange whining sound, and I can swear it’s been saying “braaaaaaaaaains.” I suggest you keep your distance.

Future

We live in the future! Things keep on popping up in my everyday life that just hammer in the fact that we live in the future. I was reading a book on my telephone. (A PDF displayed on my iPhone) Geordi’s PADD is real! Honestly, the real one is quite a bit cooler than the fictional one. (iPad) At my finger tips, I can see exactly where my friends are. (Google Latitude, Foursquare, Facebook Place) The news of the world comes to me, and I can sift through it as I like. (Google Reader) Celebrities talk to us. (Twitter, or specifically.) I can make a telephone call… from a boat… Read More »Future

Richard Bell

Do yourself a favour, world. If you’re ever going to write a blog post about how awesome someone is, make sure that the next time you see them, you recognize them. I wrote a blog post about an author who I knew once upon a time from when I worked in sales, and her publisher even linked to it. Then I saw her on the weekend, and I didn’t recognize her. *facepalm* So, because of that, I’m going to prove that I have a horrible memory by writing about my other favourite customer from my times at That Shithole. Imagine a strange man coming up to you in your workplace,… Read More »Richard Bell

Apple & Canadian English

Apple has a long history of hatred towards English Canada, and if Apple were a Quebec company, I might perhaps understand, but instead Apple is a corporation founded in the United States, who’s Canadian office is in Ontario1. Why they have this hatred, I don’t know, perhaps Apple is loyal to the concept of Manifest Destiny and wishes to see the United States of America stretch throughout the North American continent, or perhaps us north of the 49th2 just don’t even register on Apple’s radar. A HISTORY This post is mostly relevant to iOS, but I believe that it’s important enough to give some historical context. Starting with what I… Read More »Apple & Canadian English

iPhone 4

I got an iPhone 4. It’s my first smart phone. Signal The one thing everyone’s talking about and the one thing I most noticed with the iPhone is the signal, but it’s not what you might think. My old phone was using Telus’ old CDMA network, I couldn’t make a phone call or receive a phone call with much luck in my apartment. While I don’t live in Toronto’s downtown core, I’m not far from it. At Broadview and Danforth, if you can’t get a cell phone signal, that’s just pathetic. Now that I’m on Telus’ HSPA+ network (3G), my signal has drastically improved. You can call me if you… Read More »iPhone 4

I Hate Computers

My duty to the tech community must be filled, as often I find answers through our lovely friend “Google,” I figure if someone else runs into this kind of a problem they might want to search for a solution, too. Issue: Computer connects to wireless network, gets a DHCP lease, cannot access the internet. Cannot even ping local devices, with the exception of the router. Cannot telnet into router. Is able to see other computers on the network in the Finder’s sidebar through Bonjour. Cannot connect to devices. Other computers on local network can see, control, send messages, etc. through Apple Remote Desktop 3. Computer: MacBook Pro 15″ Mid 2009… Read More »I Hate Computers

Canada Cry

I did a bit of PHP scripting today. I decided to write a WordPress1 plugin, one which turns : canadacry : into    . YES! The platform which this blog is powered on. [↩]