Confessions of a non-techie
Blogger, the tool I use to publish this site, just announced that they now have an Atom feed capability for all weblogs on the system. So I, naturally, went and immediately activated the setting for...
View ArticleA mom who gets it
A few months ago, the blogosphere was abuzz with the Onion’s satire “Mom finds out about blog”. The ultimate embarrassing nightmare. But this cool Mom not only knows about her 14-year-old daughter’s...
View ArticleGooglebomb success
Proof that Internet and website campaigns can make a difference (via Israpundit): When you search for the word “Jew” in Google, you no longer get an antisemitic hate site as the top result. Thanks to a...
View ArticleISPs don’t have to pay royalties
And speaking of important court rulings today, our supreme court at home has been tackling an important issue: music downloads. Today, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that ISP’s don’t have to pay...
View ArticleBlogger’s new WYSIWYG editor
Blogger’s new WYSIWYG editor gets a big thumbs-down from me. After spending a half-hour trying to fix the messed-up formatting of the links in the last post, I’m starting to wonder why it is that...
View ArticleConfigurations and connections
Blogging will be light for a few days, while I attempt to set up my new computer. So far, I’ve managed to connect to the Internet, but I’ve been incapable of connecting it to the old one to transfer...
View ArticleComputer update
Well, 24 hours later and I’m more or less up and running. The Internet’s working, and so is the network between the computers to transfer files. I’ve managed to reinstall most of my software, though...
View ArticleWisconsin school district teaching creationism
A school district in Wisconsin will teach creationism in classes, claiming that it’s just as valid a theory as evolution: Members of Grantsburg’s school board believed that a state law governing the...
View ArticleThe digital revolution?
With my convenient little pocket 35mm point-and-shoot camera stolen in Costa Rica, I’m faced with the prospect of having to replace it. And that means it’s decision-time: do I stick with the film I...
View ArticleDigital revolution update
I’ve officially succumbed to pressure and joined the digital revolution. My new camera seems to be a lot of fun. I played tourist in Montreal yesterday, walking around all the places crowded with...
View ArticleTrying to curb music downloading
The Federal Government has been bogged down with AdScam, party switching and non-confidence votes, and as a result has been able to get precious little done. But it seems that instead of trying to...
View ArticleNew MSN Messenger
Yeah, it pretty much sucks. Tons of ads, extra buttons, useless features and nonsense clutter. If, like me, you installed it because you were tired of being reminded to, see here and here for ways to...
View ArticleThe age of electric
I can’t help but think that life before electricity must have been so much simpler. Earlier today, I had to break into my own car when my car alarm inexplicably stopped working. At first, I thought the...
View ArticleSoon, Google will own the world
Google launched its new Talk service in Beta. From what I gather, it’s an IM service that allows you to voice call for free. Soon, it will likely be on every computer. I’m gonna wait a bit, and see if...
View ArticleBeliefs versus facts
Something Damian Penny wrote the other day came back to me just now: “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” Damian was, of course, referring to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s...
View ArticleWhat happened to the whole “one phonecall” thing?
Watch for the newest craze to hit the blogosphere: Prisonblogging: The prison blog of a New Zealand political activist jailed for the rare crime of sedition has outraged opposition politicians but...
View ArticleMahmoud Ahmadinejad’s blog
Seems that in addition to calling for Israel’s destruction, denying the Holocaust, and developing nuclear weapons, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s list of hobbies has expanded to include...
View ArticleAnd then there were eight…
There are some things in the world that you just take for granted. The sunrise. Gravity. There being nine planets in the solar system. Well, not anymore. Pluto has been demoted and is no longer a...
View ArticleWho called it?
I could’ve predicted this was coming. Oh, wait, I did. Six years ago. Sure took ‘em long enough! (Via Damian Penny).
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