Category Archives: thoughs

The issue of bandwidth caps in Canada has hit critical mass. It is being widely reported by mainstream media, and more and more people are asking questions, and voicing their opposition to these limits. This has caused the House of Commons to respond to Canadians unrest. So how did the tipping point get reached? I Read more...

As of January 1 of this year, Shaw has implemented some very significant changes to it’s internet pricing structure that is going to affect a great number of users in the future.  They have decided to place a cap on how much data every user can download per month, and are starting to charge overage fees for Read more...

I didn’t review it on the site, but for about the past 9 months I have been using the Palm Pre phone from Bell.  I loved that phone quite a bit.  It had the form factor I wanted, being a phone with a touch screen and a sliding keyboard, a portrait slider. It also had Read more...

Up until a few months ago I used, and was very happy with, a Canon Powershot SD870IS camera.  I carried it with me pretty much everywhere, and used it quite a bit.  Then one day, I pulled it out of my pocket, turned it on, and my LCD was cracked.  I was presented with a Read more...

I’m not going to lie, this post is 100% inspired by this blog post by Adriel Hampton (@adreilhampton). Mr. Hampton is a “journalist, Gov 2.0 and new media strategist, public servant, and licensed private investigator” in San Francisco. His blog post highlighted the Edmonton Twitter community, known by our hashtag of #yeg, as a wonderful Read more...

Winter hit with a vengeance here about a week ago. First, the snow came, about 25 centimeters(11 inches) in about 30 hours. That’s actually quite a bit in one day for Edmonton, and the city was nearly crippled because it was so slippery, and so much snow, the side roads were barely drivable while the Read more...

Okay, so it’s been waaaaaaaay too long since I put anything up here, my bad. Sometimes it’s just hard to find enough hours in the day to eat and sleep, never mind put a good blog post together. Instead of coming back with an epic blog post now, I’m going to just post a mashup Read more...

This is the conclusion of the three part series about Windows Vista, for parts 1 and 2, click here and here. In 2001, Windows XP was released to the world. At the time, it was Microsoft’s best operating system release. Windows Vista improved on it in nearly every way. Let me say that again. Windows Read more...

Tonight another storm ripped through central Alberta. 2 weeks to the day after tragedy struck the city of Edmonton, a community just south of Edmonton was struck. This weekend is the 17th annual Big Valley Jamboree. it is a massive outdoor event showcasing country music. When the storm hit, the winds, in excess of 100km/h Read more...

This is part 2 of my article about Windows Vista, and why it failed, and why it shouldn’t have.  For part one, click Here. Author’s note:  Part 2 had originally been intended to be an article about what makes Windows Vista a good operating system. That will now be featured in part 3. there were Read more...