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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 [...]

Last year, I did the majority of my Christmas shopping online. I got the convenience of not having to brave the crowds in December, and could have everything I wanted shipped to home, or work. It seemed like such a good idea at the time. But, at the end, what actually happened was that I [...]

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 [...]

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 Vista [...]

As Microsoft prepares Windows 7 for release this October, I wanted to take a look back at Windows Vista. Windows Vista is the most stable, most secure, and has the most innovations of any operating system Microsoft has ever made. It is also their second biggest failure(the ill conceived Windows ME holds that distinction). The [...]

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve sat down to put together a post. Part of that is that I haven’t had all that much to write about, but the real big issue is that I’ve been battling a sprained finger on my left hand. It may not seem like much, but try typing with [...]

For those of you living in Alberta, Bill 44 has become a very large issue.  It has the ability to limit classroom discussion about religion, sexuality, and homosexuality by requiring parents be notified before these topics are discussed in school as well as giving parents the ability to remove their children from the classroom if [...]