Shaw called me up yesterday and asked if I was wanting a digital cable box for the low-low price of $0 (for the next 6 months) to “make my picture and sound better” because they were “trying to get their customers onto digital picture and sound” or something like that. I talked to the guy […]
Considering Shaw Home Phone Read Post »
Short version: got up early, didn’t get one, bummed. Here’s the long version though. I’ve wanted an iPhone 4 for a while, accuse me of being a fanboy or silly or whatever, but I have. My current iPhone is two generations old now, and is starting to feel like it, and with the official Canadian
My Tale of Trying To Get an iPhone 4 Read Post »
So in 2003, I reported Bug #123796 in the GNOME bug tracking system. Three years later it was marked as duplicate of Bug #340180. Finally over 3 years after that (today), it was marked as confirmed. It’s a relatively simple bug, easy to reproduce, and while not a huge important bug, it’s annoying and I’d
After 7 Years, My GNOME Panel Bug Gets Confirmed Read Post »
My PS3 all of a sudden started acting up (where “acting up” means “shows nothing on the screen”). Tried different cables, different HDMI ports, and waiting for a day in case it decided to magically fix itself, but no go. After a week I took it down the road to plug it into someone else’s
My Hardware is Mocking Me Read Post »
So I got a copy of the new, yet-to-be-released-but-finished, Windows 7 from my favorite company, Microsoft. I’ve actually been getting a bit excited about this, as it’s heralded to be a newer, better, less sucky version of Vista. And even some of the hardcore tech bloggers and personalities are getting a bit excited about it.
Windows 7 Install And Initial Impressions Read Post »
OK, long, sad story coming up. Bail out now if you need to. Dad called saying his computer was doing strange things, not booting right (starting up a linux boot screen), messages about a drive failing, etc. Oh, and Dad, this is not a reflection of you asking me to help you with your computer,
A Week-Long Feeling Couple of Days of Personal Fail Read Post »
Funny introduction to twitter in the video twouble with twitters. Thanks for the link Len (who doesn’t get it either).
An Introduction to Twitter Read Post »
So for some reason my home built Apple Time Capsule started giving me problems, errors about “operation not permitted” and such, and not backing up. Being that I’m becoming more and more backup conscious lately, I let this go on for a month or two before I finally broke down and tried to find a
Updates to My Home-Brew Time Capsule with Linux and Samba (Now with AFP) Read Post »
My brother-in-law got himself (for some reason, through some strange set of events understood only to him I think), a BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry’s “iPhone killer” (or at least, answer to the iPhone). I know I’m really late to the party, but I wanted to air a couple of quick thoughts about it. Full disclosure, I’m
First Go With the BlackBerry Storm Read Post »
A little snippet that’s a deep-geek note-to-self. Darren found this from modifying information on this site and I figured I wanted to keep it around as it looks potentially handy to have. Also once google indexes things I’ll be able to find it easily again!
Finding MySQL Table Disk Usage Via SQL Read Post »