Category: rantings
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OC Transpo would like to charge you too much for your on-the-way coffee.
On the face of it, city councillor Diane Deans’s idea to drop a few coffee shops at major transit stops in Ottawa is a good one. I have no idea how many times I’m trying to get to x place, that passes right through y transit station, and my only … Read the rest
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Wanted: employer. Must have: good grasp of English language.
Let’s assume you’re in the market for a job. Let’s also assume you have the qualifications to fill pretty much any position you could lay your hands on. Now let’s also assume an ad like this one rolled across your desk. .Net Devleopers at Zylog Systems Canada (Ottawa, ON) Given … Read the rest
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the ford brothers are a step closer to ruining toronto. And it isn’t even because of their policies.
Because not everyone gives a royal anything about what goes on in toronto, you probably missed–or likely didn’t notice– that mayor Rob and councillor doug ford have been on a somewhat ridiculous anti-media bent since, oh, about 3 months after the former was elected. It’s largely been the fords versus … Read the rest
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And Canada’s government ups the creap factor. thanks, gov.
email is awesome. I practically live on email. that and RSS–which is where I find most of the mockery. So if someone from the government of canada wanted to give me an idea what their department was up to, and decided to do it through email, I wouldn’t complain. In … Read the rest
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Hey Apple? Stop shrinking the SIM already.
Apple has this thing about not playing well with others. It started with the software, then slowly graduated to the hardware. Now, they’ve gone and shrunk the SIM. Again. They invented the micro-SIM. that thing made aranging to make use of phone service, you know, outside of my carrier, … Read the rest
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Why I don’t miss the NHL this year (Hint: it’s not the players’ fault).
I’m not taking sides in the NHL lockout. As in, at all. As in, ever. As in, I may not even notice if the season actually returns in January. Well, okay, at least until I try to get somewhere in Ottawa and half the damn city shuts down for the … Read the rest
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texting while driving goes from illegal, to confusing and illegal, in California.
Texting while driving is one of those things I’ve ranted on here about before. Namely, yes you’re probably stupid for doing it, but not as stupid as the ones making it illegal. Mostly, because you can’t actually legislate common sense. but, also, because really, the idiots more likely to … Read the rest
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Guest Post: Ottawa vs. Petawawa SPCA
The following is a cross-post from the Awesome Wonky Lynx. Click over to her site for more, and potentially related. Or not. whichever. Looking to adopt an animal? Want to add a new four legged friend to your household and thinking the SPCA is the best way to go?… Read the rest
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In which Ottawa’s taxi system takes a page from the obscure.
Because of, uh, the nature of me, occasionally taking cabs is kind of a fact of life. Particularly when talking about not knowing exactly where you’re going after you, for instance, get yourself off the bus and pick a random direction. So to avoid a migraine, it’s taxi time. May … Read the rest
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Conservatives don’t actually get the tech they’re regulating. But you knew this already, right?
I’ll be the first to say there’s a few things the conservatives have done that I openly agree with–immigration reform, anyone? But there’s an equal number, at least, that make me wanna scratch my head. Or beat someone else’s. The copyright bill up here has pretty much already been dealt … Read the rest