Category: tech stuff
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Google Wave is finally out of its misery. Only took too damn long.
Does anyone actually even remember remotely considering doing something relatively useful with Google Wave? A few geek blogs I follow were all over it when it first opened up–hell, even Mike was singing its praises for a time. It was supposed to be the thing to replace email/twitter/facebook/what have you. … Read the rest
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I take back every bad thing I ever said about SP3. Ever.
I have a long and complicated history with Windows XP’s service pack 3. Mostly, it consists of me installing it and it doing all manner of bad things to the machine it’s installed on–like, for instance, being partially responsible for the temporary breakage of an internet connection. Recently though, I’ve … Read the rest
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Well hello there, US DMCA. Welcome to 2010.
Either the 21st century’s slowing down, or copyright law’s finally starting to speed up south of the border. Jailbreaking your iPhone or equivalent may break your warranty with the manufacturer, but as of now, it won’t break the law. Almost makes me want to move to the US and … Read the rest
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Thanks for proving me right, Rogers. Or, why I’m glad I’m not a net customer.
I used to be a Rogers cable subscriber. Yes, even though–kind of like now–I don’t actually watch a whole lot of content strictly on TV. And every so often, something happens to remind me why it is I pretty much won’t be returning to them for anything but the absolutely … Read the rest
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Stop me if you’ve seen this movie before.
Okay, so, here’s your basic summary. An airplane controled by artificial inteligence, capable of traveling huge distances and picking its own targets without human interference. Highly experimental, it may or may not actually enter production. But, it’s supposed to be able to perform more complicated maneuvers that wouldn’t be possible … Read the rest
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dear Facebook. I’m not a hacker, just blind.
I was going through Facebook on Jess’s behalf earlier, seeing as her machine would probably die if she tried to use it over there and well, I was here doing other things anyway. Apparently, they have this new security feature put in place–if one can call it a security feature. … Read the rest
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Google Voice is now available to everyone; just not outside the US.
I’ve always thought being able to call and/or text with someone in the US from Canada without Rogers taking its cut would be absolutely awesome. Or, for that matter, calling the said someone for free from Canada without handing over mass amounts of cashola to Bell. Google Voice was … Read the rest
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Linode goes RAM crazy, prompts me to start considering migration.
Everyone knows about my love afair with Linux. Specificly, Gentoo. Unfortunately, it being a source-based distribution means escentially any system maintenance task–like, say, installing a new program or updating an existing one–is potentially going to be a bit of a memory hog. Hence why I started using Linode for … Read the rest
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A tiny little note to IE 8.
I know when you were released, you were defective as the day is long. I also know after several updates, you haven’t gotten a whole lot better. But could I convince you to, just for half an hour, not crash on every second or third website I attempt to open? … Read the rest
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Legal entities are catching on, just not in Canada or the US. File sharing is not illegal in Spane.
I’ve been saying it for months. And, indeed, so have several others. Now, a Spannish court has effectively agreed with me (thanks, Techdirt). Since music, the written word, etc existed, people have been lending/sharing/finding ways to copy it. Predates the internet, predates CD’s, tapes etc, predates PVR’s. And yet, … Read the rest