Category: tech stuff
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Because 2 years of “file not found” is long enough.
Every so often, I have such an idiot moment that it takes me forever to realise I was a complete moron. One of those moments happened, sadly enough, during the rebirth of the blog on this domain. For folks who’ve been keeping score, I’ve actually shifted blogging platforms twice–once from … Read the rest
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Tony clement still doesn’t get it. Is anyone else surprised?
I thought it might be more of an advantage having folks with a hint of tech savvy thinking working on Canada’s answer to copyright legislation demands being tossed at us from the US and other countries. turns out, not so much. Industry Minister Tony Clement says cracking down on … Read the rest
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Who controls your money? The advertisers, or you?
This blog post by Xup brings up an interesting point on the matter of advertising, product placements, and such. A perhaps odd thing for me to be writing about, considering the Google ads present on my blog, but I think it explains my take on advertising in general and why, … Read the rest
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Now, if we can just get Tony Clement to admit he’s copied tapes before.
Canada’s industry minister, Tony Clement, has finally come clean on what everyone and their dog already knows. His iPod, which he’s had since 2006, is chock full of music he legally wouldn’t be allowed under current copyright legislation to put there, regardless to the fact he owns those same songs … Read the rest
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America’s legal system screws up huge–again–and effectively kills IsoHunt.
IsoHunt may or may not be heading towards shutdown after yet another, shall we say, less than brilliant ruling from south of the border. Now, keep in mind, IsoHunt is located in Canada so this ruling probably shouldn’t even apply, but the US has a thing for sticking its legal … Read the rest
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The update I was putting off doing. No, not that kind.
There’s probably an actual, about me update that needs doing at some point–probably around the same time I start having something not rant-ish to talk about. Which means probably after I figure out where this college thing’s gonna land me. In the meantime, have a techy type update. Folks not … Read the rest
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Officially screwed… by an ISP I’m not actually with.
I promise, there’s an actual update about, well, me coming eventually. But in the meantime, have a techy rant. I’ve never really been an overly huge fan of Bell Canada. Usually, I’d default to them only because the alternative–which, at the time, was Rogers–isn’t exactly a whole lot better. I’d … Read the rest
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Why IE 8 is crap, in list format.
Because the few major problems it has need no explanation, have an increasingly rare list format rant. The target? That thing Microsoft would like to call an improved browser. The browser crashes more in one day than Windows ME ever did in a week. I’d know–I’ve used both. Websites I … Read the rest
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Floppy disks are dead. No, really, it’s official.
Sales of floppy disks come to a screaming hault in March of next year. I haven’t had a computer with a floppy disk drive since probably March of 6 years ago. Yet, I still have a case of well-used floppies kicking around the apartment that haven’t so much as been … Read the rest
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LiveJournal tries to be cool, impresses me in the process. Welcome, google Analytics!
As anyone who’s been following my ramblings for a while knows, I’m a recent and still in progress convert away from LiveJournal. To this day, I still blog on that site as Arinoch, though now it’s more a duplication of the content you’d usually find on this site. One … Read the rest