Archives

• July 2010

• Eyeglasses Online



• May 2010

• Mirrored
• Banking Fun
• Weak Validation



• April 2010

• Caching by the Numbers
• Internet TV
• Hard Drive Lifespan
• The Missing Footnote



• March 2010

• The Vegas Trip



• January 2010

• More Shopping Reviews
• My ZFS Server
• Automation Failure



• November 2009

• Sidewalk Issues
• I'm one of those guys...



• October 2009

• Nickle and Dimed



• September 2009

• Summer Travels
• Enjoying the Outdoors



• July 2009

• Drive By Noise
• Where's Your GPS?
• Shopping for a new Pizza Place
• 110!



• April 2009

• Computer Shopping in Triplicate
• Online Shipping



• March 2009

• A Small Discovery



• February 2009

• Passat in Review
• Buying a New Car
• Lease Return
• Pattern Matching



• January 2009

• Shopping has gotten harder
• Goodbye Accord



• December 2008

• Death of Dell



• November 2008

• Another Round of Test Drives
• The Perfect Shoelace?
• Soft Failures



• October 2008

• #1 Salesman
• Non-event Election



• September 2008

• Digital TV Failure
• Advancing Search
• Thunder Bay Trip
• The Dirty Wash



• August 2008

• Renovations
• Music Acquisition
• Rush Hour
• Shampoo Huh?
• Mall Gift Certificates
• If you build it...
• Online Billing



• July 2008

• Sign Up For Updates
• Technical Pet Peeves
• Troubleshooting 101
• Guide to Purchasing Computer Hardware
• User Interface Decline
• RFID Credit Card



• June 2008

• Construction Sign Slack
• Customer Service



• May 2008

• The Vanishing Parking Spot
• Why do ice cream trucks play 4bit music?
• Restaurant Deliveries



• April 2008

• Branding



• March 2008

• Old Technology
• The Curse is Broken
• Over Packaging



• January 2008

• Rogers at it Again
• Tumultuous Times
• Tidbits #2
• Tidbits



• December 2007

• 1-Wire Environmental Monitoring



• November 2007

• The Dreaded Car Shopping
• Austin Trip
• Please listen carefully as our options have changed



• September 2007

• Traffic Flow
• The Ideal Car
• The Curse of Apartment Dwelling: Neighbors



• June 2007

• A Fortnight of Breakage



• May 2007

• Whats a Warranty Worth?



• April 2007

• UPS Sucks!
• A New Blackhole is Created
• Eneloop Success
• Canadian Mileage
• Cutting-edge Consensus
• Wisdom Teeth



• March 2007

• Potpourri



• February 2007

• The Paypal Saga
• In Stock?
• Anti-Spam
• Who changes the light bulbs?



• January 2007

• The Case for a Home Workgroup Printer



• December 2006

• Motoring
• I'm a Thief?



• November 2006

• Poison Ivy Mitigation
• Pricing Accuracy



• October 2006

• Signs and Symbols
• The Travelling Advertising-Mobile



• September 2006

• My memories of September 11



• August 2006

• Full Serve Lags Behind



• July 2006

• Drivers
• Rogers Wireless and the Email Dilemma



• June 2006

• Improving the Everyday



• May 2006

• Making a Small Difference



• April 2006

• State of Computing



• March 2006

• Quickchange
• Self checkout still a bad idea



• February 2006

• Another Bad UI Decision
• My Christmas without a Car
• Webcam



• January 2006

• Over 1,000,000 Hits



• December 2005

• Why I Chose a Honda Accord
• My Car is iPod Enabled
• Roomba the Robotic Vacuum
• Free iPod Received



• October 2005

• Vacation
• TiVo now in Canada



• August 2005

• High School Reunion



• July 2005

• Faulty Magellan GPSr Cables
• X10 and Automation



• June 2005

• Fixing my Powerbook Battery
• TiVo and my PVR experience
• Geocaching
• New Blog
• Free iPods
• Princess Auto Comes Through Again



• June 2004

• Tigerdirect.ca Review



• February 2004

• Sturgeon Tire - Pembina Review
• Chrysler Roadside Assistance Review



• August 2003

• Superlube - Pembina Review
• Eastwood Chrysler Dodge Jeep Service Review
• MTS (& Escape) Internet Review



• August 2001

• Yamaha Support - Canada Review



• June 2001

• UPS Review



• March 2001

• Netlink Computers (NCIX) Review



• September 2000

• Linksys Review
• The Sony Store Direct Review



• July 2000

• Onvia Canada Review



• June 2000

• Battery World Review
• Auction Depot Review

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