Security strangeness x 2
Tuesday morning, Toronto airport security. I pile up all my belongings for the X-ray, and wait for them to start through before entering the metal detector. A burly security guy feeding the things into the machine looks at me and says “You have to take off your blazer.” I take off my suit jacket (not [...]
How much does your data cost?
If you’re like me, and have a data plan for your Blackberry with one of Canada’s mobile carriers, you feel massively ripped off every month when you get your bill, especially if you roamed outside Canada or went over your monthly data limit. Tom Purves has plotted out just how bad this situation is in [...]
links for 2007-04-09
MouseSavers.com – Budget Rental Car Discount Info – Car Rental Discounts Just scored a deal on a rental car at Budget using the coupon code shown here. (tags: travel)
The Economist checks out Toronto
A recent article in the Economist online edition (haven’t checked the print edition yet) about skid-proofing your SUV has a photo of the famous truck sticking out of the CityTV building at Queen and John: Hopefully, they don’t think that we all drive like that in Canada.
Income trust tax a screw-up — what a surprise
Last October, my investments took a beating when the Conservatives brought in a new tax on income trusts, something that they swore during their election campaign that they wouldn’t do. If I had ever thought about voting Conservative again (which I hadn’t), that would have been enough to stop that notion. Today, the Globe and [...]
links for 2007-04-07
How to Sync Google Calendar with Outlook and Smartphones Automatically One solution for the Outlook to Google calendar synchronization: using RemoteCalendars. (tags: productivity opensource) The Holy Grail of Synchronization: How to synchronize Microsoft Outlook (multiple locations), Google Calendar, Gmail, iPod, and mobile phone with Funambol / ScheduleWorld. « //engtech Another solution for the Outlook to [...]
Hangin’ with my swarmies
Mark has started a This Week in the Chat Swarm series.
Net neutrality in real life
A couple of weeks ago, Mark tagged me to get involved in the net neutrality debate online. I added a link to neutrality.ca to my sidebar while I contemplated what I had to say about this, then suddenly found myself discussing it frequently enough to realize that I really do care about it. For those [...]
My favourite t-shirt of the week
Available in baby sizes, if that’s not already obvious, at Outer Layer on Queen West.
The internet Darwin awards
The Darwin awards pay tribute to people who manage to find themselves dead through their own stupidity: a voluntary, yet accidental, culling of the herd. I think that it’s time for the internet Darwin awards, for people who behave so stupidly online that they eventually go up in (virtual) flames. A recent case of this [...]
