Category: Culture
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200 Days Without TV
Disclaimer: The following post is fictional. It does not represent an admission to any illegal activity or wrongdoing. About 6 months ago my wife and I decided to cancel our cable and tivo subscriptions in an attempt to save some money. We weren’t quite sure how painful it would be to go without. At the…
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My Favorite Nerd Memory
… has got to be sneaking into a computer lab at the University of Manitoba in highschool (around ’95 or ’96) with a couple of friends to play Warcraft II:Tides of Darkness over their IPX network. The worst part was, because the machines were ghosted (or some archiac version of ghost) on boot up, we…
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Revision 3: Live Streaming Has A Long Way To Go
I tried to watch a live stream of Revision 3’s Tekzilla yesterday, at revision3.com/watch. It was absolutely painful! I was under the impression that Tekzilla was going to a Live format. To my dismay, they were simply broadcast the recording of Tekzilla. This meant getting to see Patrick Norton, redo portions of the show, over…
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Google Street View Is Fun
For some reason Google’s maps of Japan show the locations of 7 Eleven stores.
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The Love of God…won’t get me to fall for your scam
I received this confusing email the other day. I’m pretty sure this was in response to a question I posted to an advertiser on a kijiji.ca property rental listing. I think this email represents a change in the way Nigerian 419 victims are being lured in. A few interesting things are happening in this email:…