Category: Random
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Trump
(This is not a political post. I don’t really do politics.) The vast majority of people I follow on the social medias are having a very predictable knee-jerk reaction against Donald Trumps presidential campaign. My knee-jerk reaction to predictable, like-button-induced, knee-jerk reactions is to immediately take a contrarian view. If I actually did politics, I’d continue this…
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On Winnipeg Free Press’ Pay-Per-Article Paywall
Last week, the editor of the Winnipeg Free Press wrote an article making a (rather poor) case for their upcoming “innovative” paywall experience. Harvard’s Neiman Journalism Labs even picked it up and wrote a great article breaking down the nitty gritty. Simply put the Winnipeg Free Press plans to charge every single reader $0.27/article (billed monthly). Nobody in North…
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Apple iPhone 5S & 5C Canadian vs US Prices
In a followup to yesterday’s post about the eLitePhone 5S, here’s a chart comparing the US iPhone prices to the Canadian prices. Unlocked of course, carrier contract deals have not been announced yet. Canadian US Difference iPhone 5C 16GB $599 $549 (CA$567) $32 iPhone 5C 32GB $719 $649 (CA$670) $49 iPhone 5S 16GB $719 $649 (CA$670)…
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The best comment evar!
In reply to my August 2008 post “5 Reasons Tim Hortons Sucks” danno604 just wrote: Food is Appaulling, bordering on Euthenasia for the Elderly. Tim Hortons has horribly poor quality food – loaded with hydrogenated oils, white flour and sugar. The sandwiches and soup are so laden with sodium my tongue is sore. I’m mystified…
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The SimCity Debacle: A Case for EA
I was one of the nerd horde desperately following news of the new SimCity’s release. Eating up every glassbox demo video on youtube. Visiting the website daily to check the release date. When March 5th rolled around, I convinced my wife to let me install Windows on her MacBook Pro and sat there eagerly awaiting…