Category: Review

  • The eLitePhone 5S

    The eLitePhone 5S

    I’ve come to the conclusion that the iPhone 5S is too fancy for me. With the gold-trimmed sapphire home button and the extremely high price tag – topping out at $1040* in Canada; it feels like a $1000 watch to me. I don’t just live a lifestyle (or have the taste for fancy things) that…


  • My 2012 Podcast Recommendations

    This morning I wrote an email to a good friend who’s finally taking a real interest in podcasts, after years me trying to convince him to start listening to something, anything. The email ended up being fairly comprehensive, so I’m going to repost it here. He already listens to No Agenda, Industrial Strength Nightmares and…


  • Windows 8 Review

    Windows 8 Review

    Last week Microsoft Canada invited me to a hands-on demo with Windows 8 and their Surface RT tablet. The demo consisted of a hotel room, 3 Microsoft PR People – the business guy, the soccer mom and the xbox guy – and all the Windows hardware they could “fit in one suitcase” (they mentioned that…


  • Hyper-local Weather Forecasts

    The future is here. Today the Weather Network rolled out “PointCast” a service developed in house (over the past 15 years!) that provides 1-km forecast and weather data. That’s a screenshot of my weather at home vs the “Winnipeg” weather station (likely) 10km away at The Forks. As you can see, it’s quite different. From…


  • Band of the day: Purity Ring

    They sort of remind me of a gentler Crystal Castles. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/9125440″ iframe=”true” /] A bunch more tracks on Hype Machine.