Category: Review

  • KFC Launches Vegetarian “Chicken” Sandwich

    Apparently PETA has somehow managed to strong arm KFC Canada into adding a “Classic Vegetarian Sandwich” to their menu. I don’t really understand how PETA is in any sort of position to convince a multi-national like KFC to do something like this, but that’s beside the point. You can read PETA’s press release (including a…


  • iPhone First Impressions

    After waiting 10 hours for my phone to be activated, I’ve had my iPhone 3G now for just over 4 full days. I think this is more than enough time to write a quick review. Data Usage: Like every other nerd in the country, I was extremely disappointed and angry after Rogers released their initial…


  • CushyCMS or FTP Client?

    CushyCMS is a new hosted Content Management System from Stateless Systems – the people who brought you bugMeNot.com, PDFMeNot.com and other similar services. It’s a dead simple CMS that requires no software install and no real programming knowledge. Found out about it via this Techcrunch post. I don’t like to make judgements about things I…


  • TinyMy, Quick and Dirty MySQL Shell

    Stumbled across a tiny mysql shell – appropriately named ‘tinymy’ – a few months ago. It’s quite a useful little bit of PHP code. Very lightweight and function interface and shell for MySQL. I use it whenever I need to verify the contents of a database table or test a couple of queries but don’t…


  • Autotrader.ca, Please Fix Your Search.

    Autotrader.ca your search is not very good! I just did a search for “all cars newer than 2000, between $2500 and $5000 excluding damaged vehicles, in descending order by Kms.” Sounds pretty complex when you write it out in English, but that should be a fairly straight-forward SQL query. Came across a couple of pretty…