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I Need To Found A Town
…if I want to be allowed to register the domain name neudorf.ca. I’ve always thought it would be cool to register a domain for my surname so that I could give my family @neudorf.ca email addresses and website subdomains. Or even just as a bit of nerd cred. Unfortunately, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority won’t…
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Twitter Circles Security Incident
A couple of months ago I wrote a post promoting the use of Twitter’s Circles. It was one of my coping mechanisms for using current Twitter in its semi-broken state. Then people started reporting that their private circle posts had were appearing in public timelines. They were right. Twitter sent out an email last week…
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Route 90 Safety
Mayor Gillingham wants to spend $1,000,000,000 “improving” Winnipeg’s Route 90 (aka Kenaston Blvd) between Taylor and Ness avenues. The proposal can be read here (PDF, it’s large). “Improvement” seems to be defined as: a reduction of projected 2041 travel times (by car) by 90 seconds (page 7). It should also be noted that the goal…
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Winnipeg Budget Day 2023
Today was budget day for Winnipeg City Council. Perhaps the most important day of the year. And I watched it so you don’t have to! Spoiler: it passed 14 – 2 and it’s a huge step in the wrong direction. There’s plenty of discourse on Twitter (I’d suggest starting with Millennium for All’s feed). You…
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New Content Incoming, Site Privacy Downgrade
A small programming note as they might say on TV or whatever. I’ve been doing a terrible job sticking to my New Years Resolution to write a blog post every week. Not the biggest deal, resolutions are aspirational. Anyways, I’ve come up with a new type of content I want to try writing in the…