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A Web Developer in Winnipeg

  • Blogs are dead! Newsletter are in!

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    ⚡ I’m starting an email newsletter! Like it’s 2001. ⚡ Do you like animated gifs and memes? Do you like ASCII art? Have you ever eaten a burrito? Hamburger? Moustacheburger? Share my love for these things…. ☞ Subscribe!NOW! ☜ Thanks to Reddit user plonce for the idea. Continue Reading

  • Canadian Tech Roundup Going Strong

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    The podcast that I do along with Trevor Percy is better than ever. If you’re not subscribed you should check it out. We talk tech with a uniquely Canadian voice. Episodes out more or less weekly. The Website is here. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes here. Also follow us on Twitter. Continue Reading

  • Siri Can’t Map Canada

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    My desk neighbour showed up to work this morning with a brand new iPhone 4S. He let me play around with Siri a bit. Looks like Siri is not fully functional in Canada. Referencing location (eg. “Where am I?”) results in an error message stating that directions and maps are unavailable in Canada. Update: Now with […] Continue Reading

  • MySQL Full-Text Search Is Broken!

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    …and has been for 8 years. I came across MySQL bug #2095 today: full-text search for words containing hyphens won’t work Submitted: 11 Dec 2003 6:15 Hyphen ‘-‘ characters break literals at the moment. A search for something like “GATA-D22S690” finds all entries containing GATA and not the full hyphenated text. ~ Link MySQL disputes […] Continue Reading

  • Will Siri Work In Canada?

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    My friend @iamhabitat on twitter just pointed out that Siri is not listed as one of the features on Apple Canada’s iPhone 4S page. Does this imply that the feature will not be available in Canada? How disappointing would that be?! I had assumed that it would. I guess we’ll find out when iOS5 comes […] Continue Reading