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Vintage Manitoba Film Footage
in WinnipegI came across a 2 part “Mantioba Travelogue” video from the 1940s on youtube. An era when Manitoba seemed to have been much more prosperous. Part 1: mainly features Winnipeg. Interesting facts at the time Winnipeg was Canada’s 4th largest city – a position currently occupied by Ottawa-Gatineau (Winnipeg #8 now) – and meatpacking was the #1 industry […] Continue Reading
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Canadian Tech Roundup – Episode 7 – Christmas Special
Episode 7, our take on the year’s tech news and some 2011 predictions. [podcast]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/480185/podcasts/Canadian%20Tech%20Round%20-%20EP7.mp3[/podcast] iTunes Link RSS Apologies for the audio quality. Continue Reading
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Shaw’s New Bandwidth Policy
in ReviewAs we mentioned in the latest Canadian Tech Roundup, there’s quite a lot of chatter on reddit.com/r/Canada about Shaw sneaking bandwidth overage charges onto customer’s bills. I have some thoughts on the new policy, but I’ll leave those to the end of the post. First, the fun facts: Shaw has lowered bandwidth caps for every […] Continue Reading
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Canadian Tech Roundup – Episode 6 – Shaw, CES, Do Not Call List
[podcast]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/480185/podcasts/CanadianTechRoundup-EP6.mp3[/podcast] Shaw introduces bandwidth overages and 25% reduction in bandwidth caps CES and Canada CRTC Fines Xentel and Bell for calling number on Do Not Call List City of Vancouver Calls out CRTC on behalf of residents New wireless startups capturing 1/3rd of new customers Top 10 Facebook trends in Canada 2010 Google Zietgiest Canada […] Continue Reading
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This Week I Learned
Turns out being a dad and employed full time leaves little room for things like long blog posts. I came across a number of particularly fascinating things this week in my travels on the information super highway. Monday: Protocol relative URLs Turns out, you can leave out the protocol (http, https, ftp, etc) when including […] Continue Reading