• Google’s Grand Central Offline

    I don’t use the service – last I checked they did not have any Canadian area codes available. As techcrunch reports, google’s phone service has been down for the morning. It’s worth noting that this is the first time a major google service has gone down for any length of time. I hope this does…


  • 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…


  • The Love of God…won’t get me to fall for your scam

    I received this confusing email the other day. I’m pretty sure this was in response to a question I posted to an advertiser on a kijiji.ca property rental listing. I think this email represents a change in the way Nigerian 419 victims are being lured in. A few interesting things are happening in this email:…


  • Using A Colour Is Not A Trademark Issue

    via Veronica Belmont


  • Linux: Finding Newer Files [OR How To Create A Patch File]

    The linux `find` command is very powerful, it has tonnes of switches and options that I’m not terribly familiar with. Even though I’ve been a LAMP developer for over 5 years, I don’t work on the command-line too often. Yesterday I ran into a problem that I had never tried to resolve before. I was…