• Fix Firefox 3 URL Bar

    Firefox 3 has an annoying new URL bar that takes up about 75px in screen real estate for each auto-completed URL. It’s referred to as richResults in about:config. In the previous beta releases you were able to manually add a preference to remove this feature. As of firefox 3 beta 4 (or maybe beta 3,…


  • Rogers Please Get A Clue, Seriously!

    Above is a screenshot of Roger’s latest mobile internet plan for blackberries. “1.5MB of data – enough for tons of picture uploads and profile updates” Um Rogers, I hate to break it to you, but most of my pictures are over 2MB. If you mouse-over the “legal” fine print it explains the data overages, “$10/MB…


  • Thoughts on Online Privacy & How to Protect Yourself [OR How Facebook Can Save Your Identity]

    The following is an excerpt of an email I wrote in response to this article Facebook can ruin your life. And so can MySpace, Bebo A lot of the current batch of social networks have very poorly designed privacy controls. On facebook for instance, it’s very hard to tell which of your contacts have access…


  • Tivo Has Spoiled Me

    Whenever I listen to live radio I always find myself wanting to pause the broadcast. Thanks a lot Tivo!


  • Rogers Finally Offering Unlimited Data

    This doesn’t really fall within the scope of things I usually talk about on this blog, but I do think it’s worth noting that Rogers – possibly Canada’s largest wireless provider – is finally offering an unlimited data plan, sort of. I would normally start a post like this with something to the affect of…