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  • No “Gate Rape” for Canadians…yet.

    November 23, 2010
    in Culture, Tips & How To’s

    With all the talk of enhanced pat-downs/sexual assault/gate rape being conducted by the TSA at US airports (in the event that you wish to opt-out of the full body scan), I was wondering what the Canadian Air Transport Security Agency’s policy might be. Typically we seem to follow US rules fairly closely up here.

    CATSA’s web page describing the full body scanning process does not even mention the option to opt-out. Their “Physical Search” page states the following:

    A physical search may involve a Screening Officer using a wanding technique with a device that detects metal objects. During a physical search, a Screening Officer performs a visual search and a search through touch to ensure that a traveller is not concealing anything under his or her clothing.

    Sounds pretty benign.

    So I thought I’d ask Reddit for their experiences. A user named SwifferWestJet who seemed to know what they’re talking left a helpful comment. Essentially, the pat downs are “traditional.”


  • Confirmed: TrueType Font Support on Mobile Safari on iOS 4.2

    November 22, 2010
    in Design, Web Development

    Thanks to Matt Wiebe for mentioning the rumour that Mobile Safari on iOS 4.2 supports TrueType fonts and providing a handy link to test: http://thatwasnotok.com/tt-test.html

    A screenshot from my install of the iOS 4.2 GM seed on an iPhone 3G:


  • Today I Learned

    November 18, 2010
    in Random

    Things I learned today:

    • The coldest naturally occurring temperature ever recorded on Earth was -89.2C, 21 July 1983 in Antartica.
    • You can merge sub-reddits by using + symbols between them. Click for here example.
    • It’s easy to find out what’s new on Netflix Canada.
    • Chuck Norris had a chartoon in the 80s (but who didn’t)


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Hello, my name is Ryan! I’m a web developer in Winnipeg, Canada. I’ve been documenting my random thoughts and occasional bits of interesting code here since 2005. Twitter. Github. Instagram. Mastodon.

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