Rogers is up to its old tricks again. That’s right, they’re doing what they do best, raising rates like crazy. The last time they pulled this was back in July, and after I wrote that post we were hit with quite a bit of search traffic from people looking to see if it was just …
Monthly Archives: January 2013
If You Haven’t Nuked Your iPhone Yet, Ask Siri If It Rains In Australia
Here’s today’s friendly reminder not to believe everything you read. Even though somebody on Twitter said that it totally works, it is not suddenly ok to put metal in the microwave. No, not even for the 20 to 30 seconds you were told it would take to charge your iPhone battery. Indeed, this is ending …
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Fetuses Are People, Right Up Until They Start Costing Us Large Sums Of Money
I don’t want to get into a great big religion debate here, but I have to ask. How much is your faith actually worth to you when you’ll toss one of your core beliefs aside completely in order to have a wrongful death lawsuit against you thrown out? The case involves the 2006 death of …
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Way Hey And Away We Go, Donkey Robbing Donkey Robbing
Not being up on my everyday Colombian crime news, I have no idea how common getaway donkeys are. but even had I not read this, the idea would have struck me as kind of dumb. This is especially true when the donkey you’ve loaded up with stolen goods is himself stolen property and not in …
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Can’t Text. Phone’s Freezing…And So Am I!
At least this woman has a good sense of humour…and already made the joke about her own name. But I still wonder if she knows Bonnie Miller or Cathy A. Cruz Marrero. Laura Safe was merrily texting away, lum dee dum dee doo, texting as she went down the stairs, lum dee dum dee doo…until…sploosh! …
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Chick Jail Resident
When are people going to learn to stop doing this? Dont’ answer that. A brazen Nebraska bank robbery ended with the arrest of a teenage girl who boasted on YouTube about carrying out the crime. Hannah Sabata, 19, faces theft and robbery charges in connection with the Nov. 28 holdup at a Cornerstone Bank in …
Big Punch Soda
I’ve never had Big Peach soda. Never even heard of it, actually. But it must be awesome if it can cause this much of a fight, either that or young Diamond Lydia here must have one hell of a rage problem. He followed her into her bedroom and threw a box of chicken at her. …
Maybe He Should Try Houdiniing Instead Of Criminaling
Signs the carjacking life may not be for you: You order a woman getting out of her car to get back in. she does, then promptly drives away and leaves you standing in the parking lot. You try the same trick this time with a gun, but rather than fearfully listening to you, the woman …
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CBC Radio KW Is Launching March 11th
I’ve been looking forward to this since it was announced, and even more so now that I’m a new…Kitchenerite? Kitchonian? Kitchenarian? Kitchen? What the hell are we called? Somebody help me out here. CBC launches new Waterloo Region station March 11 All of this sounds good, but I’m disappointed that there’s no mention of an …
A Quick Mobile Accessibility Survey
If Carin were here this would be her department, but she’s not, so here goes. Mobile technology is a new and thriving frontier for accessibility. Seasoned accessibility professionals are anxious to help mobile developers deliver accessible experiences. More information is needed to understand both usage patterns and hardware/software platforms, to guide decisions to meet the …
