Do me a favour. Read this article all about how periods at the ends of sentences in text messages now mean that you’re angry at the person you’re writing to and see if it makes any sense to you, because I understand about 0 of it. Honest to god, in a million years I would …
Category Archives: gadgets
So There’s A New Diet Chip…Mmm…Chips…
I heard about the possibility of a computer chip to help people diet, and even though I can see what they’re going for, the part of me that’s studied psychology and watched Sci Fi movies gets a wee smidge freaked out. So this chip is supposed to send a signal, based on your blood fat …
TextStalker.Bin Drivin’
I haven’t planted an inside joke in a post in a while…figured I’d go for two weird ones in the title. I heard about something on CBC radio that I’ve been meaning to write about for a while. The morning guy was talking about this app that parents can install on their kids’ phones that …
I See You’re Having Trouble. Here, Let Me Make It Worse
Normally when you think of taking something simple and making it orders of magnitude more complicated than it needs to be, you think government program. But solving problems with problems equal to or greater than the originals isn’t only the domain of bureaucrats. It’s also, as you’re about to see, the domain of 10 not …
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This iPad Is Broken. All That Comes Up On The Screen Is A Picture Of Some Idiot
You guys aren’t going to believe this. Yet another person bought an iPad from some dude at a gas station. And wonder of wonders, it wasn’t really an iPad. I know, it’s shocking! This $200 trunk bargain turned out to be a mirror dressed up like an iPad. Victim (I hate using that word in …
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How To Opt Out Of Bell’s New Everything Tracking And A Few Other Items Of Interest
Yesterday we learned of Bell’s plan to track the crap out of many of the services you pay them a king’s ransom for and then sell your usage patterns to whomever it chooses. Since then, a few things have happened. Several people have complained, which is nice. I don’t know how many, but it was …
Dear Bell Customers: If You Don’t Like Being Tracked And Sold To, I Have Some Bad News For You
So wholly crap, this is pretty nuts. The Great Canadian Personal Data Grab Continues: Bell Expands Its Consumer Monitoring and Profiling Long story short, starting next month, if Bell is your provider for basically anything, I suggest not only being prepared to become the product, but minding that sketchy internet and television use of yours. …
Cartrivision
This might be old news to some of you, but I had no idea that before there was VHS or Betamax, that there was Cartrivision. I’m pretty sure that the reason I’d never heard of it is because it didn’t catch on at all. Sales were so poor that it was only produced for a …
Your Rogers Phone Service Is Up And Running Again
Your long, agonizing nightmare is over. You can once again call and text with your Rogers cell phone. In a statement on the company’s website, Rogers president and CEO Nadir Mohamed says he recognizes the outage was “unacceptable” for customers. He said technicians worked as quickly as possible to restore service and sincerely apologizes for …
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Yes, Your Phone Isn’t Working. No, It’s Not Just You
Update 2: Your phone should be working now, says Rogers. Update: Rogers is confirming that the outage is a national thing and that text messages are a part of it. A little while ago, Carin was trying and failing to make cell phone calls. She asked me to call her to make sure there was …
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