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Soooo…this sure is interesting. I’ve held off writing anything about the WWE Network here even though I think it sounds like a pretty amazing thing if you’re a wrestling fan. The reason is simple. They didn’t roll the damn thing out in Canada and I didn’t feel like dinking around with VPN’s and foreign subscription …
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And now, a rare “Good job, Rogers!” moment. Starting presumably now, there’ll be no more of that here’s everyone’s personal info, officer stuff going on. After hearing your concerns and reviewing the Supreme Court ruling from last month, we’ve decided that from now on we will require a court order/warrant to provide basic customer information …
Sometimes we like to decorate our posts with what we feel is an appropriate musical soundtrack, so it’s handy to have come across an extension for the Chrome web browser that can automate the process at least under certain circumstances. Specifically, it plays that clown song when it detects that you’re reading something about Rob …
No idea how much of an impact this will have, but since it certainly can’t hurt to try, I’ll pass it along. The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network has started a letter writing campaign aimed at convincing websites big and small to remove the CAPTCHAs from their websites and replace them with more user friendly, …
If you read this blog and actually like it, first of all why, but more importantly, you owe a bit of a thank you to a fellow by the name of Chuck Shepherd. If not for him and his News of the Weird column, I and to an extent Carin may not have the sorts …
Listen, everyone. Just stop using Facebook already, won’t you? Especially if you happen to be a criminal, an idiot or both. Authorities say a woman was sitting at the Bremerton ferry terminal on Tuesday using her headphones when she was struck on the head from behind. After being struck, a man grabbed her iPod and …
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We don’t have lawful access (that’s internet spying to you and me) legislation in Canada, and for a number of reasons we really don’t need it. There’s no telling that to the Harper government, but everything I’ve ever read by smart and reasonable people on the subject suggests that our existing laws should take care …
I was just thinking about how our Another Postcard tag hadn’t had a workout in a while, and I was hoping people had learned and weren’t doing this anymore. nope. I have been yelled at in the comments for saying this whole asking for cards thing is a bad idea. I have been told to …
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I’m not sure how long they’ve had one since I’ve only been using it for a little while, but if you’re blind and shop at FreshCo, I’ve got some good news. They, like Food Basics, now have a screenreader accessible version of their weekly flyer. The implementation needs more than a little work, at least …
My absolute refusal to buy digital music with digital locks on it makes this a problem I don’t have, but considering that iTunes did fairly well for itself during the DRM era in spite of me, some of you likely aren’t so fortunate. So because nobody should suffer with crippled music unnecessarily, here’s a step …
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