I don’t know why I’ve never written about this service, but better late than never. More often than I’d like, I get a document that’s either unreadable because it’s a scanned image, semi-readable or readable if you have a million years and infinite patience. Usually, if I can put it through OCR, it can fix …
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To Get Us Through The Aeons of Ion Construction…
I think I’m cursed. A few years ago, I had the joy of living through Guelph Remastered. That was a heapin’ helpin’ of no fun. Now, just when I was feeling pretty good about my ability to wing around parts of Kitchener-Waterloo, along comes LRT construction. And oh me oh my oh boy. Time to …
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Homemade Pill Pockets: For When Your Dog Is A Pill About Taking Pills
I got a recipe for making homemade pill pockets. I figured I’ll put this up. It might help me later on when I get a dog who doesn’t hoover up everything in her bowl, meds included. Maybe it might help Brad out with Trixeroo if she needs meds, since she was very talented at avoiding …
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If You Want To Cancel Your Telephone, Internet Or Television Service, Wait Until January 23rd, 2015
When this news broke in November, we were right smack in the middle of one of the worst parts of Carin’s illness so I completely missed it. But it’s just as important now as it was then, so better late than never as we say far too often around here. If, as we are, you’re …
You Can Call A Waterloo Taxi With An App, And It Works…sort of.
I really should be in bed, but for some reason I’m restless. So I thought I’d write this down. On Friday night, we tried out a new app that’s supposed to be designed to help you call a taxi easier…and…for the most part, it was a success. It’s kind of a neat idea, that’s for …
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Google Has Indoor Maps That Will Help You Get Around Pearson Airport
Call me stupid, but I had no idea Google Maps could even do this. All I ever really use it for is route tracking through Blindsquare and figuring out the distance between 2 places I’d like to walk between. Toronto’s Pearson airport has become one of the first Canadian airports to offer travellers maps of …
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How To PR A Newsroom
If your job is public relations, particularly the type of public relations that has you chasing news coverage on someone’s behalf, you’ll maybe want to take a few minutes and read these helpful tips from the Register. They seem like good advice. So. You’re a PR. Your boss, client, giant David Icke-style lizard or whatever …
Poppy Talk
Well, this year, our attempts to get poppies were much less painful than last year. The bank across the street actually had them, so we didn’t have to go on a puppy hunt. But I still have a heck of a time not losing my poppy. There’s nothing worse than lum dee dumming down the …
Canadian Tire Has An Accessible Flyer
This morning I stumbled into the discovery that Canadian Tire has a screenreader accessible flyer. Go to this link, give it your postal code and you’re pretty much in business. Unlike some of the others we’ve talked about here, you don’t have the option of skimming through the entire flyer. You’re browsing it either by …
Another Quick List of Tips For Being A Better Human Being With People With Disabilities
I also saw this on Friday, and decided to put it up too. We’ve probably said all of this in one spot or another, but I don’t care. The more eyes who see this, the better. Here’s an awesome article called How To Talk To A Person With Disabilities Without Sounding Like An A-Hole, and …