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Don’t Breathe The iPhone Smoke

Posted July 11th @ 2:04 pm by Mike

The tech world is all a buzz in the U.S. about the recent release of the iPhone. Since we won’t have access to it in Canada for several months we don’t hear quite as much about it. I am a pretty big gadget fan but I don’t care too much about the iPhone, […]

500 Gigs And Perrault

Posted March 1st @ 2:06 pm by Mike

At the Commodore Computer Show in 1989 (I think) I purchased a 90 Megabyte hard drive for $700 (McDollars) for my Amiga 500.  I was really cool for a couple of weeks among computer geeks everywhere.  What would you do with all that storage?
Yesterday I purchased a 500 Gigabyte hard drive for $160. A 25000% better […]

SeaLand And TV

Posted January 12th @ 4:07 pm by Mike

Our feisty Swedish friends at The Pirate Bay, everyone’s favourite torrent tracker, are in the news again.  It seems that the micro-nation of Sealand (a former British naval platform in the North Sea which has become an independant nation) is currently up for sale.  The operators of The Pirate Bay want to purchase the ‘island’ […]

The Most Wonderful Time, Of The Year

Posted November 17th @ 4:14 pm by Mike

Wow, I really got the people stirring. I have now received questions about the ‘big announcement’ during 3 phone calls, one of which led to Heidi absolutely shaking me down like the Yakuza. So I guess I wont keep you in any more suspense.
December marks everyone’s favourite time of the year. The […]

Goodbye Bell

Posted August 16th @ 1:23 pm by Mike

Parting is such sweet sorrow.  Today a Cogeco rep is coming by the house to install their ‘Digital Home Phone Service’.  We have made our last ‘land line’ call from the house and ventured into the world of VOIP.  F U Bell, you don’t control me any longer.  Goodbye Primus your long distance rates are […]

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