Musings

From the archives: April 1, 2003 – Networking – what’s it all about…

February 10, 2009

I’ve decided to take a look back at some of the content I’d published previously. This random, ongoing ‘feature’ titled From the archives will let me review older posts, and maybe add new insight that only the distance of time can provide.
Today’s inaugural item is particularly timely as we head into a recession with its [...]

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Camera on a sushi train: Very Zen

February 7, 2009

lost in a moment from dennis wheatley on Vimeo.

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Mini-Book Review: A Case of Exploding Mangoes

September 23, 2008

Yikes! This is waaay overdue (sorry about that) The Mini-Book Expo concept is simple, yet I managed to blow Rule # 4:

Blog it.

* Post something about the book within a month of getting it
So, without further ado, here’s my mini review!
Title: A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Author: Mohammed Hanif
Publisher: Random House (Canada)
Quick Takes
Pre-read thoughts: This might [...]

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From the ’so simple why didn’t I think of it’ category

May 13, 2008

A friend of mine pointed me to this brilliant post (via iPhone Central)
The concept is simple; Scan the front and back of all your barcoded membership cards, and carry them around in your iPhone.
To test it out I went to the local hardware store and asked the girl
behind the counter if she could scan the [...]

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Is the iPhone right for you?

July 3, 2007

Walt Mossberg (Wall Street Journal tech guy) has a video review that may help:

Interesting item, but it’s still too pricey for me.

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Why get an iPhone when your Windows Mobile can be just as swank?

June 15, 2007

Lifehacker has this cool article showing you how to pimp your Win Mobile to be all iPhoney.
…you can customize your Windows Mobile phone to emulate several of the iPhone’s more interesting features, like the iPhone’s home screen, flick-scroll contacts, and the fancy slide-to-unlock.

You’ll need an application – available here, and some free time to follow [...]

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5 reasons I won’t get an iPhone

June 12, 2007

Cost. If the iPhone’s listed prices were converted to Canadian dollars, the iPhone would price out between $530 and $640 CAD. That’s way too much money for me to spend on a phone today. Yes it has other functionality, but I’ve got that covered; keep reading.
Contract & add ons. In the US there’s a 2 [...]

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My ‘I might be crazy’ goal: wake up at 5:00

May 28, 2007

I’d read this cool post on the 10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It, and, after carefully reviewing the section on how to do it, thought I’d give it a chance.
Don’t make drastic changes. Start slowly, by waking just 15-30 minutes earlier than usual. Get used to this for a few days. [...]

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My GTD weekly review killed off my morning

April 30, 2007

Ok, as I said previously, I’ve fallen off the Getting Things Done (GTD) bandwagon and am slowly climbing back on.
Today, being a Monday, it’s my day to do my Weekly Review — gather up all the outstanding items, tasks, projects, and other unorganized ’stuff’, process it, and then review EVERYTHING.
“Hello, Afternoon? Yes, it’s Brad here, [...]

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Vista? Not on my desktop, thank you.

January 30, 2007

Hurray! Vista is released. Now we can all get back to doing whatever we were doing previously. Hype aside, I’m not excited about this release, for the following reasons;

My desktop, laptop and server aren’t ‘Vista Ready’,
I’m not going to invest to upgrade (my computers do what I need them to currently),
I run Ubuntu and XP, [...]

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