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Me? A Professional Blogger? Yep, somewhat.

May 15, 2009

Today I became a professional blogger for Future Shop, the Canadian technology retailer. Professional as in ‘compensated’ for my writing. No, I’ll not be leaving my most excellent day job, I’d need a bunch more of these to make blogging my sole source of income and I’m not that prolific
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Reasons why I unfollow someone on Twitter

March 12, 2009

Recently I had a great discussion on Twitter about Unfollowing…a much discussed topic of etiquette amongst the Twitterati.
One school of thought is that when someone follows you on Twitter, it’s proper for you to follow them back.
That’s not my belief though. If that were the case, then it would be impossible for me to derive [...]

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No reason NOT to get a new computer this year.

January 29, 2009

Only in Canada ‘eh? Pity!
The recently announced Canadian Budget seems to have a direct boon to me. I wasn’t expecting it. I was expecting more of the same general economic stimulus packages, etc. But here’s something that applies to me directly.

Temporary 100-Per-Cent Capital Cost Allowance Rate for Computers
In light of the economic slowdown, Budget 2009 proposes [...]

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Getting Things Done with Gmail?

December 9, 2008

Usually Google Apps for Business is the last of Googles free online application suites to receive new features, but ever since Google enabled Google Labs within Apps for Business, new features are rolled at the same time.
Today Gmail received a simple Task List manager:

Like many of Google’s enhancements, it’s a very simple implementation — but [...]

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What to know when changing website hosts

December 3, 2008

A couple of weeks ago I found the following in an email from my webhost:
Your web hosting account for bradgrier.com has been deactivated (reason: site causing performance problems).
Although your web site has been disabled, your data may still be available for
up to 15 days, after which it will be deleted.
After a quick call to the [...]

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Live election night coverage online (Canadian Election)

October 15, 2008

Another Canadian election has come and gone. Programmed mainstream media coverage was again, less than inspiring. I found that to truly enjoy this national exercise, you have to watch it in the company of friends, as you would a Saturday afternoon hockey game.
I spent election night online. Using a variety of free sources, I was [...]

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Bag Open. Cat Out. Internet in danger! OpenDNS to the rescue?

July 22, 2008

Your ISP may be vulnurable to the Multi-Vendor DNS Issue. Here’s how to tell, and a simple fix you can do to protect yourself.

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Canadian weather station on Mars brings you daily weather updates

May 29, 2008

One of the ‘cooler’ pieces of science being done on Mars by NASA’s Phoenix lander is the study of Martian weather patterns, courtesy of a ‘built-in-Canada’ weather station. A daily spinoff of this is the daily Martian weather report. Due to a communications glitch, the reporting should begin tomorrow.
On a local note, the Canadian [...]

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