Modchip Status: Good
This weekend – Saturday actually – was a whirlwind of activity. Besides changing the oil in the car, a mundane affair, I also had to somehow figure out how to flash my Xbox modchip with someone else’s Xbox so it would work with my Xbox. Luckily, I was able to borrow Josh’s Xbox, which he […]
Getting rid of Bell: still a head-spinning exercise
The debate at home about going VoIP with Vonage for our main phone line heated back up at home yesterday. It’s something we’ve been thinking about for months, and according to our calculations we’d save $40 a month – but it has two main impediments: We use DSL for our internet connection and are not […]
Software upgrade “shot in the arm” for Pepper coming soon…
More info about the Pepper’s software update is around, and it’s oh so tasty. It’s also been officially announced – more coverage on Engadget. The applications page on pepper.com has been updated with the three major application enhancemnets coming in Pepper Keeper 2.1: MobiPocket Reader: looks like Pepper hooked up with MobiPocket for an e-book […]
Holidays Redux, and adventures in chipping
It’s 2006 and I’m still writing Newton software. I whipped up a quick and pretty durn effective solution to get important yearly dates and holidays onto your Newton – convert Apple iCal public calendars to Newton packages. I call it Holidays Redux. In other news, it was like Christmas II at the office yesterday – […]
How’s the Pepper going? Great, thanks.
Thought I’d write some more about my Pepper Pad, especially since more and more people are writing about its competition, the Nokia 770. I’ve been using the Pad for quite a few months and am enjoying it for the most part. It’s simply great to surf the web on, period. In a few weeks a […]
Where u been dog?
I been around. You know. Stuff goin’ on. Many Xmas-related tasks to take care of. I was recently holed up at home for two weeks while some major renovations were done at the office. Let’s just say I’m halfway through Paper Mario after that little sabbatical. And also Paper Mario is a great, GREAT game. […]
A Rickin’ good time
On Friday evening we attended a taping of Rick Mercer Report down at CBC Television in downtown Toronto. It was a blast and an interesting experience. I’d never been in a real television studio before, so I was interested to go just to see what the inside of the building looked like. Both of us […]
I’m a listener, I’m no threat
NO THREAT::Lyrics Got a window-washer’s head for an unmakeable bed for loneliness the past is no place to rest your weary arms ‘cept at sevens at yer sides your face a campaign debt, reflected sky you die to your fans one window at at a time – that’s right! gotta a window-washer’s eye for an […]
The garbage that is the ticketmaster system
From: chuma@chuma.org To: CSEast@ticketmaster.ca, sales@ticketmaster.ca, info@coldplay.com Subject: The garbage that is the ticketmaster system When I sit on the toilet in the morning, I crap out better web systems than your pathetic piece of garbage which I have been suffering through as a member of the ticket buying public for years now. I’m talking about […]
What giving $300 to Microsoft gets you, more or less
The Xbox 360 motherboard in all its glory. Click image for full-size version. From AnandTech.
