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Spam: A new low

January 22, 2007 8:01 am /Soapbox /Comments Off
Each week these bottom feeders try new tactics. For a few days they have been using news headlines as subject lines to get you to open their pointless penny stock scam emails. This morning on ...

North Shore Search & Rescue: Local Heroes

January 19, 2007 7:57 am /Soapbox, Vancouver /1 Comment
I got a call out of the blue a few years ago from a North Shore Search & Rescue fundraising phone bank. It's not your usual charity, but I didn't miss a beat, I donated ...

Amen to that: Canadian ads bite

January 17, 2007 7:30 am /Media, Soapbox /Comments Off
The Globe and Mail asks, is Canadian advertising is "overwhelmingly" boring? As we'll find out during this weekend's Super Bowl, whereby broadcasters block out US network feeds and plug in lowly Canadian substitutes (think Tim ...

Remembering Laura

January 11, 2007 7:44 pm /Soapbox /1 Comment
My dear friend Laura Janeshewski passed away November 6, 2006 in a hospital bed in Toronto. Whether it was distance or our busy lives I don't know, but I only found out last night through ...

What’s new: May 1995

January 9, 2007 8:11 pm /Soapbox /1 Comment
Discovered this link to the What's New With NCSA Mosaic: Archives for May 1995. The first version of my company website is announced in this listing. Windows 95 was still months away, and if you ...

More Vista venting

November 22, 2006 10:23 pm /Soapbox /2 Comments
Every new Windows operating system is supposed to improve the experience of what we've had before. Supposed to…but never does. This post about how something as simple as TURNING OFF your computer is anything but ...
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