Well, I just made my first iPhone call.That’s no biggie to hundreds of thousands of people in the US, of course, but the iPhone has not yet been released in Canada.Mike Skovgaard, a buddy at work, has been buying them in the US and taking them up to Canada to unlock them to work...
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Archive for August, 2007
The iPhone comes to Canada … well, sorta
Running list: Apple iPhone lawsuits
Apple is getting its ass sued off over the iPhone.I’d like to write a scathing critique of modern idiots who buy things they haven’t researched and then blame others for their idiocy, and an equally damning tirade against companies that produce nothing, add nothing, and do nothing but think up obvious ideas, patent them,...
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Monster security fiasco – literally
Job warehouse Monster has had an ongoing security nightmare, with hackers infiltrating the database and pilfering usernames, passwords, and email addresses with which to launch phishing attacks.The worst part? Monster doesn’t know how bad the problem is! From an email sent to me this morning (note the bolded portion): As you may be aware,...
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Pay more, get less
These are the options if you want an Education Week subscription: As you’ll quickly see, you actually pay more to get the online version than the print+online versions. Probably has a lot to do with advertising revenue and subscription counts. Major rip-off … and it isn’t doing trees any favors either.
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Apple’s Sept. 5 iPod Announcement: iPod, iPhone, iPDA, iComputer, iMobile Computing
Apple’s scheduled a Steptember 5th special event: “the beat goes on.”It’s obviously about iPods. My guess is that Apple’s now ready to take the next step. More to the point, the marketplace is finally ready for Apple to release the next evolution in iPod: mobile computing.You already see it in iPhone. And we know...
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On vacation …
I’m on vacation for two weeks, so posting has and will continue to be light.Last week the whole extended family was in Osooyoos, BC, for some lake and sun and family time. This week I’m working around the house on a major landscaping project with Allan blocks, and next weekend we have something special...
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iWork needs Appleworks import
Dan Knight of Low End Mac fame has a well-researched article on the abandoned Apple office suite AppleWorks, which used to be ClarisWorks.Most of it I’m taking with a bit of a grain of salt, since I know Dan is a keep-my-old-computers-til-they-rot kinda guy, but he makes a number of good points, and one...
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Comfort zone
From Roz Savage, who rowed across the Atlantic ocean and is now attempting the Pacific: I believe that if you don’t keep pushing the boundaries, keep expanding your comfort zone, your comfort zone actually gets smaller and smaller, until you’re shrink-wrapped in such a tiny comfort zone that you can’t move, you can’t achieve...
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So I can feel like a winner
The kids all got their medals today from the Fraser Valley Regional Library summer reading club challenge.Aidan, when he came home with his, said now he’s got his first medal “so he can feel like a winner.”
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I wanted to do this 7 years ago …
Smart article on changing your browser’s useragent to gain access to pay sites: Ever wondered why Google returned search results that lead to sites that require a registration? How did Google index the site without a registration? Many sites want their site indexed in Google to receive more hits, so they allow Googlebots in....
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SCO, SCO, SCO: no good news in 10 months
If anyone’s still following the SCO/Linux trials these days, SCO just lost bigtime.Having briefly met and known SCO CEO Darl McBride, I was interested enough to check out SCO’s website. Clicking on the News link was amusing …Apparently there hasn’t been any good news in 10 months.
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Verisign is hounding me …
Verisign is driving me nuts emailing me and phoning me. Just to make it perfectly clear: I don’t want your PDF white papers on internet security. I don’t want your SSL certificates. I don’t want your emails. I especially don’t want your phone calls from “sales executives.” Hrm … now that’s off my chest...
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MediaTemple: hosting on iPhone
MediaTemple (my host) just released an interface to control your entire hosting account via iPhone.Pretty cool.A little trendy, but I can imagine this being extremely useful when on the road. To be honest, I bet it’s easier to use than their current control panel, which I’ve never been able to fully understand.Now we just...
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Photo used in Schmap Vancouver
Just got this email letting me know this photo of mine with a CC license is being used in a map/guide to Vancouver. Cool! Hi John,I am delighted to let you know that one of your photos witha Creative Commons license has been selected for inclusionin the newly released third edition of our Schmap...
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Thumbs up, thumbs down: obligatory post-Jobs-keynote post
I want the new iMac. I want the new iPhoto. I want the new iMovie. I want the new GarageBand. I want the new Keynote. I want the new Numbers. I’m not really impressed with iWeb. Not too sure about .Mac yet. I don’t really have a need for Pages – Word is good....
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