Google is set to stand communications on its head. Again. The soon to be released Google Wave program, web app, platform, protocol, paradigm is introducing a new way to do email, IM, forums, wikis, social networking and blogs. All-in-one. And not to put too fine a point on it, it looks pretty slick. Not only…
I was dismayed, I must admit, to find a dearth of binaries when I was ready to install Subversion, the open source version control system, on Bender2, my MacBook Pro. But the journey brought me to an even better conclusion. Apple has an article about installing Subversion on OS X, but it’s old (2005), and…
Keyfob hack Originally uploaded by Global Hermit My very ingenious colleague, Sean “D-List Internet Celebrity” Carruthers, hacked his new car’s keyfob to disable its panic button when he bends over. My solution would be to STOP BENDING OVER like that. But, hey! Different strokes dude.
Congratulations to Ross Rader and his team! Together they beat the cross-Ontario cycling record by 45 minutes. Check out the cycling blog at https://ultrarider.ca/. It’s also not too late to sponsor them and help children with cancer. Donate to the Coast to Coast Cancer Foundation.
Our favourite moron is giving $150 million to private broadcasters, but is forcing the CBC to decimate its workforce by some 800 heads. If we had any doubts of the Harper government’s agenda to put down the CBC, they’ve now been put to rest. I don’t know about you, but I’m livid. Clearly Harper missed…
While I’ll be lapping up the WordPress goodness at WordCamp this Friday, Ross Rader, avid cyclo-fanatic and director of Tucows‘ Hover division, will be hard at work on trashing the cross-Ontario cycling record. He’s doing this to raise awareness, and funds, for the Coast to Coast Against Cancer Foundation. Ross will be cycling 874km, trying…
I missed it last year, but I’ll be there with bells on this year! WordCamp is a series of regional conferences dedicated to our favourite blogging platform, WordPress, as well as blogging and social networking in general. Get the 411 at https://phug.ca/wordcamptoronto/. WCT is coming this Friday May 8, through to Sunday May 10. Registration…