Everything I'm willing to say publicly, and some things I probably shouldn't.
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Ok, so after exactly one month, my $150 discount bin HP touchpad has arrived. Grr I just double spaced and it didn’t give me a period. Lots to try out here… Its a bit too heavy to type in landscape but if I rest it on a desk in portrait its ok . I won’t [...]
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Last I wrote, I made the decision to update, rather than replace, my old IBM x61 laptop. An extra 2 gigs of RAM, replacing the 10rpm hard drive with a nice snazzy SSD, and updating to Windows 7 thanks to the day gig, and wow – this thing is snappier than most new laptops. They [...]
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Recently, I made the decision to upgrade, rather than replace, my X61 laptop. A trusted friend for the last 3 1/2 years, it’s been with me on 12 trips around the world, and only needed a fan replacement and a new charger. Over the years, the battery life has dwindled from close to 6 hours [...]
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Someone was recently complaining about how much their currency (the Pound) had depreciated against the Philippine peso. I created this handy dandy graph to see how the major currencies had fared against the peso in the last year. Of course due to local prejudices I added the Canadian Dollar as well. Interesting Stuff. Google Finance [...]
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Well that went quickly – I’m back in Canada. Two weeks in the Philippines – and barely a wasted day. Some highlights – taking Rose ice skating at Mall of Asia (a happy disaster), spending the night at Rose’s family’s home (it DOES get cold at night in the Philippines – who knew?), a day [...]
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Sorry Cogeco, your attempts to get me to buy cable twice for my house have failed. I was going to have to move to Bell TV eventually (gotta get GMA when Rose gets here), but you forced my hand. Instead of have one cable subscription, you now have zero from my home. Stop being greedy!
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