Archive for November, 2006

whereiDine.com – Digg for restuarants!

030th Nov 2006Quickbits

This is pretty cool. It’s the Digg of restaurant listings. Thanks Kat!

Web2.0 is indeed dead – sorta

330th Nov 2006Code and Nerd Stuff

I had coffee with Stuart last week when he mentioned that he’d just written a blog entry about the death of “Web2.0″. Not More »

Foods That Repulse Me

228th Nov 2006Quickbits

Adina (with a little inspiration from Kat) has made the request that I publish a list of food items that gross me out. More »

‘Evil twin’ wi-fi hacks

125th Nov 2006Code and Nerd Stuff

Information thieves are very sophisticated and continue to hone their attacks. By “cloning” wi-fi hotspots and monitoring the traffic, this new “evil twin” More »

Etch me an Ad

023rd Nov 2006Good Ideas

Rick Segal (venture capitalist extraordinaire) once said the best thing a start-up can do is post a big sticker on every employees laptop More »

I Heart Sushi

120th Nov 2006Good Ideas

In the last 2 or so years, good sushi has become my favourite food. SweetMoniMons and I hit up the local sushi joint More »

OpenDNS to the rescue

019th Nov 2006Code and Nerd Stuff, Good Ideas

DNS has been the bane of my existence for some time now. Either it is too slow or frustratingly unreliable. Thankfully, OpenDNS comes More »

SweetMoniMons NOT getting a Wii

119th Nov 2006Oddities, Quickbits

So despite our lack luster attempts at obtaining a Wii this morning we ended up being denied. SweetMoniMons was quite disappointed because we More »

Mesh 2007 is a go for liftoff!

018th Nov 2006Code and Nerd Stuff

Earlier this week I was pleased to hear that Mesh (Canada’s Web Conference) has the green light for 2007! We’re doing it at More »

The Canadian Slang Proficiency Test

016th Nov 2006Oddities

If you think you can handle it, take the official Canadian Slang Proficiency Test today! Somehow I only scored 80%… oh well.

Easy Mental Multiplication Trick Video

016th Nov 2006Code and Nerd Stuff

This is a neat little multiplication trick. Easy Mental Multiplication Trick – video powered by Metacafe

Really Fun Akamai Panel Today!

015th Nov 2006Code and Nerd Stuff

I had the honour of being a panelist at an Akamai event that focused on broadband video and user-gen stuff today. There were More »

101 Ways To Save Money

014th Nov 2006Good Ideas

I love saving money and here are 101 ways to make it happen. While many nations are accruing more and more wealth, as More »

Drastic Measures

08th Nov 2006Oddities

This is probably the most admirable story of digging ones self out of debt that I have ever heard. I hauled every single More »

Extreme Trainsurfer

08th Nov 2006Oddities

Preformed by a German known as “the trainrider”. Before he died from leukemia, he enjoyed the last year of his life by surfing More »

Cheap, hackable Linux smartphone due soon

08th Nov 2006Code and Nerd Stuff

Cheap, hackable Linux smartphone due soon. One of the world’s largest computer and consumer electronics manufacturers will ship a completely open, Linux-based, GPS-equipped, More »

Octopuses are Sophisticated

06th Nov 2006Oddities

Looks like some of the latest research shows that Octupuses are way more intelligent than previously thought. So much so that they may More »

Cannondale Jacknife

04th Nov 2006Bikes

Folding bikes are all the rage in urban centers nowadays, but the Cannondale Jacknife takes the cake. Dutchman Philippe Holthuizen (who sent the More »

Mac Mini Portable MK III on train

12nd Nov 2006Apple, Oddities

This thing is smaller than a MacBook or anything else made by Apple! It’s got a 3 hour battery life and has it’s More »

Cartman wants a Wii!

02nd Nov 2006TV

Cartman wants a Wii. I gotta admit, it is pretty cool.

Flickr’s best Photographers

01st Nov 2006Photography

I’ll keep this short and sweet because you need to click through and see the work from the best Flickr photographers around. Go More »