Are You Bored?

Jason Kottke posted a list of online games that are sure to keep you busy (and amused) over the holidays. Addictive Little Online Games I can vouch for ‘Throw Paper!’ and ‘Motherload’.  I haven’t played many of the others but there’s probably some other gems in there as well. Check it out if you feel ...

Adventures in Podcast Land

I’ve had an mp3 for years now but never really got into podcasts. I listened to Adam Curry’s show and The Java Posse occasionally but nothing much beyond that. I blogged a few days back about getting an iPod (to replace my defective Creative Zen Micro) and have since found myself digging a bit deeper ...

Christmas Toys

Got a couple new pieces of technology for Christmas this year. 4GB 2nd Generation iPod Nano – Replaces my on-again off-again Creative Zen Micro.  The Zen was working last week but it seems to be particularly flaky after fixing the headphone connector.  After using the iPod for a day or two, there’s a reason why ...

It’d be funny…

If I had a Wii and smashed my plasma TV up like this poor fellow? Actually it wouldn’t be… but that still doesn’t necessarily stop me from picking one up once they’re a little more accessible. But first I’m still pretty keen on picking up a mod’d XBox and using it as a media center ...

Windows Genuine Advantage : Rather Annoying

I happened to notice that the Windows Defender on my Windows laptop wanted to update itself. The following is my experience trying to do what should be a simple task in the today’s world of anti-piracy and WGA. What the hell I figured, this should be a simple download and install (not as simple as ...

‘Tis the Season for Power Outages

I’m sure everyone is well aware of the storms that have been hitting the west coast of Canada but the past couple weeks have been particularly bad. We’ve been without power at work a few times in the past couple of weeks (not so good for a technology company) and there’s a lot of trees ...

$300 at FutureShop : What To Buy?

Wii XBox XBox 360 PS2 iPod (to replace my on-again off-again Creative Zen Micro) Finally decided to cash in some credit card points for Futureshop gift certificates and have yet to decide what to buy. I’ve already got the Plasma TV (and La-z Boy recliner) so I’m covered on that front.  I did buy a ...

Hack Day @ GenoLogics – A Success

A couple weeks ago I organized our first hack day which proved to be extremely well received by everyone involved. The event was loosely based on what Yahoo! has been doing for awhile now but our developers didn’t really start until 8 or 9 in the morning and we cut coding off at 4 in ...