July 27, 2008
I’ve been the good boy that WordPress wants me to be and I’ve just upgraded to 2.6. It wasn’t without its moments, though. All the upgrade process went just fine, but when I went to log in to my dashboard–the backend of the blog–I was met with a message that said that my password was wrong. I tried re-setting the password twice with no avail. Luckily, I found this post that described the same problem I was having (with the exception that this person was using Safari rather than Firefox in my case). The suggested solution worked for me: clear my browser cookies & cache. So, I tossed my cookies, cleared my cache, closed down Firefox, re-launched the browser and, voilà , I was able to log-in with my newly-reset password.
May 22, 2006
MTV made it’s Canadian debut within the last three months or so. I don’t think that I’m the demographic they’re aiming for, but I simply love to hate a reality show called My Super Sweet Sixteen. I watch with my mouth agog. I see it as symbolizing all the bad that’s wrong with North America in general and rich, white American sixteen-year-olds specifically. I suggest you spend your next Wednesday night at 10:00 watching it and screaming at the television.
Seems like I’m not alone.
March 17, 2006
So, VoIP seems to be the newest way to save a buck or two and screw over Bell (or Rogers in my case) at the same time. There are a couple of routes to go if you’re interested in calling over the Internet. For the moment, I’ve decided that I’m not ready to throw in the landline towel become a Vonage customer (Ted Rogers is breathing a sigh of relief, I’m sure).
I have, however, been turning the screws slightly on Ted’s stranglehold of my telecommunication options. I found a website where I can get the benefits of cheap long distance without getting rid of my phone. You see, if you’re interested in VoIP and not interested in Vonage, there’s the computer alternative of Skype or the like. The problem with that is you need to be attached to your computer with a headset. IMHO, there’s nothing more geeky than speaking to someone using a boom mic. Can’t really place it, but I have to imagine there’s some genetic reason for it.
OK, so back to this website. Entering your home number, the number you want to call and clicking OK causes your phone to ring. You pick it up, and a nice silicon sally announces you’re being connected. Quality of the connection is great–on the whole better than Vonage and Skype (and other software solutions I’ve tried). Rates seem to be good too. A call to an Ontario number is 0.0140 euros a min. That works out to ~ 2 Canadian cents. I’ve used it for over an hour of calls and owe about 1 euro, or $1.40 CAD. Additionally, you don’t pay prior to using the service: you get a bill based on use. Haven’t experienced how easy it is to pay, so can’t really comment. But would a company make it hard to pay them? Naaah…
January 15, 2006
An interesting discussion on why someone should or should not vote for the Green Party candidate in the upcoming election. Seems like the strategic vote is emerging once again…
Link: Why shouldn’t I vote Green?
December 2, 2005
Will be downloading and listening, without a doubt.
Link: Guardian: Ricky Gervais
Update: I’m in the process of listening to the last two of these… they’re as funny as I expected…
December 2, 2005
Seems like Microsoft has gone and created some pretty interesting software (that, not suprisingly, plugs into a pre-existing piece of MS software) that will rank emails in your in-box not on time of arrival but on SNARF’s perceived importance (i.e. someone who is in your address book, someone you’ve replied to often). I don’t suffer in-box drowning, but know many people who do (my supervisor, for example). Might be a solution. Only problem? Hafta use MS outlook.
Link: SNARF from Microsoft Research
