CC-image source I discovered a new account on Twitter that struck me, at first glance, kind of funny. A sample tweet from @OntarioWarnings: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR EPANOLA – KILLARNEY. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. — PreparedON (@PreparedON) June 19, 2012 It’s not that needing to take cover due to a severe thunderstorm is humorous (far from […]
Category: Internet
Why are people intrigued about Dolphins protecting Chinese ships from Somali pirates?
A recent story, that appears to have originated on Chinese news radio and picked up by Xinhuanet, suggests that thousands of dolphins helped protect a Chinese ship from attacking Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. Best line in the whole thing: The suspected pirates ships stopped and then turned away. The pirates could only lament their […]
Why Wireless Nomad is no loger our ISP
I’ve written twice before about the Toronto (and southern Ontario) ISP Wireless Nomad. Both of these postings were in 2006 when we first switched from Bell Sympatico to Wireless Nomad. In the two following years, we found that Wireless Nomad was totally fine as an internet service provider until the summer of this year, where […]
Wireless Nomad vs. Sympatico High Speed
Wireless Nomad is a Toronto ISP that I’ve switched to for the reasons I’ve previously posted (the nutshell is that large ISPs are sketchy…). While I have too little time with Wireless Nomad to comment about the connectivity/up-time yet, let me take a moment to compare my old ISP (Sympatico) with my new one. Here’s […]
Wireless Nomad: The Story So Far
Made the switch today from Sympatico to a local (Toronto) co-op called Wireless Nomad. All that I can say is (fifteen minutes later) so far, so good. The story so far: With Katie moving out and Heather moving in, it seemed like a perfect time to (at least) look into switching ISP. Katie and I […]