Archive for March, 2007
I’d wager that 95% of legal documents written constitute some of the dullest reading you could come across. The exception to the rule is the “You’re an idiot, and here’s why” legal smackdown letter. IBM has filed a couple good ones in their lawsuit with SCO, but the best one I’ve seen recently comes from [ READ MORE ]
The lead article in The Star today suggests a debate is coming over whether Ontario should outlaw smoking in some apartment buildings. If Cressa and I are able to get onto the house-buying track as soon as we want to any resulting legislation would probably be moot, but given our current situation it’s a topic [ READ MORE ]
Via Slashdot, the last unfinished-and-then-subsequently-finished-by-his-son Tolkien book, The Children of Húrin, is set to be released April 17th. That suggests that I’m going to need to hurry up and get through the latest Dan Simmons book in record time[ READ MORE ]
Just on a whim today I put the battery back in my old phone – the one that went through the washing machine – and to my surprise it started up and proceeded to start looking for a signal. Apparently it just needed a couple days to dry out. It never found a signal, though [ READ MORE ]
Interested in making custom ringtones out of your favourite MP3s for you Motorola KRZR? Here’s all you have to do: Use the Motorola Phone Tools software that came with your phone to make a < 20-second clip of your favourite tune and save it as a new MP3 Send the new MP3 to your phone [ READ MORE ]
“Hacked” seems like too strong a word for what little was involved – deleting a single file so that the phone would regenerate it when it rebooted – but my phone now recognizes my custom-made Kashmir ringtone. I’ll post the details later. It was really surprisingly easy and free of potentially phone-wrecking actions[ READ MORE ]
This week didn’t get off to a great start. My cell phone ended up going through the wash last night and didn’t fare too well. Today I got a whole pile of work done and then promptly lost it during a protracted dispute with Vault. In fairness, Vault didn’t lose my data; it just made [ READ MORE ]
Sorry, Avogadro’s Number Day, you don’t get a comic[ READ MORE ]
For the past couple months Greg and I have made a weekly (or most-weekly) event out of visiting the comic store on Thursday. Wednesday is officially “new comic book day,” but we figure we miss the rush if we check it out the day after. While we don’t make it every week, we’re regular enough [ READ MORE ]
I pre-ordered not one but two copies of Guitar Hero 2 for the 360 yesterday. One of them is going to my brother-in-law to fulfill the I.O.U. I gave him for Christmas, and the other will live along side the copy I already own for PS2. I think it’s pretty safe to say that I’ve [ READ MORE ]