Archive for January, 2006
2006 Pontiac Vibe
We bought a new 2006 Pontiac Vibe last week as a replacement for the truck.
2006 Pontiac Vibe at Ivany.org
It’s a pretty decent little machine. Very good gas mileage (compared to a V8, anything gets good gas mileage) and a rather peppy little engine. We got the automatic because this is the Boss’s new […]
Tags: gas mileage, Pontiac Vibe.
Non-recyclable product packaging
My biggest gripe these days is with non-recyclable product packaging. I don’t just mean packaging materials that are completely non-recyclable, I also mean packaging that would be recyclable if it actually had a number marked on it.
Here in Kemptville we can recycle everything that is marked. Since box board and paper are pretty […]
Tags: packaging, plastic, recycle, stupid.
Apple 512MB iPod Shuffle for $99
Just noticed that BestBuy Canada has the Apple 512MB iPod Shuffle for $99 this week.
Best Buy Canada Web Store: Portable Electronics: MP3 Players: Apple 512MB iPod Shuffle
It’s listed as a “price drop” so I’m not sure if that is a sale price or a permanent drop in price. I’m guessing it’s permanent.
My […]
Tags: Apple, Bestbuy, Canada, ipod.
Wiki and Blog Integration
Wiki and Blog integration is apparently a difficult thing. It seems that no one can really agree on how they should be integrated. There is also some question on if they should be integrated.
I stumbled across Blogs and Wiki: WhenBlogMeetsWiki while trying to find an app that had wiki and blog integration. […]
Tags: blog, integration, wiki.
The Lee Valley/Canada Post Problem is a website setup by Leonard Lee (owner of Lee Valley Tools Ltd.) to bring exposure to Canada Post’s current methods of parcel shipping cost calculations.
It was also at this time that we found they were not actually measuring volume; they were measuring the maximum dimension of packages […]
Tags: Canada Post, lee valley tools, shipping.
Wow. Dreamhost offers 20GB for $7.95/month now. Amazing. I’ve been hosting with Dreamhost since August 2000 and have been very happy with their service. Lots of cutting edge web apps available as one click installs (like Wordpress which I’m using for this blog) and I’ve yet to run out of space […]
Tags: Dreamhost, web hosting.
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