September 30, 2008 is the first day that you can register your phone numbers with the Canadian National Do Not Call List (DNCL).
Go register your number now!
The website is rather overloaded right now so you might have to try a few times to get your number registered. Don’t worry, you can register anytime after […]

On the weekend of August 2-3 2008, the Queensway (Highway 417) Clyde Avenue Bridge was replaced using a new rapid replacement method. This involved lifting the existing bridges out and replacing them with new bridges that had been prefabricated on a site nearby. The whole process of replacing the bridges could be completed in less […]

Today I read about a new search engine called Cuil (apparently pronounced Cool) that is from some ex-Googlers.  The “magazine-style” search results are interesting to look at and I’m sure that people searching for their favorite celebrity will be very happy with the presentation.
One problem I’ve found with Cuil’s results page is that it appears […]

Well, as some of you may know, Dreamhost had a $7.5 million billing error on January 15, 2008. Basically, they billed all of their customers up until December 31, 2008 accidentally. There also seemsThere’s been a pretty huge backlash on their dreamhoststatus.com site as well as on their apology posted on the Dreamhost Blog.
On […]

This morning I was checking my email and noticed a billing email from Dreamhost (my web host) and I thought it was sort of weird. Turns out they had a slight snafu with their billing software and they basically billed their entire user base for the entire year of 2008.
They have since […]

Time to get educated everyone. If you don’t know what the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) is, you need to start Googling. The Canadian Government wants to bring in something even more draconian than the DMCA that our American friends are stuck dealing with. If you like your PVRs with time shifting, ripping your CDs […]