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Archive for February, 2006

A Horse Is A Horse, Of Course Of Course

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

… unless his name was Brigadier and he wore the badge of the Metro Toronto Police department mounted division and was a champion in police force equestrian competition.
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who was moved by this story. The short version is that an idiot in a minivan deliberately ran-down a […]

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How Disappointing

Monday, February 27th, 2006

I got an e-mail from Sennheiser this morning.
The CX300’s will be in store around the end of April 2006. The Canadian suggested retail will be $99.95.
You’d think they’d at least try to be competitive with Sony.
Oh well.

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Top Ten Weirdest iPod Accessories

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

I kinda like the toilet paper dispenser.

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To Trust Sony Or Not: The Conclusion

Monday, February 20th, 2006

So I went to the mall.
My first stop was “The Sony Store” where I met the most unhelpful pregnant woman I have ever met in my life. I’m convinced the Oshawa Sony Store does their hiring beside the Slurpee machine at the 7-11 around the corner.
I explained my dilemma to her (see the post […]

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To Trust Sony Or Not

Monday, February 20th, 2006

An intriguing dilemma.
I know some of you are going to start yelling about the whole root kit thing which I personally think was blown way out of proportion. I know more than a few people who are boycotting Sony products entirely because of the root kit episode a while back, but you have to […]

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Gmail Chat: More Ways To Spam

Sunday, February 19th, 2006

Ugh.
I’m not at home. I’m at another computer on a network printer. The network printer is busy so I figured I’d check my mail. I login to my gmail account.
Some idiot in Malaysia wants to talk to me. When I ask him what he wants, he wants to know who […]

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I Wish I Could See That Stupid Cartoon

Saturday, February 18th, 2006

It’s gotten to the point that nobody will host it because they don’t want a bunch of crazy Muslims to burn the joint down.
You know, it’s not like nobody has ever picked on the God of Christianity before or drawn an unflattering “cartoon”. You don’t see Jesse Jackson or Jerry Falwell or even that […]

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