Archive for the ‘Other’ Category

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving

Monday, October 8th, 2007

To all my Canadian friends - Happy Thanksgiving! I'll return to my regular schedule of semi-regular posts tomorrow, 'cause today is a holiday :)

Joost Beta 1 - Overview

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

I've been using Joost on and off for about 4 months now. More off than on. It's not that I didn't like the app - it was pretty slick and quite solid for an early beta. It's that there wasn't a heck of a lot to watch. At some point ...

Jango Invites

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Update: all 3 invites gone. I'll update again if/when I have more. I havehad 3 invites to the beta service Jango. My initial thoughts on Jango are very positive. It has the social aspect of Last.FM and the streaming and 'suggest similar artists' features of Pandora. Big plus - it ...

Cool Facebook app: 360Gadget

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

If you're a fan of the 'Netvibes style" home page, and find yourself spending more and more time on Facebook, 360Gadget might be your new favorite Facebook app. The recently launched 360Gadget allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds, quickly access your POP mail account, search the web, watch YouTube ...

Mash Invites

Friday, September 14th, 2007

If you'd like an invite to Yahoo's new social network "Mash", just leave a comment (please use a valid email address in the Email Address field). For what it's worth, I'm not particularly impressed.

Real Life: Trapping Fruit Flies

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

I read about this trick on Lifehacker to catch fruit flies earlier this summer. I'm glad I did, because Vancouver has had a garbage strike for something like 9 weeks now. Well, I have confirmed it works.

Streamy Invites

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

Update: Both invites gone, I'll update when I have more. I have 2 invites to Streamy to give away. The first two people to leave a comment get them (please use a valid email address in the Mail: field of the comment form, that's the address I'll send the invite ...

August Break - extended

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

It's August, which is typically one of the 'slower' months on the Internet. And since I feel like taking a bit of a break, I guess August would be the month to do it. So for the next week, give or take (update: ok about two weeks, maybe a few ...

Simplehelp - stats for the first year

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

Though it appears this site started in July of 2006, I actually had it blocked off to the public until Aug 1st. I spent July of 2006 adding posts so I wouldn't 'launch' a site that had no content. That, and it gave Google a month to start indexing stuff ...

Simplehelp Updates

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

As you may have noticed, Simplehelp has been 'down' much more often lately than I'd like. It all relates to my previous host disabling me, moving to a new host, being on the front page of digg when the (new) server wasn't ready for it, and the lack of a ...

Invites Galore

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

Update: out of Spock invites, I'll update when I have more. Just a quick note - if you'd like an invite to Moola, Pownce or Spock, please leave a comment below. Just tell me which one you want an invite to, and use a valid email address in the comment form. ...

An introduction to Yahoo Pipes

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Yahoo describes Pipes as "an interactive data aggregator and manipulator that lets you mashup your favorite online data sources". Alright, but what does that mean to the rest of us? Yahoo Pipes uses an easy-to-understand visual editor that allows you to (among other things) take multiple RSS feeds, combine and ...

How to reclaim your name online

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Have you Googled your name lately? Not entirely happy with the results? This review/overview/tutorial will help you change how you're represented online. There are a lot of reasons you may want to alter what comes up when people search for your name. Most likely, you're about to enter the workforce ...

I think the move was almost successful

Friday, July 13th, 2007

I think the move from a shared host (Dreamhost) to a dedicated host (The Planet) has worked. There are a few issues that I know of, and I don't *think* they'll make a difference in the use of the site. If you could take a moment and surf around a ...

Simplehelp Contest Winner!

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

And the winner is.... Nancy Biggs! I've emailed Nancy and the folks @ Answers That Work to arrange for her free copy of The Ultimate Troubleshooter. The winner was selected at random (by me asking the stranger sitting next to me in the coffee shop that I'm writing this post ...