Happy Canadian Thanksgiving
Monday, October 8th, 2007To all my Canadian friends - Happy Thanksgiving! I'll return to my regular schedule of semi-regular posts tomorrow, 'cause today is a holiday :)
Archive for the ‘Other’ Category
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, 2007I'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, 2007Update: 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, 2007If 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, 2007If 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, 2007I 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, 2007Update: 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, 2007It'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, 2007Though 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, 2007As 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, 2007Update: 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, 2007Yahoo 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, 2007Have 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, 2007I 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, 2007And 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 ...
