Category Archives: Rants

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Web Development like its 1995

Written on September 13, 2006 at 9:28 am, by

I opened OttawaBusinessJournal.com this morning for my morning read, and to my surprise, one of their featured (read: sponsored) articles was about having a website that represents your company and not going with a couple cookie cutter templates. Usually these ads are almost entirely dominated by HR firms, law firms and the odd workforce.com article,Continue Reading

Rosa Parks had an iPod?

Written on October 28, 2005 at 12:28 pm, by

Boing Boing: Jim Leftwich’s tribute to Rosa Parks Jim Leftwich says: "I’ve always been moved by Apple’s ad series using people of her stature and courage, and it inspired me to do a tribute to both her and Apple, using their new iPod ad style." I’m as much for tribute as anyone else, but isContinue Reading

Baseline Apartments -Update

Written on September 15, 2005 at 1:57 pm, by

Interestingly enough, the ‘super nice apartment’ we saw, was not the same one I moved into, in fact, despite having confirmation on several occasions by the property manager that it would be done in time for me to move in, when i went to move in Sept 1st, it had hardly been touched in 3Continue Reading

FedEx Troubles

Written on May 25, 2005 at 3:44 pm, by

I used to think FedEx was a bit more reliable than Canada’s own Xpresspost, but I’m having some difficulties getting my RMA’d shipment from Digium. I sent them my defective FXS module, almost 2 weeks ago, and surprisingly enough, Xpresspost made it there in no time.  I received delivery confirmation from Xpresspost, and then waited..Continue Reading

Baseless Assumptions

Written on April 20, 2005 at 2:16 pm, by

What is it with people that call to see if they can change an appointment time or call to check if you still want something and then make up their own assumptions out of thin air?  For instance, for formal, I had ordered a simple corsage at the Loblaws Florist shop (i know, i know..itContinue Reading