December 2008
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A Guide to Understanding Flow Charts →
Let’s immigrate to Canada and then break it apart →
In which I ask why left-wing Quebeckers are sovereigntist by necessity.
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Movie rental on your PS3
I think you can rent movies on the PlayStation 3 in the U.S., but here in Canada, no such service is available yet. On the bright side, Criterion’s new rental service works fine in the PS3 web browser, and you can make the picture full screen for a rather pleasant viewing experience. It’s not HD, but the quality is pretty decent.
Of course, there are only about 20 movies available at...
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NatsuLion →
I’ve been looking for a second desktop Twitter client for OS X. Twitterrific is fine, but I use it for my personal account and I want to monitor our company Twitter account as well. First I tried cloning Twitterrific and running it twice, but I found that too confusing since the windows were nearly identical. Then I tried and loathed various AIR apps. Finally, I’ve settled on...
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Cancelled MobileMe today. I had been on the “free trial” since August, but it was finally approaching time to pay. In the end, the only thing I appreciated about it was instant syncing of contacts, calendars and bookmarks. But that just isn’t worth $120+ per year. And, as a special bonus, by cancelling MobileMe, my iPhone now shows my contacts’ birthdays again. Yes,...