“Available Tomorrow on iTunes”
Posted by rae in entertainment
at 11:52 am on Saturday, 27 January 2007
at 11:52 am on Saturday, 27 January 2007
Dresden Files advertising its upcoming presence on iTunes
Upgraded ReidNews to WordPress 2.1
.. not that you will notice at all.Full bandwidth restored
Posted by rae in General
at 2:51 pm on Wednesday, 24 January 2007
You can all stop writing protest letters to CyberSurf..
at 2:51 pm on Wednesday, 24 January 2007
Continuing internet problems
Although our connection came back up on Sunday, it was only a 500 kbps connection, and it remains so today. It *should* be a 5,000 kbps connection. So for some reason, we’ve been throttled to 1/10th of our paid-for speed. When I tried to access igs.net today, I encountered a new page that redirected me to cia.com, which is some sort of parent company of IGS and other DSL providers. So it looks like they were doing some sort of big switcheroo and it screwed up, big time. We’ve been looking around for another DSL provider, and are looking closely at TekSavvy. If anyone has any opinions on other providers, feel free to comment!Internet down
Late on Friday afternoon our internet service went down. It’s still down now, but I can access our ISP’s site at least, from which I got a phone number. I called and an automated (but constantly-cutting-out) voice semi-squaked that service was out for many customers in southern Ontario, and that the office is open on Saturdays at 10am. I stopped listening at that point since I now knew when to call back. Our ISP is (mostly) igs.net. It’s kind of weird. We’re also under 3web.com and cybersurf.net. When istop.com gave up on its residential DSL service in August of 2006, the company in control of our destiny was never quite clear. CyberSurf was mentioned prominently in related email, but the company itself is very minimalistic online. At some point I was redirected to 3Web, which seems to be some sort of joint Rogers/Bell thing, offering both DSL and Cable high-speed access. Ah well, hopefully it will be all sorted by tomorrow. We’ll see.Week at OSAF last week
I spent the week last week in San Francisco, working at OSAF HQ during the week. As always, it was a lot of fun, and this time, the walk from the hotel to work was fraught with peril. I stayed at the Hotel Fusion, which is two blocks from the Apple Store on Ellis Street, off of Market (the main drag in SF). So my first hurdle is to walk past the downtown SF Apple Store without going in. Once on Market, a couple of stoplights away is CompUSA. And this CompUSA has a big Apple section. Oh, joy! And this CompUSA had a way, way bigger selection of computers, accessories and peripherals than any Future Shop, Best Buy or Compu-Smart in Toronto. At this point, I’m about ½ of the way to OSAF. But the path is not clear yet! There is a store around 2nd and Market that I think is called “Jeffrey’s” or maybe “Jeffrey’s Toys”. I remarked on it at first because I thought it was funny to see the name “Jeffrey” displayed so prominently close to OSAF because one of my OSAF buddies is Jeffrey H. But on the way back on my first work day, I decided to wander in and check it out. Bad news! From the outside it looked like it had the usual assortment of novelties and games. Yo-yo’s, frisbees, Monopoly, etc. But then I found a small section filled with .. German Boardgames. Urk! On that day, that’s as far as I got. I spent about ½ hour just delving over the assortment of games they had to see if I wanted to buy one. I managed to make my saving throw though and me and my wallet left unscathed. But I was definitely going to return. And I did, the next day, again on the way back to the hotel. But this time, I decided to explore further in. I had seen people holding magazines and I thought I would check out the magazine rack. The store goes pretty deep into the building! I walk back to the slightly darker area in behind the cashiers, only to find.. comics! Lots and lots and lots of comics!! Now, I’m a comic collector from way back. Since I was 8, in fact. Just ask Luisa about when we were house-hunting a decade ago, asking if the basement had enough room to store 43 4-foot long boxes of comics. Yes, 43. So here we have not just a few comics, like you might see in a variety store (US translation: liquor store). No, here we have all the new titles separated by publisher. DC, Marvel, and the rest. Plus a section for recently-released stuff (older than a week), and the usual boxes of back issues (roughly older than a month). My main worry once I was finished spending money was how I would fit it into my luggage to get home! I thought I had already exhausted all my extra space with all the books I had bought a block from the hotel! I should put up some pictures I took of the books and comics spread out on my hotel bed. I’m such a nerd. *sigh. Just doing my bit to help the San Francisco/US economy!Twitter and Macworld
Posted by rae in General
at 3:46 am on Tuesday, 9 January 2007
at 3:46 am on Tuesday, 9 January 2007
FORUM on the Dec-10 back in the 1980’s.
My favorite Twitter feature is that I have added Twitter to my AIM buddy list, and I can just send an IM to it and it updates my Twitter web page.
You can set up Twitter to IM you when a friend updates, but that can be irritating.
I have it off right now, but I might turn it on tomorrow when the keynote is on in case anyone is updating
the Macworld twitter group
with keynote news.
I’m in San Francisco this week
Posted by rae in General
at 3:37 am on Tuesday, 9 January 2007
OSAF is having one of its week-long get-togethers this week.
It’s kind of a “sprint”, but not really.
After I got off the plane, I did my usual transit to downtown via BART.
While waiting for the train, who should walk down the escalator but Jeffrey!
at 3:37 am on Tuesday, 9 January 2007
