It was a little uplifting and gave me a bit of nose-thumb-moment to Microsoft when Apple’s value surpassed theirs late last week. Call me a fanboy if you want, but I happen to like most of what Apple does and feel a sense of pride in them doing it so well. (I wish I had [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Apple Market Share and Value
Posted: 31st May 2010 by tcg in Apple, computers, WindowsTags: Apple, market value, microsoft
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WeatherEye: A better Weather App
Posted: 28th May 2010 by tcg in Apple, apps, iphoneTags: App, iphone, weather
Weather. As Canadians we seem to be obsessed with it. We talk about it when there is nothing else to say, to break the ice so to speak “Cold/hot/wet enough for you?” but also we talk about it because we want to. Its a strange thing, it’s like we are a nation of old people [...]
A while back I made an offhand comment to a coworker and old friend about bobble-heads. It was after seeing Dwight’s on The Office. We searched around on the web and found places where you could have custom bobble-heads made from photos you send in. You could also get them to hold an iPhone which [...]
Ginger. A life remembered
Posted: 17th May 2010 by tcg in UncategorizedTags: backyard chickens, pets, rainbow bridge
Our favorite chicken died. We love all our chickens, but she was special, for one, she was MY chicken and she was too young to go. Her name was Ginger, a Rhode Island Red, and she was one of the first chickens we got, just over two years ago, but she became part of the [...]
Bell, you suck.
Posted: 13th May 2010 by tcg in hardware, technologyTags: bell, customer service, unplugged, wireless internet
Late last week we discovered our internet speed was dwindling, but that only lasted a day since the very next day it was totally non-existent. We’ve had outages before, its the nature of the world and part of running a business that relies so heavily on technology and the internet is the knowledge that you [...]