Author: Johnny Canuck
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DadCast 18 – Season 3 The PodCamp Montreal PreShow
Nearly Live From The Wendyhouse Studios of Valois Bay… As we start packing our laptop bags for this weekends’ PodCamp Montreal, we thought we’d put together a special 2FatDads introspective / retrospective from all of the chaos that happens before we start the show. This is most definitely not a how-to white paper on podcasting…
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Arthur C Clarke Predicts the Internets and Teleworking back in 1964
Arthur C Clarke Predicts the Internets & Telework back in 1964
I never knew » Blog Archive » Arthur C Clarke predicting the future in 1964 Arthur C Clarke Predicts the Internets and Teleworking back in 1964 It’s rather eerie how right he actually was.
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The Galaxy Tab Might Actually Be Alright
Samsung brings seven-inch Galaxy to tablet fight | 9 to 5 Mac Samsung brings seven-inch Galaxy to tablet fight | Apple Intelligence: “” I’m going to go out on a limb and say that this things actually looks pretty cool and at least it has a built in camera for Skype calls. Not sure if…
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Canada avoids broadband duopolies, keeps line-sharing alive
Canada avoids broadband duopolies, keeps line-sharing alive: “‘Requiring these companies to provide access to their networks will lead to more opportunities for competition in retail Internet services and better serve consumers,’ declared the CRTC’s Chair Konrad von Finckenstein” Although the last couple of CRTC rulings have been quite good for the little guys and the…
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The Leo Laporte Clause
Apple to Provide Live Video Streaming of September 1 Event: “Any reproduction or distribution is strictly prohibited without prior written approval from Apple. Please contact Apple Public Relations with any questions.” This one line will forever be known as the Leo Laporte clause. Leo Laporte Live blogging… Joshua Topolsky As live as possible. Leo Laporte…
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Our Friend Adi Time Travels To Warn RIM About the Torch
TELUS puts up BlackBerry Torch “Coming Soon” page | MobileSyrup.com: “Hi RIM, i’m a time traveller from the past. I came here from the year 2007 and i noticed that your technology is at the same level it was back in 2007 but you’re selling it at the same price as your competitors 2010 devices.…
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YouTube Launches Movies, But For Who?
When I look at the selection made on the home page for the new movie service, I ask myself who the exactly is this intended for? Jackie Chan imports, T&A B-movies, Bollywood stuff and Teen Slashers. Really? Who picked these? A bunch of Google Engineers high on Mountain Dew and Twinkies or creepy Eric Schmidt.…
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Metropolis Now Fully Restored Opens In London
Fritz Lang’s Metropolis was required viewing for my Communications class in University and while others slipped out the back I sat through it with a 16 OZ cup of something very dark from the Second Cup on St-Denis and was blown away this classic Sci-Fi masterpiece. Visually it is was so compelling to watch that…
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Fat-Fingered Sumo Wrestlers Given iPads
BBC News – Fat-fingered sumo wrestlers given iPads: “Fat-fingered sumo wrestlers, unable to tap the keys on a standard mobile phone, are being given iPads to help improve communication.” Quite Possibly the best headline I have read this morning. Thank you Auntie Beeb.
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Skim Boarding at Kinney Shores, ME
This year Steph (@Mononque) and I decided to take our family vacations together and head down to the beach in America’s Vacation Land of Maine and like all good Quebecers we ended up very close to Old Orchard Beach on a very cool strip of sand called Kinney Shores. We had awesome weather and spent…