Category: Editorial
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An open (rant) letter to Canadian banks
Right after my daughter was born we opened an RESP for her, a family RESP as we were planning to have more children. We opened it at TD Canada Trust because the MER on their e-Series funds is practically non-existent. And all was good (well almost, read Mike Holman’s blog or his book for details…
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Backyard Rink – Year 2
Well it’s that time of the year, where people are either extremely happy that the snow is here or sad and depressed because it means it’s cold and we are going to be stuck indoors for the next 3-4 months. I’m in the first group: it’s not that I downhill ski (I don’t), it’s not…
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Coming Soon… RBC® Mobile Banking Apps for iPhone® and BlackBerry® Smartphones – RBC Royal Bank
I heard about this over at Mobile Syrup: Coming Soon… RBC® Mobile Banking Apps for iPhone® and BlackBerry® Smartphones – RBC Royal Bank I’m an RBC customer with multiple products but I have neither an iPhone nor a Blackberry (nor an Android or any other smartphone). I do have a simple phone with a good…
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Last flight to the Stars.
Two noteworthy contributors to Science Fiction Films have passed away during the weekend. Do you know who Irvin Kershner is? No, then you are one of the following: you populate the age range between 0-18, have lived as a hermit since 1980 or consider yourself so counter-cultured that force is nothing more than a physics…
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Outlook for Mac 2011: Forget About Exchange Rules Sync
Office 2011: Outlook FAQ | Office | Macworld: “Does Outlook for Mac 2011 allow you to manipulate Exchange server-side rules, as the Windows version does? No.” Want Proof…
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Live DadCasts and Lessons Learnt
So last Monday night we held our first live DadCast in Montreal’s trendy Mesa 14 restaurant with Montreal systems biologist, photoblogger and awesome Dad André Nantel; let me just say that we had a blast… André is a great guy to talk too with so many awesome stories, and not just geeky ones either although…
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Black Friday: Stay Home and Watch TV!
Shoebox » Chuck & Beans: Please just stay at home and watch some TV today, you really have no reason to rush down to Crapmart and Big Boxes and witness all that carnege.
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Money for Nothing and Your Cheques for Free
My most sincere apologies to Dire Straits and their fans, please join me in seeing the humour in the title rather than suing us. Thanks! And sincere apologies to my readers as well: unfortunately I don’t know any legal way to get money for nothing – even someone has to buy your lotter ticket. Getting…
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Adobe Going Public with its Audition for Mac Beta
Adobe offers public beta of Audition for Mac: Adobe has introduced a public beta of Audition for Mac, its professional audio toolset for recording, mixing, editing and mastering. You can join the free public beta for Audition for Mac here. As I mentioned in my last post: iLife 11 • Garageband: The Podcaster’s Crippleware, Adobe…