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  • BlackBerry: Get with the program it’s 2009

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    Johnny Canuck
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    To be filed under WTF?!?! I was doing a little research for a post I’m writing on the BlackBerry Storm and I just had to call out BlackBerry for being complete Knobs and still requiring a user to access any of their pages with IE 5.5 or better. As a web developer, this really pisses…

  • Backups, redux

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    Schultzter
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    Following on my trials and tribulations of getting backup routine going for my NAS, I’m pleased to announce I’m more-or-less there!

  • The Reality of Cloth Diapers

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    Johnny Canuck
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    I know this is a little off track for the Technical angle we usually take on this blog but it follows suit on my own post on the Inconvenience of Saving our Planet that I wrote about last week. A inside joke here at 2 Fat Dads.com is we’re doing it for the diapers, any…

  • Panic Sale!

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    Johnny Canuck
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    If you own a Mac and code and have ever heard of any of these apps then your just not trying hard enough. I love, use, and endorse all three development tools: Transmit for FTP, Coda for coding, and Candybar for eye candy and Icons. Well for the next three days they’re having a big…

  • The Inconvenience of Saving our Planet

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    Johnny Canuck
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    Now I will be the first to admit that I’m no saint when it comes to my own environmental issues. I do own a snow blower and drive 6 KM to work; I also suffer from a bad back and like to smell nice for my clients and colleagues. That said Schultzter’s recent post about…

  • We’re 2 Fat Dads and We’re Geeks TOO!

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    Johnny Canuck
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    Local Montreal Techie Hottie Shira Lazar is behind this awesome “I am Canadian” spoof about being a geek. And YUP! we here at 2 Fat Dads qualify as 100% Prime Geek! Great Video Shira! [ad name=”2fatdads_post”]

  • PaaS for the hobbyist

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    Schultzter
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    Now that we’ve all gotten over our infatuation with SaaS (back from Wikipedia yet? Ok, let’s move on) it’s time to talk about PaaS (off to Wikipedia again aren’t you?!). Platform as a Service is a great idea. Back in the good ‘ol daystm®© we used to share our time on the mainframe provided by…

  • Google moves towards evil?! Part 2

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    Schultzter
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    In my on-going quest to validate Google’s Do no evil slogan I have more evidence that Google is becoming evil (or Microsoft is becoming good, but considering IE8 I doubt it)

  • Birdhouse for your Soul Twitter

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    Johnny Canuck
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    Birdhouse – a notepad for Twitter Apart from the obvious “They Might Be Giants” reference in the name, this is actually a very awesome Twitter tools. I can see it being big with iPod Touch users as well as anyone who has ever had to put up with crappy EDGE service in the states and…

  • No income, no trust

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    Schultzter
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    Like most Canadians my wife and I have RRSP’s and an RESP for the kids. And like most Canadians I’m not a guru, wiz-kid, or a day-trader. I make my contributions every pay cheque and put the money in some boring fund or blue-chip company and wait for retirement to come along (the sooner the…