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  • Rolling Your Own ShortURL Service

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    Johnny Canuck
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    Today we are announcing the 2FatDads.com ShortURL service, this is the first product or service that 2FatDads has ever launched. And it is very much in pre-beta form right now. In fact this post should be the first link to actually use the service itself, and the only people who will have access to it…

  • MMOGCG: Foursquare vs Gowalla

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    Johnny Canuck
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    There is a new MMOGCG in town, and you play with your GPS enabled smartphone. What’s a MMOGCG you ask? Doesn’t everyone know about Massively Multiplayer Online Geo-Caching Games? I guess not, well let me explain then.

  • Two weeks with an LG Xenon – Part ONE

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    Schultzter
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    It’s been two weeks now that I’ve given up the ‘ol Blackberry 7130g that I picked up almost four years ago and turned on a brand spankin’ new LG GR501 Xenon that runs on Bell’s brand spankin’ new HSPA network! If you recall it was not too long ago that I was agonizing over which…

  • Three Weeks With an Android: Part ONE

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    Johnny Canuck
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    Just before Christmas, I was given the chance to test out the brand new Samsung Galaxy on Bell’s brand spanking new HSPA+ network. This was a really cool demo opportunity too.  Basically it went like this:  No Strings Attached, I get a Galaxy for my personal use, unlimited local minutes, unlimited SMS and most important…

  • Taking the Wind Out of Their Sales

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    Schultzter
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    So we’ve got telecoms suing each other over their ad claims and trying to block new entrants with lobbying. We’ve got a new entrant that has finally made it to market. And we’ve plenty of new phones and changes to plans happening here in Canada. What does it all mean? Sadly, not much!

  • Johnny Canuck’s Holiday Reading List

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    Johnny Canuck
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    So what am I reading these days? The holidays are coming up and if their is a special geek in your life, you might want to pick up copy of some of my geek favourites. If you use the links below, you’ll be taken to Amazon.CA and your purchase will help to keep The 2…

  • Google Announces Chromium OS as OpenSource

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    Johnny Canuck
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    This latest announcement from Google must have old Schultzter so excited right now. You see his two biggest Geek passions are coming together: OpenSourse OSes and Google is what can only be described as the biggest Nerd Marriage Geeky Offspring ever. I’m sure he would have posted the video himself if he wasn’t chiseling away…

  • New Revolutionary UK Folding Plug: GENIUS!

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    Johnny Canuck
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    Sure they drive on the wrong side of the road, drink warm beer and have designed their electrical system to boil a kettle in the short space of an ITV commercial break, but every once in a while some Brits create some simply outstanding simple and gorgeous products. Think about the Lotus Elise, Jamie Oliver’s…

  • 7 Minutes with Windows 7

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    Johnny Canuck
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    We do a lot of Windows bashing here at 2FatDads.com and in all fairness we usually have been given many good reasons to be so negative about the aging and flailing Microsoft OS.  We’ll been using it since the Windows 3 days and most of us are very knowledge at making it do our will.…

  • Trust Me!

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    Johnny Canuck
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    It’s not gonna have any of the problems Windows Vista had…. This time it’s going to be different… Trust me! Balmer even promises to come and personally fixes anything that goes wrong on the Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos machine. [ad name=”2fatdads_post”]