From the monthly archives:

July 2006

You and Burton Cummings, together again

by Mathew on July 25, 2006 · 0 comments

I don’t usually do this sort of thing, and Elliot Noss of Tucows assures me that he doesn’t either, but the Toronto-based domain registrar supremo sent me a link to an eBay auction that some readers — particularly fans of the Guess Who — might be interested in. The item up for bids consists of [...]

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Power to the people, man…

by Mathew on July 24, 2006 · 2 comments

There’s a downside to having the centre of the technology world in a place like Silicon Valley, and that is the need for vast quantities of air-conditioning (not just for the computers, but for the people too). The culprit behind the latest MySpace-crippling power outage in California isn’t clear yet, but power consumption of all [...]

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I’ve been out of commission for a week or so, due to a death in the family, so I’ve missed some of the hot topics rolling around the blogosphere lately — please forgive me if any of these micro catch-up posts seem less than topical :-) Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom — otherwise known as [...]

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Taking a break from blogging

by Mathew on July 16, 2006 · 10 comments

Posting will likely be sparse over the next week or so. I wish I could say that it’s because I’m going on vacation, but it isn’t. My father-in-law just passed away, after a short but fierce battle with a very aggressive form of cancer — a little over two weeks from diagnosis to the end. [...]

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Does this blog come with a face-mask?

by Mathew on July 14, 2006 · 1 comment

Okay, let’s admit it — what’s the first thing you think of when you picture a hockey fan? I’m betting the word “blog” isn’t high on the list, and I’ll bet that MySpace.com or “social networking” isn’t in the top 10 either. For most of the hockey fans I know, social networking consists of finding [...]

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