I am a HUGE Heroes fan. From the very first episode, I knew it was going to be my favourite TV show (replacing a floundering Lost quite easily). Any TV that is worth watching is recorded on our Rogers PVR in HD, shows that are just on and we happen to “watch” are on the [...]

For the past 6 weeks I’ve been suffering with lower back pain. This is not the first time my back has bothered me, but it is the most severe. I am not sure what exactly caused the problem, but the first sign of pain I can remember was after 3 days of intense debugging on [...]

Prior to every Toronto Perl Mongers a group of us meet prior to the meeting for dinner and warm up beers. We generally pick somewhere close to the meeting location, and a time that most people can make it, and still have time to enjoy their meal. Last night it was agreed that we should meet [...]

Recently Rogers updated the firmware of the Scientific Atlantic HD PVR they sell to their customers. While the updates are greatly appreciated. I can now start watching a program it’s recording from the beginning not where it’s currently playing live, and when the show ends, the playback no longer stops. Some other annoying features still [...]

Autoshow Hosted on Zooomr This week the Toronto Autoshow is taking place at the Convention Centre and Rogers Centre providing plenty of photographic opportunities. With a mountain of unused overtime hours and a desire for some new subjects, Trush and I took the day, and went on a photowalk. I was quite surprised at the number of [...]

Rogers Cable and Global. Of course there’s the general complaint of not getting the American commercials during the Superbowl due to your organization thinking that by forcing Canadian Content commercials on us we’re going to buy Canadian. My actual complaint is to do with the number of Rogers commercials that are being run during the Superbowl. In [...]

While checking out applegeeks to see if this sketch was going to be coloured (not so far), I came across this example of corporate customer service at its best. The story made digg, which brought it even more attention (5206 diggs at the time of this writing). While the final outcome was favourable, there is [...]

Wishing everyone all the best in 2007. And to the local ABC affiliate: We watch ABC to see Dick Clark and the ball drop in Times Square in New York City. Not some unknown news anchor, with an imitation ball, in Buffalo.

For Christmas I received a Magic Bullet, and the first thought of testing it was to make Strawberry Daiquiris. This plan was hampered by a lack of rum in our house, and at the liquor store. Who would have thought there’d be a rush on rum on New Years Eve? Next test idea, salsa. The plan [...]

This morning while getting ready to head to the local mall. Linda was brushing Megan’s hair and noticed red spots. Quick body search revealed more spots with blisters. First thought, Chicken Pox. Linda took her immediately to the local clinic to confirm. Immediately put in an isolated room, and 2 hours later confirmed. Megan has Chicken [...]