May 2013
14 posts
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Things to do on Sunday morning - update your Nokia... →
Looking for trouble on a Sunday, I updated my trouble-prone Lumia 920 with the much-anticipated, latest Nokia firmware 1232.5962.1314.0000
Hadfield comes home to $1.37 million Rogers phone... →
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Review - Gibson J-45 the must play and must own... →
The Gibson J-45 is an iconic guitar – the classic sound of singer songwriters, rock, country and folk singers for about $2,200
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Why Nokia may fail in North America →
Fancy high-end phones will not hide the reality that Nokia’s customer service is substandard
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Nowhere Man John Lennon's not-another-love-song... →
John Lennon’s trip into his consciousness works better as studio recording than live performance due to the songs vocal harmonic complexity and layered instrumentals.
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Microsoft leaves security hole in Office 365 →
Scammers can add Calendar invitations to your Outlook file without permission – what’s the risk and how to fix it
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Things I Love About PEI - The Canton Cafe →
A Canadian Chinese restaurant dishes out great food and friendly atmosphere in downtown Charlottetown
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Complaint filed with CBC Ombudsman →
CBC Ombudsman’s office hears complaints from Canadians – will they care that CBC is censoring the news about CBC human right abuse ?
Why is CBC fighting against a free press in Canada →
Defending censorship of the press should not be CBC’s job
Complaint against press gallery goes to court →
A human rights complaint involving the P.E.I. legislative assembly’s press gallery has made its way to the courts after the defendants filed an application for a judicial review.
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Leonard Cohen Karma and Kijiji →
Leonard Cohen’s financial misfortune changed his Karma. Can it change ours?
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Tami Reller dishes out the news on Windows Blue |... →
As Microsoft readies the big Blue update for fall 2013, Windows 8 passes 100 million licenses, 700 million Windows accounts and 250 million SkyDrive accounts
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Review Gibson J-45 Custom →
Gibson revisits the classic American dreadnought with rosewood sides and back and custom trim
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CBC fights to bury story about Human Rights... →
“Aren’t we supposed to be the good guys? A fight breaks out in the CBC newsroom when reporters discover CBC management has hidden a human rights story for two years.
April 2013
19 posts
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The imagination of a 26-year-old saves Apollo 12 →
This true story will make the hair stand up on the back of your neck. When Apollo was hit by lightening, all systems in the Command Module when dead. A 26-year-old Mission Control worker used his brain to resurrect an obscure fix.
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PEI's hysterical pain-killer epidemic →
The past two weeks has seen the PEI Health Minister clutching at the pain-killer abuse story man with the local media parroting his words
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Will paywalls save the newspaper business →
Faced with sharply declining advertising revenue for both print and online newspapers, papers are trying to entice free readers to pay up for the news. It works partially: old people will pay anything to keep their news habit but young readers are already left the barn.
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PEI's Health Minister and Deputy disagree on PEI's... →
Health PEI is starting a smoke screen war on narcotics to divert public attention from closing rural hospitals – the Minister and his Deputy tell two different stories
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PEI Narcotics Regulations Attack Disabled and... →
Prince Edward Island’s plans to further restrict legal prescriptions of pain killers will harm the long-term disabled and terminally ill.
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Bob Dylan releases US Canada summer tour 2013 →
Dates just announced – Bob Dylan will be touring with Wilco in June to August during the summer of 2013
USA TODAY: George W. Bush: 'Happy to be out of...
From USA TODAY George W. Bush: ‘Happy to be out of limelight’ George W. Bush is leading a mostly subterranean life and that’s just fine with him. http://usat.ly/ZGf7Lt Get USA TODAY on your mobile device: http://www.usatoday.com/mobile-apps
10 nifty Windows 8 apps -- all free →
Need help negotiating the corporate landscape? Want to track your network usage? Just looking for a fun little time-waster? These free apps for Windows 8 can help.
Do you like Facebook Home? →
Facebook Home as the center of our world has escaped into the wild – have you tried it and what’s the verdict?
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4 Things Microsoft Can Do To Rescue Windows 8 →
The media, analysts and tech writers have hammered Microsoft about Windows 8 but most of them got it wrong
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The Windows 8 fix is Windows Phone 8 →
If Microsoft can make Windows 8 desktop work as well as Windows Phone 8 they will be out of trouble
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Stream Coachella Live Weekend One →
The popular Coachella rock, folk and indie music festival ends weekend one in Indio Ca – live stream the best including The Lumineers
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First Look: Nokia Lumia 920 Windows Phone Makes... →
The Nokia Lumia 920 is slick, easy on the eyes, fast and puts Office 365 on your phone
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I Should Have Been A Weatherperson →
My career would have taken off if I had been a weatherman in a wheelchair like Lieutenant Governor David Onley
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How to get a Gibson guitar for half price →
Buying a new guitar during a dealer promotion can double the cost. Buying an almost-new guitar on Kijiji is about half price.
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Disability Tax Credit Billion Dollar tax scam or... →
Stories in the Toronto Star and CBC imply the DTC is a $5.9 billion cash cow for the disabled – what a whopper that is
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Bob Dylan wows Buffalo on first leg of 2013 North... →
The Never Ending Tour goes on with a re-invigorated Bob Dylan who will turn 72 in May
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Ramirez 125 Anos Classical Guitar - a classic →
The Ramirez 125 Anos classical guitar sold between 2007 and 2012 and has become a sought after classic. I recently discovered a few new ones for sale.
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Wheelchair access still not fixed at PEI's biggest... →
Despite falling on my sword trying to resolve wheelchair access at the Confederation Library, CBC are now reporting the problem is not fixed
March 2013
23 posts
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Why Internet Explorer 10 is the most insecure... →
Internet Explorer 10 will not store use passwords reliably which fosters the use of simple easy to remember passwords, a boon to hackers
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Windows 8 Music App updated and inches towards... →
Only Surface and Windows Phone users will applaud the minor update to Windows 8 xbox Music
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Windows 8 Mail Calendar and People apps get... →
Windows 8 Mail Calendar and People embedded apps get refresh with many rough edges yet
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Windows 8 Blue leaks but it will not be enough →
Build 9364 of Windows 8 code-name Blue has minor tweaks of the unpopular Windows 8 Start Screen that may not fix the problem for many people
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Windows 8 Blue leaks to the internet from Poland →
A Polish website and video is leaking the first look at Microsoft Windows 8 Blue upgrade Build 9364 – the changes are mostly cosmetic
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NY Times Windows 8 app the pleasure of great... →
Daily free stories on the New York Times Windows 8 app make it one of Windows 8 best apps
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Will Windows 8 apps update be a bust? →
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Straight out of The Day After Tomorrow in Chicago →
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Only minutes away from Samsung Unpacked - Galaxy 4 →
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Windows 8 adds Adobe Flash an incremental... →
Microsoft now allows Windows 8 to display Flash content another rung in the ladder of necessary enhancements
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Remembering Canada's Stompin' Tom Connors 1936 -... →
Stompin’ Tom Connors the Canadian, working-man’s rebel dies at 77
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Why Did Microsoft Change The Rules of Social... →
Sharing pictures on Facebook, Pinterest. Google+, etc. are regular pastimes, unless you use Windows 8 which limits who can see your favorite posts.
