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Two nights ago I watched Margin Call, a film loosely based on the financial collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008. To me, the most gripping part of the entire film was when Will Emerson (Paul Bettany) and Eric Dale (Stanley Tucci) are sitting on the steps outside Dale’s house. Part of their conversation goes like [...]

Amazon says: There are two types of companies: those that work hard to charge customers more, and those that work hard to charge customers less. Both approaches can work. We are firmly in the second camp. Translation: Screw you, Apple.

I bought Carly an iPad 2 for her birthday. While she’s out delivering the best macarons I’ve ever eaten, sometimes she really needs to send an email, find a phone number, tweet something or look up a map to somewhere. I thought the larger form factor would be perfect for her, and the data plans [...]

I recently met with a realtor friend of mine here in the Langley area as I’ve been thinking about purchasing an investment property near to where my wife and I currently live. My friend recommended some houses close by built by a company called Castleview Homes. Given that I like to do my research, I [...]

I’m sure I could write this post as a set of diary entries. If only I could narrate it, and my voice was as cool as Rorschach. Without further ado – here is my entire iPhone upgrade saga via Rogers. The good, bad and ugly alike. It’s worth noting that my reason for trying to [...]

I wanted to write to you to share my growing concern over the excessively expensive price plans provided by Rogers to their cellular customers. This is something I’ve been upset (even angry) about for a number of months, but the recent release of the iPhone plans has pushed me to the point where I have [...]

I got a good laugh yesterday at the Amazon reviews page for the Denon Ultra Premium Link Cable (aka – 1.5 meter CAT5) – selling for the MSRP of $499. That’s right, $499. If you need something to laugh at on this rather grey-looking Tuesday, I highly recommend the amazingly insightful reviews over at Amazon, [...]