K’s Weblog

When I checked into the hotel tonight, I fired up my macbook on the provided (hardwired! gah!) Internet connection and went about my evening routine (blogs, pocasts, email, twitter… you know the deal).  When I popped open my iTunes to crank on some tunes something came to my attention:  There was a remote library showing [...]

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I did this post up on the GGP blog a few minutes ago, but I wanted to pass it along to everyone here too in case (gasp!) you’re not a GGP subscriber [rss].  A guy put together a six-node render farm using nothing but raw components and a special diy case using… wait for it… [...]

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This week CityTV was cited by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council for failing to uphold the copyright of a man who published photos on Flickr under a Creative Commons license.  Though the ruling doesn’t actually compel CityTV to atone for their actions by crediting the photographer (Joel Charlebois, aka uwajedi).
When CityTV arrived on the scene [...]

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This week’s episode of the GGP was so jam-packed with geeky goodness, Dave had to split the show into two chunks.  You can find both Chunk A and Chunk B on the GGP blog.
To help keep the show length reasonable, the Mac Lab report for this show is a quick one.  The inspiration comes from [...]

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This Saturday marks a major milestone for the city of Vancouver.  Well, perhaps not for the city, but definitely for the mac-geeks in the region.  This Saturday is the long-awaited opening of an Apple store west of Toronto.

Photo Credit: xtianyves on Flickr
I’m not the only excited local blogger.  See some posts today from DuaneStory and [...]

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On my recent trip to Boston I had a day all to myself thanks to my lovely wife being stuck in a conference (which was the catalyst for the trip in the first place).  I took the opportunity to do a bit of a Geek’s Tour of the area, some of which I’ve already blogged [...]

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Recently I had the experience of changing the battery on a [second-generation iPod mini -- link it somewhere].  This isn’t a difficult task in and of itself and though it may scratch the unit is something which can give you a renewed music-listening experience for a fraction of the cost of getting a “professional” to [...]

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After a lengthy Beta cycle, Mozilla has made available the first Release Candidate for Firefox 3.  I’ve been on the beta for several months now, and with the RC1 release we can be reasonably certain to see a full release of Firefox 3 before the summer is out.
Download FF3Rc1 today!
Image Credit: nitot on Flickr

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At what point did I become completely dependent on my technology?  I mean, I can remember a time when I didn’t carry  a cell phone.  Sure my life was simpler back then, but even doing some simple tasks today seems all to difficult without the phone.
As these devices have made their way into our lives, [...]

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As I promised in last night’s post, I’m using Boston’s free Wi-Fi network to drop a quick email to the Mayors of both Burnaby and Vancouver.  The gist: Free Wi-Fi in urban centres is a great thing.  I decided to include a copy of the email on the blog for anyone who might be interested.
Good [...]

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