There are a handful of rivalries that will never be resolved… and trying to argue for or against either side is just inviting the trolls to come out from under their bridges.
Nikon vs. Canon, pirates vs. ninjas, Intel vs. AMD, Nintendo vs. Sega [never say never...], and arguably the most heated and well-known technology rivalry of all, PC vs. Mac. Continue reading
Last week, I received an email in response to a posting I applied to some 6 weeks earlier. An opening was available on a technology-related blog. I quickly submitted some writing samples and links to various postings. A few days later, I got the email: “You’re in!”
I’ll soon be posting on www.sync-blog.com!
One of my friends mused, “Watch out world… Jeremy now has a legitimate venue to tell you just how bad he thinks you and your technology really is!”
Don’t worry world. I always strive to be objective and thorough.
Plus, I’ve always got my own blog to rant and yell. 
Wow. It’s been six weeks since I posted anything, minus all the Facebook links & Twitter updates.
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Vacation, semi-unemployed… same thing?
As the summer comes to a close and some of those around me begin their preparations for back-to-school, it’s an oddly freeing yet simultaneously disconcerting feeling to not know what I’ll be doing a month from now.
While some people have questioned the prudence (and possibly sanity) of my decision to turn down my first real, full-time job offer back in June, looking back on my summer, I don’t have any regrets. How else would I have ended up on a Staples flyer for Intel?
Continuing on the Intel back-to-school marketing campaign, Staples just released this week’s flyer. While I was told that Staples had picked up the campaign, I didn’t know I’d be one of the students featured in the flyer!
One of my friends in BC was the one that told me! I then rushed to the Staples.ca site to look it up.
I’m on the back page!!! Page 16! I’ve even got my own link: www.staples.ca/jeremy/
For as long as I’ve been driving, there’s been this one on-ramp/lane that has always bugged me. It is the entrance to Black Creek from Weston Rd.
The problem is that despite being a dedicated right-turn lane onto a two-lane road, people slow down or stop. The lack of a yield sign somehow doesn’t clue them into the fact that there is no traffic in the lane.
A few days ago, I took a whole bunch of photos and yesterday, I contacted the city councillors for the two wards adjoining that problem spot.
To my surprise, I received a follow-up that same day!
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The archived video from the Intel Back-to-School webcast is now online after the jump.
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I’ve owned a lot of toys/gadgets over the years. I can’t even remember what was in my last desktop before socket 775 but despite the rapidly changing pace of technology, there is usually one common denominator: Sony.
I grew up with Sony Trinitron CRTs, Sony VAIO laptops and Sony VCRs. My first PDA was a Sony NX70V Clié bought back in 2003, which I still have! I remember lying in bed, with it resting on my chest, reading eBooks as it automatically scrolled.
I also just bought a PlayStation 3 for… $100.
That’s right… ONE HUNDRED dollars for a MINT 80GB, 1080p HDMI-outputting, Blu-Ray playing PlayStation 3 off Craigslist. [The seller is moving to Europe for a job and was selling things off.]
A few days later, I found a second-hand shop selling receivers and picked up a Sony STR-DG800 AV receiver for $200 as well as the Blu-Ray PS3 remote for $15.
Suffice it to say, Sony and I have a long, sweet history together… but this is more than a praise-filled rant for Sony.
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Two days ago, I was on a discussion panel about students & technology (specifically laptops) that was live webcast by the Globe & Mail [GlobeCampus.ca] and Intel.
Up until that point, I had not seen any of the media they had created for the event.
When I finally went on www.GlobeCampus.ca/intel/, lo and behold, there’s a video of me talking about my Sony TZ and how awesome it is. Too bad it wasn’t one of the better takes where I was being more technical… and not fishing for simpler words. :p
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… you impatient, inconsiderate driver.
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