Oh Google, WTF?
I have to do research for school. I’ve been told many a time don’t use Google. Now Google is giving me a reason to be pissed off. When the search results come back with PDF files – I don’t get to see...
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ING Direct: “Planned temporary outage for maintenance”
I don’t think it’s a great idea to blog about my finances but this one surprised me so much I’ll share this personal piece of info with the internet: on the 29th of January this year I had an ING...
View ArticleSave your money? Impossible.
A set of circumstances have left me with a lot of time on my hands. I’ve spent some of several days reading back posts on Garth Turner’s blog. He got kicked out of the conservative party so probably...
View ArticleHow not to get a new user
As part of an exercise in a course I was taking I was required (or at least strongly encouraged) to create a Twitter account and learn to use it. I figured why not, might as well see what it’s about,...
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DIY motorcycle rack
I was planning to go on a long trip on my bike, and I needed to bring luggage. The trip was long enough and I needed enough stuff that putting it all in a backpack wasn’t doable. I shopped around for...
View ArticleWireless security.. right
For quite a few years I resisted the temptation of setting up a wireless network at home. Story after story suggested that WiFi is a crappy, unstable, and awfully insecure set of technologies. Finally...
View ArticleHow to spend your vacation properly
I don’t think I’ve ever had a summer as successful as this one in terms of vacations. I went to Newfoundland and back on my motorcycle, and I went on a 5-day canoe trip in Killarney. Now what could I...
View ArticleWhen they know too much about you
I’ve gone on my honeymoon to Peru a couple of weeks ago and now that I’m back I’m going through my email. I have a spam filter but sometimes things go through it, especially if it’s something unusual....
View ArticleLearning french
I always thought I’m pretty good at learning languages. After all I lived in 4 countries and at some point in my life spoke fluent russian, two versions of romanian, and english. But I’ve been trying...
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DPS924 Part8: WTF Retarded Android action bar
This should be the only post in the series that won’t be marked “Safe for Seneca”. It cannot be, because I am angry, very very angry, and that will result in all kinds of colourful language. What the...
View ArticleYour password is too… hard to break
I figured at some point after heartbleed (after sites had time to get themselves patched) I should change all my passwords for valuable services. I’m doing that now and I was shocked by a couple where...
View ArticleHow to get a tourist visa to travel to Russia from Canada
I’m going to Moscow in a couple of months, and we bought the tickets a while ago. More recently I’ve randomly discovered that I need a visa to travel to Russia. I’m glad I know people who know these...
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Awesome troubleshooting guide from a past age
I don’t think I need add anything to this comedic manual page from my sewing machine: Too bad it doesn’t have an entry for the actual problem – missing bobbin case.. but maybe I can guess.. replace...
View ArticleBeaumark 2300, 3100, and 3300 sewing machine manual
This sewing machine came with the house I bought, and it came with a manual. But it’s missing the bobbin case. I couldn’t find any information about it, not who made it, not where to get parts,...
View ArticleMonitor linux server memory/filesystems and email/reboot when low
I was looking for a script like this and for some reason was unable to find one. I’m sure every sysadmin has something like this, but maybe not. It’s helpful for cases when you have only one server...
View ArticleCan we stop with the benevolent bullshit please?
There are licence agreements, disclaimers, waivers, and other such crap that exists because there are lawyers, who later become judges. I get that and I don’t know of a solution for it, that’s not what...
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Your government is not better than any other
I usually cringe and avoid the people who (primarily out of ignorance) talk about how bad communism was, how crazy governments in south america are, how terrible it must be to live in China. I don’t...
View ArticleWalmart Photo shamelessly ripped me off
Short version: Walmart Photo took my money, did not print the photos I asked for, and flat-out refused to either give me back my money or print the missing photos. Long version: I went on an awesome,...
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Mass hysteria
Finally, I have something serious to complain about. I don’t remember the last time it was so blindingly obvious that the world is completely filled with idiots. There’s a thing going around the world...
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