After years of long hours and hard work, the payoff has finally arrived. Yesterday, I walked across the stage, not once but twice, to receive my degrees. My main degree was the BSc Computer Science with Coop and my second degree was a BA Economics. I believe having both degrees will be very beneficial in my future careers as I will be able to see problems from more than one perspective. Congratulations to all the other grads and now good luck in finding jobs.
Yearly Archives: 2009
20 Bizarre Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Toys
Hmm, after looking at this site with bizarre TMNT toys I see that I actually had a few of these. Seems strange now but those were some awesome action figures… Actually, I am pretty sure I still have them somewhere….
The site focused on the far more bizarre and obscure of the TMNT toys released anywhere from 1988 till about 1991.
Virgin Launches BlackBerry Pearl Flip
As I had predicted by the product page being up on the weekend, Virgin Mobile Canada launches the new BlackBerry Pearl Flip. The pricing on the new phone is very competitive and beats out the big players in Canada. Virgin Mobile has it priced at $0 / 3 year … $299 / 2 year … $349 / 1 year … and $399 / no contract.  Comparing that to Telus puts the pricing all $50 cheaper (Telus would have the upper hand in terms of plans though… Smartphone Combo!). The Flip comes with newer software than whats is on the Curve or Pearl thus making the phone a little bit more attractive. Unfortunately, Virgin isn’t throwing in an 8gb card with this phone like they did with the Pearl and Curve at launch (probably reducing costs).  Overall though, for a $0 smart phone this is a great device, fully capable of much more than people will give it credit for.
Virgin Mobile Canada Set To Launch BlackBerry Pearl Flip
I have been snooping on the Virgin Mobile Canada site and just stumbled across this page. At first glance it appears to be nothing… but closer examination of the title bar will reveal all with “BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230”.  Right now there is no indication of a release date but the fact that its on their webpage suggests it should be soon.
Bell Mobility aquires Virgin Mobile Canada
Bell Mobility (TSE: BCE) acquired 100% of Virgin Mobile Canada on May 7th, for a cost of $142 million CAD. Bell, who already controlled 50% of the company, was purchasing the remaining 50% of the company controlled by Virgin Group. Virgin Mobile Canada will continue to operate independently and maintain the Virgin branding. Virgin Mobile was created in 2004 by an equal partnership between Virgin Group and Bell Mobility. Virgin Mobile has been successful at targeting the youth market with its prepaid phones and more recently with its monthly plans.
Blackberry App World Goes Live
One day into the new BlackBerry App World and I am liking it. I have been able to download a lot of new apps and really enjoy the ease of downloading. I have only downloaded free apps so far but in the future the pay apps seem like a very good option for me. I was really impressed to see Shazam for BlackBerry. Its cool stuff being able to walk around a mall and for my Storm to tell me what song is playing. Overall I would recommend the App World to anyone with a compatible BlackBerry.
Anddddddd your keyboard is now Daft Punk
I saw this site on diggnation and thought it was awesome.  There is a flash application that allows you to be a DJ and custom mix the Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger song… very cool indeed. Nick this Daft Punk link is for you since I know you will like it but you might also enjoy this youtube video as well.
Top 10 Things That Annoy Programmers
Programmers all have their pet peeves e.g annoyances. Whether it’s scope creep, Hungarian notation, or smelly coworkers, we’ve come to accept that there are certain nuisances that come with our line of work. The following is a list of the top 10 things that annoy programmers.
70 New, Useful AJAX And JavaScript Techniques
I just read through a great site on some new(er) techniques for web design. I have been out of the loop recently in regards to all this Web 2.0 stuff so I found this to be informative and useful. The article presents 70 JavaScript and AJAX techniques, all of which are of the highest quality and are more or less easy to configure. I may very well find some of them useful enough to include in my future projects. Definitely a great resource.