by tyler_admin | Feb 5, 2008 | Personal Life, Technology, Uncategorized
Rogers loses. Last week with my new LCD TV I picked up the Rogers HD box. Does it work? Yeah, kinda. What is it lacking? HDMI! It has component video, but that is no where near HDMI. About the only solution I have at the moment is to get a DVI<–>HDMI cable...
by tyler_admin | Jan 29, 2008 | Personal Life, Uncategorized
I am very determined to show Enbridge that they are idiots. I keep turning down the thermostat, I have spreadsheets tracking my gas usage, this is not good for me, this is not good for them. I am hoping after I make them look like real idiots I can get over this. At...
by tyler_admin | Jan 24, 2008 | Personal Life, Technology, Uncategorized
He saved Best Buy from the list. He finally rectified what should never have been a problem. I can’t understand how its possible for them to provide such poor service, when you are spending $3k on a TV. They actually seemed annoyed when I tried to apply some of...
by tyler_admin | Jan 16, 2008 | Personal Life, Politics, Uncategorized
It has been an interesting learning experience for me, in terms of freaking out over my first Enbridge bill. A few things I have learned: Enbridge reads your gas meter every two months The months in between are estimates You pay based on a Budget Billing Plan, which...
by tyler_admin | Jan 8, 2008 | Personal Life, Uncategorized
So I was never really slighted, other than by the terrible service practices, even so I feel good about pulling one over on the Chapters/Indigo/Smith Books/Coles conglomerate. As I was doing my last minute Christmas shopping I thought of a few great presents: Hockey...
by tyler_admin | Jan 7, 2008 | Coaching, Personal Life, Software
I agreed to make a website for the ski team. There was some stuff that I wanted to do with it. The first was to use some AJAX to load data. I also wanted to use a relatively clean googlesque menu system. I told them it wouldn’t cost them much. In and around the...
