About this blog
I would not have ever though of myself as a 'blogger'.
I enjoy a number of things and believe that I have learned and grown in my experiences over the years so in the spirit of sharing, I thought a blog would be an interesting way to give my thoughts and views on all things I find interesting.
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Rogers Fraud Resulted in iPhone 5 Upgrades
Posted on December 22, 2012 | 13 CommentsOn Wednesday, the 19th of December, My wife received a receipt from the Pacific Centre Apple Store in her email at approximately 6pm. The receipt indicated that she just received a brand new iPhone 5 64GB upgrade on our son's phone number. -
Shaw Has Regained a Customer
Posted on November 25, 2012 | No CommentsIn my previous posts, I indicated that I was going to give Shaw another go for their Internet and TV services. Shaw has dramatically increased the bandwidth choices, offering a 100Mbps and 250Mbps option for their bandwidth hungry customers. -
Back with Shaw – Was this a mistake?
Posted on November 11, 2012 | 2 CommentsIn my last post, I indicated that I was going back to Shaw for my HDTV cable and Internet services. From a financial perspective, nothing else made sense as I was saving over $70/mth and the Shaw gateway digital PVR and portal services were even more advanced than the TELUS Cisco IPTV based offering. -
TELUS vs. Shaw – Two Years Later
Posted on November 4, 2012 | 1 CommentLet me just start by saying that the war is indeed on between TELUS and Shaw. If you read my previous articles on this topic, you know that I was a long time customer of Shaw cable. -
Politics and Marketing – Apple vs. Microsoft
Posted on September 10, 2012 | 1 CommentAs I mentioned in my previous blog post, my wife and I were recently on our vacation where we found ourselves at the Bellevue Shopping Centre over the past weekend. -
My First Experience with the Tesla Model S
Posted on September 10, 2012 | No CommentsMy wife and I were recently on a road trip vacation that had us visit Bellevue, Washington this past weekend. We visited the Bellevue Shopping Center and to my surprise, there was a store inside showing the new Tesla Model S sedan. -
HP Discontinues the TouchPad and Indicates Plans to Sell their PC Division
Posted on August 19, 2011 | 1 CommentHP purchased Palm and it's key asset - WebOS in 2010 and to fanfare, announced that they would be continuing the development and enhancement of the competitive platform to Apple's iOS. -
Apple Launches iPad 2 in Canada! My Experience
Posted on March 26, 2011 | No CommentsApple launched the iPad 2 on March 25th, 2011 in Canada as well as many other International locations. -
Macbook Pro Hard Drive Upgrade – My Trials and Tribulations
Posted on November 7, 2010 | 1 CommentI decided that it was time to look at upgrading my Hitachi 250GB hard drive that shipped with my Macbook Pro in 2009. The original drive, although reliable was running out of space and was a SATA2 / 5200rpm model. I wanted faster, more, better! -
Apple Store Opens in Richmond Centre – Richmond, BC, Canada
Posted on September 11, 2010 | 2 CommentsApple opened their third store location in the Greater Vancouver area today at Richmond Centre. They were giving away Apple t-shirts to the first 1,000 customers that visited the store.