Why I don’t back 3D Printer projects on crowdfunding sites
The trials and tribulations of crowdfunding platforms and 3D printers.
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Why I won’t be shopping at Save-On Foods anymore
Recently, I stumbled across a useful and free iPhone app that I’ve been meaning to review on this site. This post is not that review. This post is about my recent experience(s) with it at Save-On Foods, which is a local grocery store chain. As the post title implies, it doesn’t end well. First of…
BikeCam fail
You probably knew this was coming. I bought an $8 camera mount and trusted a $400 camera on it while riding on a bumpy gravel trail. Turns out that the P6000 doesn’t have any stabilization while shooting video so I should have switched back to the much lighter Zi6 camera before pressing on with my…
Fin whale hit by cruise ship
Yesterday, while hanging out with the bloggers as part of Blogathon, we heard that a cruise ship docked nearby had a hit a baby whale while at sea. Crews had discovered it that morning while docking the ship at Canada Place in Vancouver. Tyler and I headed over to check things out and got there…
Skype for iPhone released
Not in Canada, eh? Pity. Oh well, it crashes anyways: Update: Looks like the crashing is only a problem on jailbroken iPhones…updating Cydia seems to stop the crashing!
The iPhone 3G has launched in Canada…sorta
This pretty much sums it up (works best if you use Twitter): (via Sean Osteen on Flickr) Despite being in line at 4am, it still took over 4 hours for me to have a working iPhone 3G after physically getting it due to server issues. I’ll elaborate more on the phone in a future post…
Rogers iPhone Data Plans = Epic FAIL
This morning I woke up to discover that Rogers (and Fido) had released their pricing for the iPhone data/voice plans. Sent Incoming Text Text Visual Price Voice Data Messages messages Voicemail ————————————————————————- $60 / 150 minutes + unlimited 400 MB 75 Unlimited Unlimited month Evening and Weekend ————————————————————————- $75 / 300 minutes + unlimited 750…