Head over to Michael Gist’s site for information about a new bill that could be introduced as soon as tomorrow that will have huge impacts on peer to peer file sharing in Canada. The main bullet point is that file sharers would be fined $500 PER copyrighted file they shared.
I have a hard time believing something like this, at least in it’s current state, would get passed in Canada without any controversy.
This year, during Earth Hour, I played around with my camera and some tea lights on the floor. This photo is the result: It was printed in The Herald-Gazette from Barnesville, Georgia on March 31st, 2009. Someone at the newspaper found my photo on Flickr and sent me an email to ask permission to use…
Last night I was fortunate enough to be invited to talk with Robert Sanzalone on his live pacificIT Radio show in Japan. He’s currently living in Japan and is a technologist from the Vancouver area with his finger firmly on the pulse of everything in this Web 2.0 world. There is still something cool to…
There is a lot going on over the next little while around town and elsewhere. Here’s just a few of the events you should check out. Tonight (Sunday, January 20th for you slow feed readers) Watch Rebecca (aka Miss604) on CBC’s Test the Nation where she (and a few other locals) ‘represents’ on the Blogger’s…
I get asked multiple times a day about getting an iPhone and using it in Canada. It was always fun to help friends unlock their iPhones. Until now. Ever since the 1.1.2 firmware made it’s appearance (around build week 45 for those keeping score), there hasn’t been a working software unlock for these phones. You…
What an epic weekend! So much going on surrounding the best little conference ever, Northern Voice. As usual, I’ll try to detail my experiences with photos and video I shot: Things kicked off Thursday at Federico’s Supper Club with the somewhat controversial (due to political sponsorship) opening dinner which was a lot of fun. It…
This past weekend, Ford Canada invited me to the Fraser River Lodge in Agassiz (about an hour east of Vancouver) to get ‘back to basics’ when thinking about planning a road trip. We started out in Burnaby where we were shown our destination via an old school map. Then we got paired up and headed…