Archive for July, 2006

Net Neutrality - Help Explained by Jon Stewart of The Daily Show

Posted in General by Cujo
July 13th, 2006 - 1:13 PM

For those of you who don’t know, the US Congress is trying to pass a bill on Net Neutrality which will allow the US Telcos and other providers to charge premium fees for access to certain sections of the Internet.Ã? For example they can cut off Google or Yahoo and to be able to [...]

Big Wheel and the Spokes - CD Release

Posted in Music by Cujo
July 12th, 2006 - 11:12 PM

This Friday Big Wheel and the Spokes will be officially releasing their debut CD Barley Soup for the Funky Ass Soul at Loplops Lounge after their set at the Second Stage.
Sure you may think they are calm and quiet fellows but as the picture here shows you need to be careful with your cell phone [...]

Blogelation - The Initial Event Thank Yous

Posted in Business, Geek, Music by Cujo
July 12th, 2006 - 12:12 PM

Well blogelation is due to be truly born tomorrow at 5 PM when the first bloggers start attending the Second Stage. There’s some loose ends that Craig and I are currently fine tuning in order to get the word out there that there actually is someone else getting the word out there.
Before this though [...]

Great Canadian TV… Seriously

Posted in General by Cujo
July 10th, 2006 - 11:10 PM

Jes and I were channel surfing tonight and we weren’t really finding anything worth watching.Ã? We then stopped on CBC as what was on the screen caught our eye.Ã? The show quickly had us hooked and we were there for the next thirty minutes.
In what has to be one of the funniest off [...]

Good Bye To Davey

Posted in General by Cujo
July 10th, 2006 - 5:10 PM

Back a few months ago (mid April I’m thinking) I stated how I was moving positions at the job I wasn’t too fond of and then I’ve been quiet ever since as I went on a couple of rants on why I didn’t like it etc and realized I should be happy to just have [...]

Blogelation Is Born

Posted in Business, Geek, Music by Cujo
July 9th, 2006 - 12:9 PM

The idea started Thursday and the site is completed today. Not a bad turn around for a quick idea site for an event less than a week away.
blogelation is a very simple idea that Craig and I had as a way to provide more coverage for the local music scene here in town. [...]

A Real Man

Posted in General by Cujo
July 9th, 2006 - 2:9 AM

A wise person once said you’re not a real man until you put up a fence, plant a tree and fix a toilet.Ã? I’m not exactly sure who this person was but I’ll agree with them.
After about a six week love hate relationship the fence is nearing completion, no I did not do it [...]

Fireworks Go Boom

Posted in Photography by Cujo
July 5th, 2006 - 12:5 AM

Well for those of us in North America we probably know that today was the 4th of July denoting the US’ birthday. Being located in a proud border city with Americans who routinely outdo us on fireworks we decided to head on down to the waterfront to see the show. This was my [...]

Nickles and Dimes

Posted in I Rant, Movies by Cujo
July 4th, 2006 - 9:4 PM

On Monday Jes and I went to the movies for the first time in a couple of months to check out Superman Returns. As we were using the quick ticket terminal thing (what are those things called?) we realized that the price seemed to have gone up per person. No big deal really [...]

Sunset Switch

Posted in Photography by Cujo
July 4th, 2006 - 12:4 AM

With some major help from blinking8s the problem with the sunset pictures have been solved and we should be good to go from now on.
The before picture.

The after picture more closely to how it was shot.

Going through the process I was also informed that images will appear slightly different on Mac monitors compared to Windows [...]