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Entries from May 2008

Tired and tardy

May 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Sorry for the lack of posts this week. I’ve been a busy, busy cat. I have a full slate of computer stuff for the rest of the week – today I get to go and help a customer pick out her new Mac. She’s a photographer so we get to sample all sorts of lovely, [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Computers · Day in the Life

Hurray for good tech support

May 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Just a quick note while I’m waiting to see if a fix for this computer will work …
I’d like to give ACER computers a big pat on the back for their excellent tech support. Normally I do nothing but complain about the lack of support offered by companies but Acer seems to swim against the [...]

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Tags: Technical Problems

What’s with this city and it’s odd signage?

May 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments

A couple times a week, I pass by an out-of-service escalator. It’s been out of service for about a year now so I don’t pay much attention to it – I’m used to seeing out of order escalators. A sign used to hang on the wall with an estimated repair time – which past 2 [...]

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Tags: Bad Labels · Curiosities · Day in the Life · Rants · Silly Signs · Toronto

We can be heroes

May 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Sometimes life hands you a terrible burden.
Each of us deals with it in our own fashion, often alone or, if you are lucky, with the support of a close knit family. But every once in awhile, tragedy befalls a family in a horribly public fashion. Suddenly there is no private grief.
That happened last week [...]

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Tags: Day in the Life · Good Citizen · Toronto