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Things You Can Do When You Have Your Laptop But No Internet Access

Went to our family cottage at Katepwa Lake last night, one of the few places left on earth that doesn't have Internet connectivity apparently. I did have my laptop so after Pace went down for the night, here are some things I was able to do (or at least thought about doing)…– I've mentioned that […]

Posted 09 September 2007 § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (4) °

Friday Fun Link – Does Internet Filtering Work? (June 22, 2007)

In keeping with the topic of the day over at my other most favourite site on the Internet, LibrarianActivist, here’s a report on internet filtering from the National Coalition Against Censorship which is admittedly, a bit dated, having been produced in 2001. But it gives an excellent overview of many of the issues and problems […]

Posted 22 June 2007 § Canada § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Internet § Library § LibrarySchool § List § Main Page § Politics ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

Extended Warranties

Have you ever had the experience of going into an electronics store and having a salesperson try to hard sell you an extended warranty before you've even committed to actually buying a product?  There's a mixed view on these warranties which are licenses to print money for the electronics retailers – some people say you […]

Posted 03 June 2007 § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °