Oh, It’s On!
Vista 2.0.
Day 1 with the new toy
Last week I bought myself a new toy, the Canon EOS Rebel XT and so far I like it a lot. Surprisingly it’s even compatible with half of my 12-yr. old original EOS Rebel lenses (anyone want to by a great film-based EOS Rebel? I’ll sell it cheap.)
For the camera’s first day out I took [...]
Me vs. The ICBC, Round 2
This afternoon I went back the ICBC with my birth certificate, passport, Ontario driver’s license, SIN card and nice letter from my mom (trump that ICBC!) and got my brand new, printed on yellow paper, temporary BC driver’s license. I didn’t know that if you get one in one province they take away the one [...]
Me vs. The ICBC
In moving to British Columbia I learned that I have 90 days in which to get my new BC driver’s license (which makes me wonder what they’d have done to me if I took longer than 90 days? Deport me back to Ontario?) and 30 days within which to get my province-run auto insurance established. [...]
Wanted in Vancouver: Good, Reputable Mechanic
Having driven my ‘95 Jeep YJ all the way across the country (4500 Km in total) I figure I should probably take it in for an oil change and tune-up. Anyone in Vancouver have a good garage they like and recommend? Experience with Jeeps is a bonus.
A Look Back at Speech Recognition
Jay’s post (What Belongs in an OS?) about Vista’s (lack of) speech recognition support had me reminiscing about the good ol’ days of Apple speech recognition. Turns out it’s still in OS X under Speech in the System Preferences but it doesn’t seem to work any better than it ever did.
Upside: you don’t have to [...]