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GoDaddy And K.Rose

So I was talking to Kevin Rose (of digg, techtv, twit fame) last night, just seeing what each other have been up to for the past little bit... which was nice, being an internet bigwig has not changed him a bit. But then something haappened today, I saw the new

Taking A New Road

As per that theme song the other day, I'm going to take a new road and if all goes well, never look back! Yesterday I quit my day job to join up with a new startup company that oddly enough isn't podcast related. I'm

Theme Song For The Day

"It's All Good" - El Perro Del Mar [http://www.myspace.com/elperrodelmar], with its catchy and motivating chorus line "Its all good; take a new road and never look back"

New Years Resolutions

A little late in coming, but here are my new years resolutions for 2007 * Try something new * Try something else just for the fun of it * Drink less * Drink more (everything in moderation) * Love Shannon and Aidan just a little bit more every day

Get a full year of unlimited SkypeOut calling

Get a full year of unlimited SkypeOut calling [http://www.lifehacker.com/software/skype/get-a-full-year-of-unlimited-skypeout-calling-221560.php] : Popular Voice over IP provider Skype is bringing their free SkypeOut calling promotion [http://www.lifehacker.com/software/skype/free-calls-to-any-phone-with-skypeout-173795.php] to an end, replacing it with a one-time fee for a year of

Oakville's New Mayor

Looks like we have a new Mayor here in Oakville, the not-so-green parties Rob Burton. The "Green" party is not affiliated at all with the actual green party of Canada; they are just a group of people who do not want to see any more construction in the

Oakville Elections: Whats Taking So Long

40 minutes since the poling stations closed and so far only 4 of the 67 total polling stations have reported. I wouldn't be so upset on how long its taking them if they were actually physically counting them, but they are not. Its all done electronically (but with

PopCurrent Bookmarklet

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Andrew On Rails

I talked to Andrew Grumet [http://blog.grumet.net/] last night, as we sometimes do, to discuss our projects (what we can say about them at least) and to talk about [http://developer.podshow.com/2006/11/03/92] technology -- we should podcast these! -- anyways last nights topic

The Cult Of Rails

I'm starting to think that Ruby on Rails is a cult and quickly becoming a religion. It even has its own list of commandments like "Thou shall not write code until I have a test for it" and "Thou shall not repeat thyself" It