Author Archives: Chris

Is Saskatoon the next tech mecca?

July 12, 2008 – 8:03 pm

When I moved to Saskatoon in 2004, I was newly married, and just starting to embrace my inner geek. Since I couldn’t legally work anywhere but the church I was serving at part time, I had a lot of free time on my hands, and decided to do something productive once my lessons were done. [...]

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Dropbox Review, and Invite Offer

July 7, 2008 – 10:26 am

Dropbox is a new online back-up and syncing application that has created a lot of buzz recently, with people clamoring to get a beta invitation. Luckily, I got my beta invitation yesterday, and was pleasantly surprised. OK, so i was shocked, because this was my first beta invite for a service that was getting so [...]

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Link: SEO Tidbits

July 4, 2008 – 1:27 pm

I recently wrote an article on Search Engine Optimization for our monthly newsletter, “The Point.” It was published today, and I am quite proud since it is my first published article.  It isn’t anything too complicated, and is meant as a beginners guide to SEO for real estate agents, but is aplicable to anyone looking [...]

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2008 NFL Pre-Preseason Predictions

June 13, 2008 – 8:39 pm

Last year, I wanted to post my preseason predictions at least twice before the season, but the way I did it was so time consuming that I only got to do it once, so this year, I am changing it up a bit, and will be able to post at least 2 rounds of predictions. [...]

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Blog Redesigned

June 8, 2008 – 1:10 pm

As you can see, I have finished the redesign of my blog, so it now matches my website.
If you find any bugs, please let me know (email me using the form below, and be specific)!

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Site Redesign

June 7, 2008 – 10:20 pm

If you haven’t noticed, I redesign this website/blog quite often.  Normally, it is because I find something about the design that irritates me, and rather than fixing it, I start over.  That said, over the past few days I have been working on a redesign for my portfolio, and will, at some point this week, [...]

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Barack Obama clinches the Democratic Nomination

June 4, 2008 – 10:29 am

After a hard fought battle with a worthy opponent in Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama has earned enough delegates to clinch the Democratic Nomination for the Presidency of the United States.  You can watch his acceptance speech below.

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Firefox 3 Download Day 2008

May 28, 2008 – 7:42 pm

Firefox 3 will be out soon, and the Firefox team wants to set a Guinness World Record for most downloads in a 24 hour period.  In order to do this, they have a pledge map on the Spread Firefox page in order to track the people who have already pledged to download Firefox 3 on [...]

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Canada wants to check your iPods when you come for a visit

May 28, 2008 – 2:05 pm

In a recent article on canada.com, the Canadian government has announced that they are working on a law that will allow them to check your MP3 players for illegal material.  To me, this is ignorant, do they know how long people are going to have to wait in line for the guards to check a [...]

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Thank God I have never worked at Wal-Mart

May 27, 2008 – 6:53 pm

If you have not already heard, Walmart has decided to take $470,000 from Debbie Shank, a 52 year old mother of three (One of her sons recently died in Iraq), who was involved in a terrible car accident crippling her short term memory, leaving her in a wheelchair, and in a nursing home.
Because of the [...]

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