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Odd Fellows building moved!

A lot of people thought this odd building was going to crumble when they tried to move it today! But … it didn’t crumble at all! Instead it moved just like they had planned it to, well one foot anyway! See it for yourself, watch carefully! and Day 2 is more exciting to watch! and [...]

Flickr – share your photos

I’ve just found a cool site which let’s you share 20MB of photos a month. It’s being provided by a website called Flickr. Please click this link to see our flickr site. Why don’t you create your own free profile and share your own photos? 

A special veteran’s day

I wasn’t thinking too much about today being veteran’s day except that the mail wasn’t delivered and that Ian had the day off (being a government employee). Until I picked up Scott from school.  He came out looking sad as if he had been crying a little.  He got in the car and I immediately [...]

When car alarms go bad!

My work gave me the chance to visit Washington DC for a VOIP conference recently, but upon my return I was stung with an alarm problem! I parked with Diamond Parking (which offer a free car wash when you leave). This always seems like a great idea since a parked car soon collects everything that’s [...]

Happy Halloween

Another year, another pile of makeup, wigs and costumes. This year brings some new ideas though! Since I had already shaved my head to raise money for the "Feed the Children" charity, I thought this years costome would somehow monopolize upon my baldness!So late last night I shaved my head yet again, I think for [...]

Socialised Health Care

Personally I think it’s a disgrace and an injustice to the 45+ million Americans who are unable to afford health care. In 2003 there were 8.4 million American children uninsured!! The National Coalition on Health Care reported that in 2003 27 million working americans could not afford health care benefits as their employer couldn’t afford [...]

Shaved!

With a pledge of over $300 dollars, I shaved my head. Many thanks go to those who have pledged and a thanks to HeadShaver.org for helping me know the ‘correct’ way to shave. I can’t believe how long it took me to shave the stubble off left over by the clippers. 30 minutes later, but [...]

Want me to shave my head?

Now is your chance to see what I look like with no hair !!! I will shave my head to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The money will go to the Feed the Children charity. Please click on the link below to pledge.  Shave my head !  Thank you

VOIP (Voice over the internet) basically

Asterisk has given us the ability to provide a low cost solution to calls. For example, We can call the UK for 1.3 cents per minute (using IAX with VoipJet) via asterisk (linux PBX). VoipJet also charge 1.3 cents for local calls to anywhere in the USA (billed in 6 second increments). I purchased a [...]

Boycott Internet Explorer.

slashdot is running a story about a journalist who usually supports Windows products, yet for the new version of their Internet Explorer 7, he is suggesting people boycott the application. He goes on to say, ‘My advice here is simple: Boycott Internet Explorer. It is a cancer on the Web, and must be stopped. IE [...]

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