David Gluzman September 29th, 2009
That’s right. Damn you technology!
Recently I’m getting a bunch of new credit cards in the mail, and it seems they have all adopted this new chip thinger.
Apparently the credit card companies think this will make transactions more secure. Sure, sure. And a hell of a lot more annoying to boot!
Firstly, the pin. Guess [...]
Posted in Culture, Design, News, Rant, Technology | 2 Comments »
David Gluzman May 27th, 2009
Having just bought a new mountain bike I’ve decided that I should finally invest in the bike rack for my vehicle. Since I already have the ski attachments and base bar for my VW (which are made by Thule), I figured it would be a pretty painless purchase to move forward.
Well kinda.. But wow [...]
Tags: bike rack, gouging, thule, WTF
Posted in Rant, Review, WTF | 3 Comments »
MaxPower February 4th, 2009
Today, Google introduced Latitude, a new opt-in feature that lets smartphone and laptop users share their location with friends and allows those friends to share their locations in return. Although not pinpoint accurate, Latitude can display your general location based on information from GPS satellites and cell towers. Latitude works on both mobile devices and [...]
Tags: Google, privacy out the freaking window, world domination
Posted in Culture, Music, News, Rant, Technology, WTF | 2 Comments »
MaxPower January 26th, 2009
The news in the auto business has been dire. The Big 3 in North America are asking for bailouts but they aren’t the only ones, all car manufacturers are suffering. No one is pulling the trigger on new cars over the past couple of months. Enough mainstream media reports with the word recession [...]
Tags: automobile, car
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David Gluzman January 13th, 2009
There’s been a fair bit of news lately on gang members shooting out Calgary. Coincidentally there’s a fair bit of news on avalanches and the cost of rescue.
A father and son have been asked to pay $2,500 for triggering a dangerous search and rescue after they snowboarded out of bounds at Vancouver’s Grouse Mountain [...]
Tags: avalanche, gangs, shooting, violence
Posted in Culture, News, Rant, Ski | 7 Comments »