David Gluzman June 13th, 2008
After months of hesitation, Industry Minister Jim Prentice has finally revealed his re-write of Canada’s rules of copyright. As expected, the bill contains major concessions to the American entertainment industry. Prentice’s bill forbids Canadians from engaging in ordinary practices such as ripping DVDs onto video iPods, unlocking digital phones for use with a competitor’s services, [...]
Tags: canada, dmca
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MaxPower May 23rd, 2008
Today… is the 9 week anniversary of when the guy who lives behind me turned his deck light on. 9 weeks ago today, the dude who lives behind me had a party. As is required for parties, he turned on every light in his house – including his never-used deck light. Said deck light shines [...]
Tags: deck light, dude who lives behind me, kilowatt, watt, WTF
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MaxPower May 20th, 2008
Just now recovering from the first long-weekend road trip which took us from Calgary to Vancouver and back. The scenery was great as usual, wildlife abounded (deer, elk, mountain goats, two black bears) and with the inevitable crowds on the road came some crazy freakin drivers. I have three contenders for “the Craziest Driver MaxPower [...]
Tags: Crazy Freakin Drivers, long weekend, Trans Canada, WTF
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MaxPower April 30th, 2008
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Tags: CNN, t-shirts, WTF
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grfxguy April 25th, 2008
Figured this would be the best place to recruit some R4NT regulars. Sunday’s supposed to be very nice, and my buddy and I are making the pilgrimmage to play in the terrain park at Sunshine. Any R4NTers are welcome to join! Also, keyboard pants?
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