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Author Archives: Steve Wilkinson
Have to see it to believe it – Soap Nuts!
Coming off of Canadian Environment Week (June 5-11th) and World Environment Day (June 5th) I thought I would share one of our latest environmental discoveries. I often find myself a bit under-whelmed with some of ‘natural’ or environmentally friendly solutions … Continue reading
Posted in How-to, Religion, Tid-Bits
Tagged Christian apologetics, creation care, environmental, Environmentalism, laundry, natural, soap nuts
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Farewell Gizmo5, No Thanks Google Voice, Hello Callcentric!
Ok, this is a bit of a rant, but might also help out some stranded Gizmo5 clients. A couple weeks back, I received an e-mail that Gizmo5 services were being shut-down, and that I would have to transition my account … Continue reading
Posted in How-to, Technology, Tid-Bits
Tagged Android, Callcentric, Canada, Customer Service, Gizmo5, Google Voice, iPad, Phone, SIP, Skype, USA, VoIP
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Can an iPad replace your laptop? Revisit for iPad 2
In a previous article, I asked this question and listed some of the benefits of a tablet, yet also expressed some concerns (though I felt the answer would be yes for myself, as well as for many people). With the … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged iOS, iPad, iPad 2, iPad2, iWork, laptop, mobile computing, OSX, tablet computer, Windows
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Abortion: Above anyone’s pay grade?
In what might seem an odd topic for this blog, I decided to start a post to debate the topic of abortion. I’ve recently posted in response to abortion related articles at CNN and other places. Since these places aren’t … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Religion
Tagged Abortion, baby, Constitution, fetus, human rights, Obama, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, unborn
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Gas mileage conversion chart: Canada & USA
I have yet to get used to thinking in Liters/100km for gas mileage here in Canada. Miles per Gallon (MPG) is simply engrained in my head. Part of the problem is just the difference in units of liters and gallons. … Continue reading
Inexpensive stereo headset solution for PS3
A friend of mine has been using a Plantronics .Audio 770 headset with his Playstation3 and has been quite pleased with it. I was not only unable to find one locally, but the cost on what I did find was … Continue reading
Great OSX Services addition: WordService by Devon Technologies
Just a quick post to point out an update to Devon Technologies’ WordService. WordService has just been updated to version 2.8 if you are already using it. Download at: http://www.devon-technologies.com/download/index.html If you are not already using this, I really recommend … Continue reading
Economics: Vegas Style!
The article, “Trading program sparked May ‘flash crash’” today (Oct 1, 2010) by Ben Rooney at CNNMoney.com confirms what I have feared for quite some time: there may be a good deal of ‘intelligence’ involved in the stock market, but … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Technology
Tagged business, crash, Economics, gambling, stock market
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Can an iPad replace your laptop?
That is a question I have been considering, not too long after the announcement of Apple’s new iPad product-line. Initially, I had been in the camp hoping the new tablet would be some kind of OSX device. While I would … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
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Bipartisan Boondoggle
I am currently taking a class on Christianity and Capitalism at school. We’re looking at the underlying assumptions of economic systems (esp. capitalism) to see how they fit into a Christian worldview. While doing some research I ran across this … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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