Category Archives: How-to

How to do various things…

Have to see it to believe it – Soap Nuts!

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Steve Wilkinson

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 →

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Farewell Gizmo5, No Thanks Google Voice, Hello Callcentric!

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Steve Wilkinson

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 →

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Gas mileage conversion chart: Canada & USA

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Steve Wilkinson

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 →

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Inexpensive stereo headset solution for PS3

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Steve Wilkinson

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 →

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Great OSX Services addition: WordService by Devon Technologies

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Steve Wilkinson

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 →

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Healthy, Economical, Environmentally-friendly Microwave Popcorn

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Steve Wilkinson

Wow, is that a mouthful! (pun intended) You’re going to love this tip and recipe. I love popcorn as a snack. However, we have never been able to find a popcorn popper that we are happy with. We, like many … Continue reading →

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Rabbit Tracking Tech! aka MP3 and ID3 tags

Posted on August 8, 2005 by Steve Wilkinson

This topic, as the title states is somewhat of a rabbit track from what I was going to post. I WAS going to post the details of my stereo install this weekend in my Miata. I’m still going to do … Continue reading →

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