Aug 23

The Shaw installation guy came over last Friday to connect the cable for my new house. I can not believe that I’m saying this. But it was one of the best services I ever had.

First he found out that there was a gas leak at my gas meter when he was working outside of the house. As he got into the basement, he noticed that one of the windows was not locked. Then he discovered a small cut on the skin of one of the wires coming into the house. After he finished connecting the cable, he moved on to the smart connection centre, which is on the opposite side of the room. I started telling him that I’m going to put a router there. He said, “But you don’t have any power here.” Damn! I wish he was there when we did the electrical selection. To solve the problem, he left me an extra long cable to connect the modem and router until I buy an extension cord.

On the other hand, Telus won’t be able to connect my phone line until the 27th. When I called to cancel my ExpressVu service, they said they need a 30-day notice. Give me a break! I only need two weeks to quite my job.

Aug 08

Our brilliant BA, Gord, had a brilliant question the other day. He said, “If Safe Mode is what Microsoft suggests you to boot into when you have trouble with Windows, does it mean that the normal mode we are using everyday is the Unsafe Mode?” To be honest, I never thought about it at all. Linux has the similar idea but it’s called Recovery Mode. Even Microsoft has a Recovery Console for Windows XP. So I don’t believe this is just a marketing gimmick. My bet is that Microsoft truly believes that the Safe Mode is safer for its users.

Aug 02

Just have to change the theme because the one I was using is exactly as same as Scott’s.

Jul 29

Welcome to my new website. It’s currently just a blog running Typo and hosted at www.hostingrails.com. They have a one-year hosting with rebate deal for you to try them out. You end up paying nothing. So far I like them. Very responsive support. I might pay to upgrade my account for bigger disk space in a couple of months.

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