Year: 2013

  • Back to the BackBeat

    Back to the BackBeat

    Hey guys, Before I get started, kind of a major milestone coming up…This blog is about 120 views shy of 20000! In just over 2 years total of writing, I consider that a heck of an accomplishment! Thank you all so much for reading what I have to say, I couldn’t possibly find everybody that…

  • Can you go a day without change?

    There is a saying that only two things in life are certain: death, and taxes. While there is a certain amount of truth to that, I can simplify things even further. I say only one thing is for certain on any given day: life is going to surprise you. I have spent almost my entire…

  • Internet Math

    Today, I’d like to talk about something that is affecting me right now as a Teksavvy customer without Internet, caused by the strained relationship that Teksavvy has with its internet vendor (Rogers). My livelihood depends more and more on the internet by the day, and not having internet is extremely stressful to me. I have…

  • Free Reading

    Hello everybody, An idea has come to me in the last few days that I’d really like to bring up with you. I’m just going to leave it here, and if you are interested in participating/partaking, please leave me a comment, either here, or on a social network. I have MANY ideas for blog posts/essays…

  • 10 Things you didn’t know about ________

    I’m thinking about starting a series of posts entitled “10 Things you didn’t know about ________” covering different technology and services. I know I often find myself trying to explain the virtues of various services, and there is a TON of stuff around these services that many people simply don’t know about. I am all…

  • Why I Share

    Hello all, For those of you who don’t know, I’m a pretty prolific reader of the Internet. I tend to read an average of ~100 or so pieces of writing on a given day. Most of this is articles which are a few hundred words, but often I will find longer essays of a few…

  • Why is Facebook special?

    Why is Facebook special?

    Hey guys, (I need to start making these into videos…) It’s been a long time since I sat down to write anything, but this has been bothering me more and more lately. I am hoping if I can get some comments (though readers and commenters on my blog will almost certainly unequivocally see it my…

  • Long Live Google Reader!

    There is no easy way to explain RSS to those who don’t use it, but here’s my take on why the end of Google Reader is particularly bad for those of us who depend on it. For a needlessly complex explanation, you can go here RSS(Wikipedia), but basically what it does is collect stories that a…

  • Cause for Concern: Social Media and Photos

    Cause for Concern: Social Media and Photos

    I just discovered something kind of disquieting about social networks and photos. So basically, Facebook and Google have features where all the photos on your phone are automatically (if you allow it) uploaded to their websites, to make it easier to share the photos if you decide to do so. However, in doing that, they…

  • A Love of Reason

    A Love of Reason

    Hey guys, It’s really nice to be back in the writer’s chair (it’s just my regular chair) after a brief sojourn from blogging, we simply MUST do this more often! I come to you today, of all days, with a call for a sanity check. February 14th is Valentine’s Day, more commonly known as the…