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GSM vs. CDMA and 2010
Admittedly it’s just a rumor, but the scuttlebutt I heard is that here in Western Canada Telus and Bell are making major investments in converting some or all of their cellular networks to GSM. Why is this important? If you are using a Telus or Bell cellular device now, or anticipating the purchase of a…
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One Dollar Diet Project
I stumbled across this blog a while ago. This couple decided to see what it would be like to eat on USD $1 per day, and they wrote about it every day for a month. It was such a simple thing, but powerful. Maybe reading it all at once won’t have the same impact, but…
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BikeCommuters.com
Now that Spring has officially sprung, it’s a great time to think about more biking. What’s not to like about healthy exercise that cuts down on car use and puts us more in contact with the world around us? (Well… if you live where I do, I suppose there are the hills.) If you are…
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In Good Company
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Ecofont: less is more
Here’s some innovative thinking from the Dutch firm SPRANQ: drill holes in your type to save ink. As they say, “After Dutch holey cheese, there now is a Dutch font with holes as well.” Sometimes simple things make a difference! Read more at: Ecofont | less is more.
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Thanks to the Roys!
Thanks to Nathalie and Christopher Roy for allowing me to contribute DVD duplication services, and tiny bit of graphic design, to their showing of Griefwalker here on Saltspring Island. I hear this second showing was even more of a success than the first one. Let’s hope that the word gets around, and this message of…
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New Pro Bono Work
As a community service I also do pro bono work for charities. I connect web developers that want to donate time with charitable organizations that need web services, and I donate the hosting and online software tools for the project. Check the sidebar to the right, labeled “Charities” for the current list. If you are…