iC Blog - May 2006
Video killed the video star.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
After CBC-TV ( yesterday’s blog entry) showed how and where to download free movies illegally, a lot of confusion were stirred up. Today, Police close file sharing site known as The Pirate Bay
Ball of Confusion
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Province wide Smoke Ban at 12:01 tonight. Brothels ask for smoking ban exemption. MPAA hunts down Isohunt, one of the top bit torrent sites, in a copyright infringement battle, while you learn
The Kids are Alright!
Monday, May 29, 2006
The first of the new MacBooks arrived today. Looks like the family is now complete. The new MacBooks, the youngest of portables, follow in the footsteps of the MacBook Pro.
These computers
Syd The Kyd
Monday, May 29, 2006
Today, I was asked recording a listening to live radio streams. I set out to learn how this afternoon. By 2:30 I was recording live streams from Rochester, New York’s “Modern Music and More” on
Another Virus Alert
Friday, May 26, 2006
According to a story that appeared in todays CNN:
The story goes on to say, “Symantec Corp.'s leading antivirus software, which protects some of
Rocket Science
Thursday, May 25, 2006
As a child I recall the world of building rockets, being strange, longing for the future, reading Sci-Fi, building electronic toys and telling my teachers that it was the egg that came
Poem for the day...
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
The following poem was submitted by a true Canadian and a descendent of prominent Canadian forefathers, Sir William Johnson and Colonel Lottridge.
It is addressed “To the residents of
Bread ‘n’ Cheese Day
Monday, May 22, 2006
The day started out good. I stood in a long line. I “...got my bread and cheese”. I mingled with friends and family. And news spread that the barricades were coming down and the people at
B&W: New MacBook 13.3”
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Today, Apple introduced a new iBook 13-inch with an Intel Core Duo processor and iSight Camera and Front Row. And is available at 1.83GHz (White) or 2.0GHz (Black or White) , which makes it 5
Mother’s Day
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Dinner with Mom is always special. Today was no exception. While Kaela and I visited with our respective Mothers, the grandkids played with PhotoBooth.
You may have noticed from previous
Saturday at the shop
Saturday, May 13, 2006
A flying turtle soars overhead as the Chris talks on an invisible cell phone, “Really, drinks are on the house?”.
“Okay, that’s one pepsi, one cheeseburger without fries”
“No fries?!?.
Computer & History Lessons
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Adam Freeman came into the shop today with questions about an xml error on a custom website made with A.M.P. (Apache Web Server, MySQL & PHP), which is free open source software used b y 90% of
The lastest Intel on iMac
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Comparing Apples to Apples.
Monday, May 8, 2006
Last Stand
Sunday, May 7, 2006
On the last day of the Sports & Leisure Show we introduced the iPod Hi Fi speakers.
Apparently, the Logic Tech speakers were too loud for the small room downstairs. This was the main reason
Relocation
Saturday, May 6, 2006
The iC SuperCOMPUTERS booth is moving up. Originally located downstairs in the cafeteria area, the booth will play out the last of the three day Sports & Leisure Show upstairs on the main
Sports & Leisure Show
Saturday, May 6, 2006
The Sports & Leisure show in Brantford, which started yesterday, will continue today and tomorrow at the Brantford Civic Auditorium.
The iC SuperCOMPUTERS booth is downstairs in the
May the 5th be with you!
Friday, May 5, 2006
May the 4th be with you!
Thursday, May 4, 2006
Apple (who brought the new Rebel Alliance to our fingertips) has come out with some provocative new commercials. It’s about time.
Being the first person in the area to publicly state, and
Annual Skill Trades Conference
Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Today marks the return of the Annual Skilled Trades Conference 2006 at Mohawk College.
A quick survey of the students in each group revealed a diverse array of career interest at the
May the first be with you!
Monday, May 1, 2006
Once again, we at iC SuperCOMPUTERS were fortunate enough to be treated to the musical talents of visitors to the log cabin store.
The synchronized percussion from two young musicians in
iC continues...
Kids Pink is one of the iWeb themes, which seems appropriate for the start of this month. Normally, we would use only one theme for the life of the blog. But, this is a live experiment.
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