The travels of Justin

I found this after a visit to http://canada.info-syn.com:
Telus is blocking access to a pro-union website that it argues “contains confidential proprietary information and that photographs on the site raise privacy and security issues for certain of its employees.” Michael Geist reminds us that internet service providers—especially Telus—have argued vocally to let the courts, not companies, [...]

This is just a personal note.
I’m running an older version of Mandrake Linux on my computer, and I found this information for connecting mailto: links. In case I find this handy in the future, I’m blogging it for future reference and the rest of you can safely ignore it.
Mozilla Thunderbird Notes – Waikato Linux Users [...]

Today is the first time in ages that I’ve looked at my site using Internet Explorer (I’m in the TRU computer lab) and I’m reminded why I dislike that browser. With Firefox, — regardless whether I’m on Windows, Linux, or Apple platforms — the icons for my weather widget on the main-page sidebar blend smoothly [...]

Since there doesn’t seem like much happening in domestic politics to write about these days (sarcasm intended), I think this is a pretty awesome development at Statscan. Now you can use Firefox live bookmarks, or — my favourite — Thunderbird’s RSS reader to keep up with Statscan’s publication, The Daily.
The Government of Canada Newsroom has [...]

Wordpress, the free software that I use to manage this site, just released a new version. After all these months, I still feel bad that I’ve never bothered to customize the design, considering I’ve been building websites since 1999. Oh well, at this moment in time, I’d rather focus on more important pursuits.
My most recent [...]

It’s come to my attention that Kamloops Indymedia has been under attack by hackers. I have no problem admitting that I don’t particularly like the extreme left views usually represented, but I strongly support freedom of speech. In recent years, I’ve really come to appreciate how the internet allows us to take an author to [...]