The travels of Justin

Oops! My mistake. It’s another nasty Windows virus. Linux isn’t what I’d call perfect, but I almost feel sorry for Windows users when I read stuff like that.

I’m frankly a little surprised it took this long, but the Edmonton Sun reports that Shaw Cablesystems has finally expanded its cable offering to include telephone service — in Edmonton only. Their serivce uses a technology called VOIP which, if you haven’t heard of it yet, you’re going to hear a lot about as time [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The motto of media companies seems to have become, how can we make sure people can do less so we can charge them more. Savvy consumers have to be careful what they purchase, or risk restricting their own rights. Please comment on your thoughts. Earlier this week I visited a Best Buy electronics store. My [...]

Today is the Kamloops FireFox release party at On The Rocks Pub & Grill. In case you haven’t heard about it, I wrote about it earlier, and you can find the location and details at the official Mozparty2 website. Hope to see you there!