Monthly Archives: January 2008

The mainstream media are starting to wake up to something I already know. This could explain why Microsoft is planning to release the next version of Windows in 2009. They say it will be smaller — by an order of … Continue reading →

The new shop is a new chapter for me, and that’s good, but at the same time, seeing the old shop empty makes me sad. There’s this saying: if you stay in one place too long you become that place. … Continue reading →

You click “I Agree” pretty well every time you install a software package these days. Ever wondered what those words you didn’t read said? EN This End-User License Agreement is a legal agreement between you and the Big Greedy Software … Continue reading →

I come down the stairs from the new office where I’ve been working to get it ready and I hear some shuffling by the stairs. When I get down, a man and a woman are standing by the front door … Continue reading →

should i be worried about pushing the publish button? all kinds of bloggers have had six hundred and sixty six posts and nothing bad ever happened to them. not that i know of, anyway. hmm…unless they all just deleted the … Continue reading →

This video is kinda cool. A bunch of guys were hired to re-create the Omaha beach landings of World War Two, Saving Private Ryan style, for a BBC documentary. It took Steven Spielberg around a thousand extras and some 11 … Continue reading →

Not the band, no, just me taking too much of a good thing. I take a B-complex vitamin supplement because I read somewhere it helps to regulate stress hormones and I have a lot of stress in my life. Hey, … Continue reading →

Every blogger is entitled to post a list! 15. Poor Bastard of Year: Conrad Black Even though there are plenty of domestic crooks in the U.S., Black was singled out and convicted of fraud. I don’t know precisely what he … Continue reading →

Free music downloads. The blight of the music industry, so the industry says, but are they really, or are they simply an evolution to how music is distributed and how artists are compensated? With a simple thought experiment, I’ll show … Continue reading →

A lot of people don’t know it, but FCP has been operating continuously for over 13 years, ten of those years in Stratford and eight of those ten at our current location at 121 Ontario Street on the main floor. … Continue reading →