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We stumbled upon this eBay store (strangely because this blog was getting referred traffic from it...) It's a simple new age store selling the usual magic crystals that guarantee you money, love and well-being. No sane individual should go out the door without their crystals on... They also sell variants of hieronymous ...

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A North American leaders summit just wrapped up in Montebello Quebec - a small village near Ottawa. Bush, Harper, and Calderón huddled inside the Chateau Montebello - the world's largest log cabin - to discuss trade and security issues. As you would expect, throngs of protesters also descended on the village. As ...

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A while back I wrote about TechDirt's new Insight Community. It's a neat concept where TD's editors invite "expert" bloggers into a closed community where they can respond to queries from companies. You respond just as you would writing a typical post. The answers are private and are judged by the sponsoring company. ...

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I just got back from a week of moving... Having no internet for a few days was pretty strange, yet liberating! Now I'm back pondering where I could have spent my money had I not bought a new house... First stop is at Computer Choppers where they've crafted an Apple logo out of ...

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Adobe is about to attempt to compete with Microsoft's Word by investing in BuzzWord an online word processor made by Virtual Ubiquity. If you're from Ottawa you've probably heard of Corel, the makers of CorelDraw and the current home of WordPerfect. I have not been a fan of Corel since they took my beloved Fractal ...

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A few weeks ago I was telling you about the sweet deal I got for my local phone service from Primus. Yeah, $10 cheaper than Bell every month. Well, it works great. I can't tell the difference from my old service. As mentioned, there were a few oddities in signing over to the ...

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Bell, the telephone company, just left a message on my phone for you. Seems they can't install the phone today the 15th. Instead, it will be the 23rd or was that the 27th? So I'd give you a call or even send you an email but you probably can't get email without ...

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Current laws in Ottawa forbid aggressive begging a.k.a. panhandling via bullying, intimidation, and theft. Is this enough? Some people have argued that an outright ban on begging is required. Where as others think this would be the worse possible solution. Would this rid the streets of beggars? Should fines be ...

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In case you haven't been on the web for the past couple of months, you've missed a whole lot and you'll never catch up to the rest of us so just give up. For one, YouTube is no longer the only choice for watching video. In fact, on our last count there were ...

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