How to Save $1,650 on a Major Appliance in 5 Years
I’ll give you the TL:DR right now. You can save $1,650 (or way more) on major appliances by doing one thing: Do not buy an LG product. I’m talking specifically about the LG LDF7932ST Steam Direct Drive dishwasher, which is apparently a disposable product. Avoid it, and all LG appliances all costs. Why you should […]
Buying a New Car, Part 3
Gulp. Well, tomorrow is a big day (technically later today). I may have a new car under my butt by 3pm. That is, if the bank comes through. I bank with VanCity. I like them a lot. They’ve given my business a hefty line of credit, even when we started up the Inc. entity. Back […]
Buying a New Car, Part 2
This is a continuation of my car buying saga. Part One is here. So today was another round of test drives. First up was me looking at Civics one more time. I’ll say this about Civics. They are probably the best econobox on the road today. Reliable to the point of being bulletproof. Good (not great) speed. […]
Buying a New Car, Part 1
So for the last two weeks, I’ve been searching and researching the marketplace, thinking about a new car. It’s been a long time since I bought a new car, but it’s time. As you may know from my rants here, I really dislike big gas guzzling, poluting SUVs. They are the bane of our driving lifestyles […]
New Camera Toy
So I got a new “toy” to replace an old “toy” I sold on eBay. I am an extreme early adopter of a new Pentax Optio s4i digicam. This freakin’ thing is small. Itty small. A while back, I decided to go 100% digital in all my photography, and dropped dime on a dSLR (the Digital Rebel), […]
Coping with my Mum’s Passing
So it’s Sunday afternoon, and I’m almost through the “official” duties with regards to my Mom’s passing. I flew to Ottawa on Wednesday afternoon, about 32 hours after she passed (her passing time was at 1:20 am, Tuesday, March 9, 2004). I was able to make some final arrangements in Vancouver for my job and […]
Passing of a Very Special Person
Cathryn Anne Prince, loving mother to three sons, Mark, James and Michael, and loving friend and partner to Gary Prince, loving oldest sister to thirteen brothers and sisters by blood, more by marriage, passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer this evening. She touched on the lives of many, many people in her […]
Google’s a Pimpin’
So, I dunno about you, but I’m not trusting Google much these days. The search results have been going downhill steadily for at least the last year, but it’s been in the last few month especially that I’ve noticed how bad the engine has become. Here’s an example. I need an ultra compact digicam to […]
Programs not what they claim to be
A while back, I participated in the beta test for a popular Palm software application that has made it’s way over to the Symbian platform, specifically the P800 and P900 smartphones, and other Symbian UIQ devices. That software was QuickOffice Premium, from a company that has several different operating names, but their website says iGo. I […]
Philips is Coooool
Sony. Samsung. Nokia. Nikon. Olympus. Epson. HP. Etc etc. These companies always get lots of attention and “press” in the US, be it mainstream press, right on down to the lowly blog. Lots of the “press” is positive, or at least buzz generating. But one company that doesn’t get its due in the US just […]