That’s another article I’ve posted over at Global Nerdy. Read it and remember it, especially when you go Christmas shopping for high-tech goodies.
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If you’ve been checking out Global Nerdy, a tech blog I share with my buddy George, I’ve gotten my hands on a copy of Release Candidate 1 of Microsoft’s next version of Windows, Windows Vista. So far, I’ve made two attempts to install it, both without success.
Here’s the short version: yes, I finally got it installed. As with software from Microsoft, the third time’s the charm. My trick was the tried-and-true fix that all IT workers know: turn the damned machine off and on again. This trick is so useful that it’s been immortalized on t-shirts and in at least one television show, The IT Crowd:
For more, go check out the full story.
“”I wanted to do something that was simple in concept, but executed really, really well,” says Kristen Gale, owner of Queen Street West’s hot new nails-and-waxing place, The Ten Spot.
“And I thought Toronto was missing something like The Ten Spot. I mean, when you ask people what’s the coolest hotel, they say The Drake. Or where’s a really great gym, they might say Diesel.”
(“Good” is subjective. I would say that if you’re a 20- or 30-something scenester making at least $70K who wants a Time Out magazine lifestyle, then yes, the Drake and Diesel are a good hotel and gym.)
“But for where to go for a Brazilian…,” she continues.
Kristen’s answer to that question was to open The Ten Spot, and blogger “Panthea’s” got the inside scoop (with possible a little too much information for some readers) over at BlogTO.
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Unfortunate Sign Placement
Thanks to Miss Fipi Lele for the photo!
“If I wanted my computer rendered useless,” I said, “I would’ve saved myself some time by simply continuing to run Windows XP on it.”
Refusing to take “no” for an answer from my computer, I made a second attempt to install Windows Vista. For the full story, check out my article at Global Nerdy.
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All Saints’ Day
Today, November 1st, is All Saints’ Day, a.k.a. Hallowmas (which is why October 31st is All Hallows’ Eve, a.k.a. Hallowe’en). It’s the day before All Souls’ Day: November 2nd, unless it’s a Sunday, in which case it’s moved to November 3rd). However, in Mexico, festivities for what they call El Dia de los Muertos — the Day of the Dead — typically begin today.
In the Philippines, we don’t throw fiestas like the Mexicans do. Instead, November 1st is typically the day when you go visit your relatives’ graves. I decided to go traditional this morning and pay Dad a visit.
I miss the big guy.
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Cheesy Movie Ads, 1959 – 1977
Courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele and Headturban, here’s a sampling of incredibly cheesy newspaper ads for movies, whose vintage ranges from 1959 to 1977 (click the photo below to see them at full size). They’re schlock-tastic!
