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Category Archives: Internet

Blaming The Internet

Last week I was talking to one of my good friends. She was complaining how her BF split up with her over something a mutual friend had said on Facebook. She blamed Facebook for her relationship issues. Is she right to blame Facebook? Two years ago a lady posted pictures of her at a drunk party ...

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My Latest Internet Speed Tests

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My Quest For Online Speed

When I first joined the online world I was online with an Apple II Plus and a 300Baud modem. 300 Baud to think I managed to download some news, a few programs and post in a few newsgroups at that speed. It was like wow. I then progressed to 1200 baud, 2400 baud and eventually a ...

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IRL – In Real Life

IRL is a term that has been a long on the Internet as long as people have been chatting. It is a term that I detest and strongly disagree with. IRL means In Real Life. This term implies that what happens on the Internet is not real. This is so far from the case. One of ...

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Network TV In Canada

In the last week, CTV announced in Canada that all network stations were losing money except for the the CTV affiliate in Toronto - CFTO. CTV then went on to say if the CRTC does not order cable companies pay for access to tv stations that are free over the air, they would be forced ...

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How The-TechShop.com Was Created and Why I Blog

Last week at my full time job, a respected colleague asked me a question which provided food for thought. His questions was "Why Do You Blog?". It was a thought provoking question which I actually had to think about. I do believe I have the answer which I will share but I also thought I ...

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Then and Now

I am just back from a week's vacation and thought I would start the week off with a non serious post called Then and Now. The then focuses on what things were like when I was younger(1970s) and the now is today. Sit back and enjoy the read. 1. How I would obtain one single song: Then ...

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Why I Made More Of a Move To Google

In the last week I made two big moves in my personal computing universe. The moves all concern Google. One will shock readers of my blog and the other one probably will not. For the last year I have used a Microsoft Exchange Server on my web hosting provider as my email back end. This past ...

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The Future of Computing – The Cloud

Cloud Computing is not just the future of computing it is the present. A lot of people ask what is actually Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing is really a term for Internet based computing. The reason the term "Cloud" is used is most people use a cloud symbol to indicate the Internet on diagrams. Cloud Computing is ...

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Blog Changes

Lately I have been bogging at least once a week. I usually at least one blog on the weekend where the topics range from anything in technology, social media or the Internet. I am planning on continuing this format. I will also try and do other posts depending on how my time commitment is. In addition ...

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