Rogers making money from user typing mistakes (aka breaking DNS behaviour). Shame on you!

If you are a Rogers customer, you might have noticed in the past day that when you typed in a wrong website URL (or any domain name), it claims the site exists and gives you Rogers-Yahoo sponsored advertising.  See an example here: http://this-domain-does-not-exist.ever Brings you to: http://www20.search.rogers.com/search?qo=this-domain-does-not-exist.ever&rn=X-AtJja2sy6ndMo Shame on you Rogers! Breaking RFC and annoy [...]

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Afro-centric School in Toronto? A giant step back in equality.

The idea of having a Afro-Centric high school being built in Toronto absolutely scares me. I know they have schools for the LGBT community because they are vulnerable, but an afro-centric school? Are we going to now run chinese-centric school because they learn better, or indian-centric school because of the need to accommodate their religion? [...]

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AskMeNow? The deceptive service that charges

As part of being in the mobile local industry, I get press releases for new and innovative service that has just launched.  With my new “unlimited” text messaging bundle, I decide to try the service from AskMeNow.com (short code 27563).  My welcome message from them was: For AskMeNow Help goto askmenow.com or 888-EZ-ASKME. Txt STOP [...]

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TomTom – not quite ready for Vancouver

As I was trying desperately to make it to dinner on time in Vancouver, I turned on my trusty TomTom GO 910 and plotted my way to Banana Leaf restaurant…. First mistake – not listen to my co-worker when he said it’s at 3005 W Broadway in Kitsiliano.  That was 5:55pm. Second mistake – allowing TomTom [...]

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There should be a fine against parents buying kids Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

During Christmas time, Jana and I decided to buy PlayStation 2 just so we can play Guitar Hero 2.  Of course I bought it for more than just that reason – I love the Final Fantasy series!  I decided to go to the not-so-local (and super busy) EB Games at Yorkdale last Sunday to pick up [...]

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Of LCDs, Plasmas and Projections

Over the past few months, I have a few people asking me about what is better – LCD, Plasma or Projection TV of any sort.  Here’s my take: I hate rear projection TVs – it’s prone to alignment problems (even today), viewing angles, and richness in colour.  Though I have to admit the new 3 [...]

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Fido is losing money on me / Sierra Wireless AC860 on Vista!

Along with my Windows Vista installation, I have managed to hack the Sierra Wireless AC860 card into my spanking new laptop.  I have spent this entire weekend (ok, not quite the weekend, but I need the literary flair) re-installing Vista, and after trial and error got the wireless card running on the machine. There’s a [...]

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What happened to the old AlanLok dot Com?

This is my first post in my brand new blog.  Most visitors are probably wondering where everything went?  All my photos are offline, along with my original biography and MIDI music.  Rest assured, it will be restored when I get a chance to fit the old with the new. You will be hearing a lot [...]

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