Wanting to Move, but Where?
Posted on December 29, 2007 - Filed Under Business, News, This Town | Leave a Comment
So, we’ve been in this location for two years already and have one year left on the lease, but we’re considering moving again. Business downtown just isn’t what it used to be, at least not for us. Since Ideally something a little smaller that’s cheaper on rent and cheaper on heat. We [...]
Read More..>>Oil Paint Reproductions
Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under Entertainment, Life | Leave a Comment
Owning a work of art need not be expensive. Van Gogh oil reproductions for example can be had for under $100 for a small 30cm by 40cm painting. Larger paintings such as the 120cm by 180cm (4′ x 6′) are a reasonable $275. The reproductions from Paint Your Life gallery aren’t just [...]
Read More..>>GST Being Lowered Again
Posted on December 27, 2007 - Filed Under Business, News | Leave a Comment
Canadian shoppers are getting a break again in the form of a minor sales tax cut. The Goods & Service Tax (GST) will be dropped from 6% to 5% as of January 1, 2008. For us Nova Scotians, this means an overall sales tax (HST) of 13% down from 14%.
This means for people [...]
Boxing Day Sales
Posted on December 26, 2007 - Filed Under sale, shopping | Leave a Comment
Sometimes I wish we could wait to do our Christmas shopping on boxing day and just make excuses that we had forgotten to wrap them in time so that’s why we’re late handing things out. I suppose we could shop now and just store everything for an entire year, uhm, or not. Like [...]
Read More..>>Playing XBox Games on XBox 360
Posted on December 26, 2007 - Filed Under Entertainment, gaming | Leave a Comment
A lot of people have been in looking for used Xbox 360 games over the last month or so, but not many people are selling them off yet even though the system has been around for 2 years now. Some ask whether you can play original XBox games on the 360, and the answer [...]
Read More..>>Merry Christmas
Posted on December 25, 2007 - Filed Under Fun, Holidays | Leave a Comment
I hope everyone has had a safe and merry Christmas and gotten lots of good loot. Chloe had fun ripping into all her presents and made out like a bandit this year. The general theme seemed to be kitchen stuff, toy blender, mixer, chopper and toaster along with little plates and plastic foods. [...]
Read More..>>Rudolf Hosting plan $95 for Life
Posted on December 23, 2007 - Filed Under Internet, computers | Leave a Comment
If you’ve been planning to get your own web hosting, now is the time to do it. Act fast though, they are only selling 1000 of these packages! For $95 USD you get hosting for life. That includes a free domain name (also for life), 250gb of storage space, 3000gb of bandwidth [...]
Read More..>>Horrible Time for a Cold
Posted on December 22, 2007 - Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment
I first felt it coming on a couple of days ago, and started taking cough mixture right away to try and help fight it off, but the battle is lost. Today my cold came on full swing in the afternoon and now I can hardly hold my head up to write this. [...]
Read More..>>Uplogix Network Solutions
Posted on December 22, 2007 - Filed Under Business, Internet, programming | Leave a Comment
If you operate a company wide network that spans the country, or especially to other countries, then you know how important it is to be able to monitor those connections remotely. Uplogix knows this as well, and has developed the Envoy network management software with fast and reliable MTTR (mean-time-to-recover) in mind. Using [...]
Read More..>>The Reaping
Posted on December 21, 2007 - Filed Under DVD, Entertainment, Movies | Leave a Comment
The Reaping, starring Hilary Swank as a woman who has dedicated her life to debunking miracles after her family had been murdered in a religious ceremony. Finding scientific explanations to explain away apparent miracles is her specialty and is the reason she gets contacted by a small town where the local river has turned [...]
Read More..>>Coupons Online
Posted on December 19, 2007 - Filed Under Internet, shopping | Leave a Comment
Looking for more ways to save money when you shop online? GoGo Shopper has PsPrint coupons and coupon codes for over 2000 stores. Before you buy anything online you should take a browse through the categories and see if you can save some money on your purchase. If you’re in a hurry [...]
Read More..>>Staples is the Culprit?
Posted on December 19, 2007 - Filed Under Business, News, This Town | 1 Comment
Had a funny question from a customer tonight as he was buying a new computer game. “So, are you guys planning to be around for a while?” Strange I though, maybe it’s his first time here, so I replied that we’ve been in business for 8 years and don’t plan on going anywhere. After that [...]
Read More..>>VOIP Based International Mobile Calls
Posted on December 19, 2007 - Filed Under Amused, Internet, Travel, gadgets | 6 Comments
Anyone who travels a lot knows that calling home from other countries can cost a fortune. With the MobileTalk plan from Packet8 you can now call anywhere in the world easily and affordably, saving up to 90% on typical international calls. The best part about this plan is that there are no calling [...]
Read More..>>Interchangeable Guitar?
Posted on December 18, 2007 - Filed Under Entertainment, computers, gaming | Leave a Comment
The closer we get to Christmas, the more calls I get daily from people looking for Guitar Hero bundles or Nintendo Wii systems. I can’t do much about the Wii’s, but for Guitar Hero I may have a solution. It will cost a little more in the long run, but for XBox 360 and PS3 [...]
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