Trying out Windows Live Writer

March 1, 2009

It’s a very Microsoft-ey weekend.  Yesterday I installed Windows 7 Build 7000 on my MSI Wind netbook, and … WOW.  I have to take my hat off to Microsoft because they really have heard our complaining over the years.  I guess it took them a boot in the pants like Vista to do it.  Win7 [...]

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Review: Iberostar Costa Dorada (Puerta Plata, D.R.)

February 24, 2009

Last week (Feb 15-22, 2009) I visited the Iberostar Costa Dorada in Puerta Plata. It’s an all inclusive resort that is visited by Canadians, Americans, Brits, Belgians, Germans, etc. Overall, I give this place a 5/10 based on the 7 other all inclusive resorts I have visited including 2 other Iberostar properties (Bavaro, Veradero). Detailed [...]

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Removing Facebook "Friends"

February 24, 2009

This morning I “un-friended” 67 of you. Sorry, but really — don’t take it personally. Its all part of a process that I have devised to make social media more useful to me. Most of the 67 people I un-friended were people I either barely knew — perhaps they were colleagues that I rarely interacted [...]

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Quick Review: Aloft Montreal

February 15, 2009

Just a quick review while I wait to board my flight… Living in Ottawa I often find it better to fly out of Montreal (YUL), and if I have an early morning flight staying at one of the airport hotels is a no brainer. Generally I go to the Hilton…but this time I tried Aloft [...]

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Converting videos for Zune with Handbrake

February 14, 2009

I just got a new Zune 120, and discovered that the following settings work pretty well for converting/ripping videos for viewing on the Zune 120. These setting may also work on the Zune 80 and earlier because I am not using the h.264 codec. I am primarily converting Xvid content, but as long as you [...]

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