One of my major projects this year was helping update the Aurora Awards website (the Aurora’s are Canada’s SF/F fan-voted awards). I’d like to say it was because I am SOOOOO selfless, but really, I won an Aurora last year and I wanted the website to... by Ryan McFadden | Feb 12, 2011 | Computers
…servers. As my faithful readers will note (all three of you), I had stopped posting. The reason was simple — my server was so slow and ponderous that it actually was painful for me to post anything. So, Brian let me come over to his server. So we... by Ryan McFadden | Jul 31, 2009 | Computers
I found my harddrive. Seems it ended up in the Girl’s playdough basket. Um, yeah. But still, ever since I lost it, I realized I needed a NEW backup solution. The external harddrive, while convenient at times, had its limitations. Most obvious — it was... by Ryan McFadden | May 18, 2009 | Computers
I couldn’t live without having another toy (and I buy them so infrequently…really). And now that I’ve purged the Lenovo laptop…I had some extra cash in my pocket (I get a computer allowance from my work). So I picked out a netbook (think of... by Ryan McFadden | Feb 14, 2009 | Computers
I upgraded to WordPress, an open source content management tool (think Firefox, Linux, or Open Office for blogging). It took a while to import the old database (MS-Access) and it wasn’t completely accurate (some of the comments were lost, as were accompanying... by Ryan McFadden | Feb 12, 2009 | Computers
Timbit gate. The war of the doughnuts. A timbit has grabbed the media’s attention. London Free Press today. The headline reads: Woman fired from Tim Hortons for giving Timbit to Baby. This is a local story (local to London, that is) about one of those... by Ryan McFadden | May 8, 2008 | Computers