I Received this letter from the University of Ottawa with regards to “Project Hero.” Project Hero will wave tuition fees and 1st year dorm costs for children whose parents were killed while serving for the Canadian Military. I’m impressed with the initiative. Here is the letter:
Despite an overcast sky, summer is here and that means [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Project Hero – University of Ottawa
Michael Jackson Died of Cardiac Arrest
Today we heard of the news that pop icon Michael Jackson died of Cardiac Arrest. The news was shocking since he was only 50 years of age at the time of his passing. He was definitely one of the most famous people alive during his time and it goes to show that you never know what’s [...]
Gmail: Can’t view DOCX as HTML Files
I could’ve sworn that I had always been able to view DOCX and DOC files as HTML files in Gmail… Here is an article from LifeHacker that talks about the feature being there: http://lifehacker.com/5078197/convert-office-2007-docx-files-in-gmail-google
Over the past few days, I’ve been getting a gmail error that says: “The attachment cannot be viewed as HTML. Download the attachment [...]
Why is Telus Preventing Free Use of GPS?
The Global Positioning System (GPS) was developed by the United States Department of Defence and is now managed by the US Air Force and is readily available for anyone to use free of charge. Yes, free of charge. As a matter of fact, just about anyone could buy a GPS receiver and build a primitive [...]
Moving off of Wordpress.com Servers
Assuming you’ve been to this site before, you’ll notice a re-design. I just moved this blog from Wordpress.com servers onto a private host (namely Dreamhost.com). Moving onto a private host allows me to have full control over what is displayed on the blog and it’s look and feel (somewhat limited when you use Wordpress.com). With [...]
