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This past Wednesday, Friday, and Monday I’ve been stuck on Calgary Transit.
Wednesday: power failure; Friday: trains backed up into the core; Monday: power failure.
Additionally, the previous Monday, an overhead announcement indicated a power failure in the opposite direction of my travels. Perhaps it’s merely coincidence but my frustration grows.
I’ll be moving in the next few [...]

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Internet p2p-TV startup Joost has finally revealed their numbers, according to Mashable. Revealed from Estonia, the user base has passed a million. Personally, I was very excited about Joost before receiving an invite two months ago. After using it for several days I ended up tremendously disappointed, however.
The delivery, quality, AND content were atrocious and [...]

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I gave Pownce, Kevin Rose’s bizarre microblogging/instant messenger/file sharing/event planner another look today. Again, I’m really not sure why it exists. I continue to struggle to find a del.icio.us/email replacement that allows me to share and tag links, comment on them, and maintain a searcheable archive. Thought Pownce might be it, but it’s not. It’s [...]

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I’ve been updating my tumblelog at tumblr quite regularly and am having a tonne of fun doing it. Also, Twitter has just popped back in my life — and I’m finding it a great tool for pervasive networking and keeping up-to-date with what my scattered friends are doing. As the network effect takes hold these [...]

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