March 16, 2009

Welcome to yet another iteration of Angry in the Great White North

Since I am a computer engineer as well as a blogger, I love to tinker with the nuts and bolts of the website almost as much as I enjoy producing content for it.  So it is that Angry in the Great White North is transformed again.  In this design, I have incorporated much of what I have learned about usage patterns surrounding this blog.

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August 11, 2008

Snazzy new design at Stephen Taylor's blog

Check out the new sleek design.

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August 05, 2008

SPAM: Has Garth Turner broken the rules regarding his email marketing service?

Liberal MP Garth Turner is very excited.  The most loyal of all Liberal MPs is hosting a town hall meeting for his hero, Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion. 

But what if no one shows up?

To make sure that doesn't happen (and so show that he can command a loyal following of Liberal voters) Garth Turner has sent out a mass mailing to encourage people to turn out for the meeting.

Here's the problem.  Pulling together various threads, I wonder if there is reason to believe Garth Turner has contravened the anti-spam rules of the US-based email marketing service he is using his effort to look make Stephane Dion look good.

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SPAM: Has Garth Turner broken the rules regarding his email marketing service?

Liberal MP Garth Turner is very excited.  The most loyal of all Liberal MPs is hosting a town hall meeting for his hero, Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion. 

But what if no one shows up?

To make sure that doesn't happen (and so show that he can command a loyal following of Liberal voters) Garth Turner has sent out a mass mailing to encourage people to turn out for the meeting.

Here's the problem.  Pulling together various threads, I wonder if there is reason to believe Garth Turner has contravened the anti-spam rules of the US-based email marketing service he is using.

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July 04, 2008

The end of the Internet as we know it?

Imagine that your ISP blocked access to every site on the Internet.  Then as a subscriber, you paid a monthly fee for access to basic blocks of sites, as well as extra fees for other sites not in the basic package.

Apparently this will define access to the Internet for Canadians in 2010.

I know, it sounds nuts.

Part of me wonders if I was directed to this story by someone wanting to embarrass me.

But then the idea has just plausible enough to make me think it could be true.

In any case, it's fascinating, and I figured I can't be faulted for letting you read the story and judge for yourself.

Ah, for all I know, this is just an urban legend I've never heard of before.

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May 12, 2008

Missing comments mystery solved

I've figured out why some comments seemed to disappear, or why some seemed to appear on the recent comments list, but weren't seen on the blog post.  I had inadvertently created two comment streams per post.

Now only one stream exists per post.

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April 30, 2008

Viigo: BlackBerry Feed Reader

I've installed a new gadget for my BlackBerry.  It's called Viigo.

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April 27, 2008

Trackback Primer

Having re-enabled trackbacks, I've had more than a few people asking me just what a trackback is.

This post will provide some explanation, some guidelines on how to use trackbacks on this site, and a procedure for performing a trackback regardless of the software you use for web authoring (blogging or otherwise).

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April 26, 2008

Trackbacks are back

It's been a long time, but I've put trackbacks back onto the blog.  Thanks to Jason Cherniak for prompting me to finally get off my butt and get this task done.

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March 26, 2008

Welcoming James Curran to Intense Debate

Liberal blogger James Curran has installed the Intense Debate commenting system.  Here's hoping it will encourage blog readers to visit blogs from "the other side" more often.

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March 22, 2008

An important consideration when shutting off government funding -- the spread of pornography!

The Conservative government has reduce or cut off funding to a number of programs, including quasi-private special interest groups.  Though I have no problem with the government vacating these areas, there are some unintended consequences to be considered.

In particular, of course, is having government computers help out with the spread of online pornography.

But you knew that's where I was going with this.

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December 17, 2007

Phishing, PayPal, PayPalSucks, and the OCC

A phishing email popped up in my inbox, and just for fun, I decided to study the links and domains associated with it.  I would never have guessed what names and addresses popped up in relation to this bit of spam.

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SlickCash, Brian Fabian, Facebook, spam, and Al Qaeda

A Toronto firm is in trouble for allegedly trying to crack open Facebook's data files.  Given the reputation of the holding companies in this porn empire, it seems like they were looking for email addresses.  I wonder if an interest in Al Qaeda four years ago was also just an attempt to get email addresses.

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December 14, 2007

Some subtle blog changes driven by technology

Going forward, there are going to be a few subtle changes to the blog presentation.  I take a break from regular blogging to describe these changes since I think they might inspire other bloggers never to be satisfied, but to always try to make things better.

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December 10, 2007

Encouraging more points of view

I've always maintained that the point of this blog is to encourage my readers to explore as many different points of view as possible. That's one of the reasons I've always displayed the blogrolls of all the major political groupings in Canada.

Blogs rolls, however, have limited utility. After a lot of procastination, I've finally added a cross-linking facility to the bottom of each post.

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December 06, 2007

Fiddling with Social Bookmarking

I've done a bit of tweaking with the social bookmarks you'll find in the upper right-hand corner of the blog pages.

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November 10, 2007

Where is Joe the Beaver? [He's back?]

I'm trying out a new banner, but try as a I might, I couldn't find room for Joe the Beaver.

Update: People said put him in the maple leaf. So I tried again, and I think I have something that works.

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November 09, 2007

Conservative blogging in Canada rocks!

The results of the 2007 Weblog Awards are in, and the the people have made it clear. In Canada, conservative blogging is tops!

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November 06, 2007

A note about the Intense Debate commenting system

Response to the new commenting system has been generally positive. The people at Intense Debate have been quick to resolve problems, but I ought to point out a problem I had that I've now noticed that at least one reader has had. My Google Mail account dumped by Intense Debate verification email into the spam folder. It took me a while to notice the problem. If you've registered but for some reason haven't spotted the email, check your spam folder. It might be lying in there. If it's not there, or you've emptied your spam folder, and you've registered but are hung up because you never saw a verification email, let me know, and I'll pass the information on to Intense Debate. With any luck we can get you registered in short order.

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November 05, 2007

Best Canadian Blog -- The race is turning ugly!

Voting is still open for Best Canadian Blog in the 2007 Weblog Awards. As the voting continues, the race is turning ugly.

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