Beyond the Rhetoric

I really don’t understand how conventional phone books continue to exist. If I want to find a reputable plumber in my area, I don’t whip out that giant book with newsprint all over it; I go to the Internet and do a search. Perhaps I can even find a few reviews and read up on [...]

For better or for worse, I have a really hard time disconnecting from the matrix. The Internet is at once the source of my livelihood and a major component to my daily lifestyle. And so, before heading across the Pacific Ocean to Australia, I did a little bit of research about getting a prepaid plan [...]

Yesterday, I gave you a sense of the adventures I had during the Nokia N97 mini tour as we traveled via RV from Vancouver to Calgary. Today, we take a look at the device that they were aiming to promote with this tour, which is currently continuing its way east toward Montreal and Toronto. The [...]

Considering that I am a self-confessed gadget geek, it’s almost ironic that it has taken me this long to get a new cell phone. I’ve been using my old phone, a Windows Mobile-powered HTC Wizard, for at least a couple of years, slowly watching as it acquired more bugs and glitches, watching as new technology [...]