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Archive: April, 2004

April 21, 2004

Powered by consumer awareness.

The available domain name of the week is brandplant.com

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

April 19, 2004

It works better if you plug it in.

While it doesn’t really explain why we’ve had to wait so bloody long for Apple to launch a Canadian iTunes Music Store, this brief AppleInsider article does add credence to my belief that any situation that involves more than one party in Canada tends to becomes hopelessly convoluted. And what do I have to work … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

April 15, 2004

.Mac .Mail .Missing

Over at the home office, we have been using the online advertising and affiliate tracking services of My Affiliate Program to monitor response rates of the various email campaigns we send to the folks who register on our site. At some point, we plan to replace this rather convoluted and, at times, painfully implemented service … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

April 5, 2004

Photo of the day.

  Meteor coupe under tarpaulin. 5th Avenue Northwest, Calgary.

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

April 5, 2004

1,700 iterations of whatever.

Four years ago today, I began to type a sporadic stream of hopefully interesting snippets into a service called Blogger, subsequently publishing them on this site. That was over 1,700 snippets ago. It was a significant change in direction for me, that is, to write and publish something on a almost daily basis. A good … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

April 4, 2004

Giggle widgets.

The available domain name of the week is interfacetious.com

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

April 1, 2004

Attention caught.

Indulge me for but a moment, while I list a few things that have managed to temporarily wrench me away from my current state of busy over the past week or so. Blacktree’s Quicksilver launcher widget thingie. Yet another BBEdit update. The PlusDeck PC mod. Subscribing to iCal calendars with a Newton. Bluetooth drivers for … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.