by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Apr 4, 2010 | Apple, BSD, Technology
With the release of the Apple iPad I found this link, which I thought would be quite useful to everyone! —– Any idiot can use an iPad at a basic level. It’s designed that way. But even still, there are things that you’re just supposed to...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Apr 1, 2010 | News
The federal government is suspending a program which offered people financial incentives to have their homes evaluated for energy efficiency and then perform upgrades to improve the rating. Under the ecoEnergy Retrofit program, homeowners could receive a grant of up...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Apr 1, 2010 | Airlines, News
In a statement released Wednesday morning, the company says recent changes in the Canadian vacation tour market combined with the airline’s debt level have rendered the company unable to maintain profitable operations. One employee at Skyservice headquarters...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Mar 30, 2010 | Hardware, Linux, Nintendo, Open Source, Sony, Technology, Ubuntu, University, UNIX, World
Thought I would re-post a soon to be non-existent feature of the original PS3. ————————————— There is more to the PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system than you may have...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Mar 30, 2010 | News, Nintendo, Sony, Technology
TOKYO – Nintendo, the world’s biggest maker of video-game players, said it aims to start selling a version of its DS handheld video-game machine that allows the user to play 3D titles without special glasses. Nintendo plans to give details of the model at...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Mar 30, 2010 | Ajax, Food, GTA Culture, Oshawa
If you are looking for a hidden gem, you need to visit the Bravo Italian Bakery in Ajax Ontario. It is the best little charm in North Ajax and will hopefully be for years to come. Go taste and see! In my opinion you will not be disappointed! Bravo! Italian Bakery 81...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Mar 29, 2010 | Environmental Issues, GTA Environment, GTA Issues, GTA News, Markham, Ontario, Public Transit, Richmond Hill, Toronto, Vaughan, Viva, World, YRT
Commuters in the Greater Toronto Area suffer through longer round trips than their counterparts in 18 other major centres, including notoriously congested Los Angeles, according to a new report commissioned by the Toronto Board of Trade. The board’s second...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Mar 29, 2010 | Amiga, BeOS, BSD, Google, Hardware, Linux, Microsoft, Novell, Solaris, Technology, UNIX
I heard today that Sony plans on removing the “other OS” option from their systems. What was more shocking was their supposed reason for removing this feature. Now I have a PS3 and I personally think it is one of the best systems available today. However,...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Mar 28, 2010 | Environmental Issues, GTA Issues, Public Transit, Toronto, Viva, YRT
I thought I would finish the night by giving you a link to a site that details the positives of light-rail. It is unfortunate that the government has decided to put an end to a visionary plan to get transit rolling in the city of Toronto. Like the former Harris...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Mar 27, 2010 | Adobe, Apple
Apple’s iPad could make it the king of old media, arbiter of taste and technology alike. So magazines and newspapers have begun a series of countermoves that could turn the quietest dogfight in media into the most vicious. In one sense, the iPad’s January...