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2006

Spine.cx posts from the year 2006.

Save your podcast subscriptions online

If you're using iTunes to download your podcasts, have you ever had it crash, or otherwise screw ...

.NET complaint of the month: XmlDocument is not serializable

I gotta say, on the whole, I'm quite pleased with this .NET Framework that Microsoft has provided...

Being sick sucks

I don't get sick very often, but because of that, when I do get sick, I hate it that much more. ...

Interesting way to sell digital music

I'm regularly browsing Zunior.com, checking out new music that I can play on the podcast, and I c...

My episode of commandN is online

In case you weren't clicking 'reload' on the page as much as I was, looking for this week's episo...

@#$%! Snow

I'm surprised I'm the first one to post about this. Maybe the rest of you are still stuck in tra...

You like Christmas music, right?

I'm sure that some of you know that in addition to Spine Radio, I also do a music podcast f...

Windom Earle at Stage Nine

I'm killing myself waiting for this show. Go check out Windom Earle tonight at Stage Nine or you...

MySpace is a scourge (to tabbed browsing)

The worst thing about MySpace isn't the ugliness of the site. It isn't the fact that it's horrib...

I'm going to be on commandN

Jeff MacArthur, one of the co-hosts of commandN came by my house tonight to film a segment ...

New condom technology

Who would have thought that they could improve on the condom? I mean, everybody knows they suck,...

FREE Shotgun and Jaybird Tickets

For anyone who doesn't typically read the Spine Radio blog, I'm posting this on the main page bec...

Random thought

Body parts are like remote controls: They cost almost nothing to produce, but they're very expen...

Selling vintage computers on Ebay

I am selling some vintage computers on Ebay right now. If you're in the market for some museum p...

Axl Rose sings "Liquor and Whores" with Bubbles

Somebody managed to get away with video-taping the Trailer Park Boys on stage with Guns'n'Roses. ...

Sounds re-instated after IE 7 upgrade

I recently upgraded to IE 7 thanks to Windows Update. I thought everyone could benefit from some...

CCTV Cameras + Google Video = Halifax's next income source

I've been thinking about the new video camera that Halifax has focused on the corner of Grafton a...

Best purchase I've made all day

Enough said. Originally posted on Friday, 2006-11-17 at 14:16:45.

My photos on LeftHip.com

The rumours are true -- I'm all kinds of new media. Not only do I have a mean radio voice, but I...

Headphones

About once a year, I go on a hunt for a pair of headphones. Last year, I picked up a Sennheiser ...

Sons of Butcher, TONIGHT at Stage Nine!

They're playing here, in Halifax, tonight, at Stage 9. Originally posted on Monday, 2006-10-...

Halifax Pop Explosion 2006

How I could I write about the Halifax Pop Explosion without playing music? I decided to put my t...

My own personal feed, burned

Just now, I went and hooked myself up with a feedburner feed for my personal blog here on Spine.c...

Motorola SLVR L7 Review

Last week, I bought a Motorola SLVR L7 from a guy on eBay. It's basically like the RAZR, but it'...

Firefox 2.0 release due out within the week

The actual release version of Firefox 2.0 is due out this week. It's got a bunch of cool feature...

Sunday Shopping

As I'm sure everybody here expected, I made it my mission to go out shopping on Sunday. I headed...

Spine.cx mentioned in the Halifax Herald

In case you hadn't caught it, Spine.cx was mentioned in the Halifax Herald a couple of days ago. ...

The Michelin RAZR?

This case for the Motorola RAZR makes it look like it was made by Michelin. I suppose it might a...

It's about time

A Nova Scotia judge has issued a ruling stating that the provincial government went beyond its po...

I should write the Coast with this

So, the Rolling Stones were here. They set up on the Commons nearest the corner of Cogswell and ...

Spine Radio on CKDU redux

After receiving confirmation from the powers that be, I am more sure than ever that Spine Radio w...

Transformers fan film - The Rude Awakening of Optimus Prime

This has got to be one of the funniest fan-made videos I've seen in a long time. Of course, I pr...

Spine Radio on CKDU

For anybody who listening for it like I was, Spine Radio was NOT broadcast last night (Tuesday @ ...

Apple releases iTunes 7.0

Earlier tonight, Apple released iTunes 7.0, mainly a vehicle to allow the sale of movies through ...

Firefox 2.0 Beta 2

Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 came out a couple of days ago, and despite my bad experience with Beta 1 (that...

At least it asks...

Originally posted on Thursday, 2006-08-31 at 14:57:47.

Camping is fun

I need a hobby. Well, a hobby other than one that involves me sitting in front of a computer. A...

Go see David Picco at Ginger's and/or Gus'

My step-brother, David Picco is going to be touring Atlantic Canada in the next few weeks. (He's...

18 ways to stay focused at work

Blogger Dave Cheong has come up with a list of 18 ways to stay focused and more productive at wor...

Free CDs (for the price of postage)

I mentioned this a couple of weeks ago in a Spine Radio episode, but Brobdingnagian Records is gi...

ANOTHER new radio station?

Driving around today, I noticed a van beside me in traffic with 88.9 something something on the s...

Spam of the week

Spam of the week: From: Adam Phelps <AdamPhelps@0451.com> Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:49:18 -00...

Camping in Boston

Plans are starting to come together for our road trip to Boston. We've been researching campsite...

New blog entry privacy feature

I've implemented a new feature that will let you guys not only decide whether to post a blog entr...

Vin Art Wines offers free Absinthe tasting

For those of you who have always wanted to try real absinthe, but haven't wanted to import it fro...

This is why NOFX kicks everyone else's asses

There are two fairly major concerts happening on the Dartmouth waterfront this summer. The first...

Photos From FNP X

Check my Flickr photos for some pics of the pub crawl. If you have photos of your own, post the ...

Lost will have no re-runs in its 3rd season

The official LOST podcast from LOST producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse says that in the 3r...

Shirts are in!

If you've ordered a t-shirt for the Seal Clubbing pub crawl, it is now in my posession. Please c...

Lost finale! Live together, die alone

I had a phone conversation with Ian Frosst about the LOST season 2 finale. Now you can hear it t...

More cities should do this

An organization called Doors Open Toronto sponsors an annual event where the general public can h...

24 Season Finale

Don't read any further if you haven't seen the finale yet (and you don't want to be spoiled). ...

Big Brother UK

Just downloaded the first episode of the UK edition of Big Brother. I can't express to you, the ...

Shirts have been ordered

A grand total of 48 shirts were ordered this morning. To anybody who didn't get their order in, ...

Three Minutes

Frosst and I talk about the 2x22 episode of Lost, Three Minutes. He's on satellite internet, so ...

Andechs Dopplebock

My brother got me to try this beer that his Austrian friend Ingo brought over from Germany, and...

Shirt Payment Options

Because we're so close to the actual crawl date of May 27th, I am going to have to place the orde...

Shirt graphics!

Spine.cx pub crawl FAQ: To order a shirt To ask a question The shirts will go down in price ...

FNP X: Bar line up finalized.

I've been quite busy at work lately, so I've kind of let this pub crawl organization stuff fall a...

The Question Mark

This is a three-way skype conversation between Matt, Ian, and I, talking about the episode of Los...

Joel Plaskett song in a Zellers commercial

I'm watching the second part of a two part House M.D., and what should come on but a Zellers comm...

CBC offers way more podcasts

CBC is now offering podcast versions of what I'm willing to bet are your favourite shows. Have y...

The Zunior.com Podcast

I have paired up with Dave Ullrich of Zunior.com to do a music podcast featuring stuff that you c...

Canadian musicians speak out against copyright laws & DRM

It's about time somebody stood up and said something, and I'm proud that it is Canadian artists d...

Silent Hill

Tanya and I review and talk about the movie Silent Hill. Originally posted on Tuesday, 2006-04-2...

Metro Transit's clientele is top notch

Today on my way home, a fine gentleman sat next to me on the bus. He was so respectable that des...

What bars shall we visit?

So, nobody has expressed great outrage at the date of May 27th, so I'll take that to mean that it...

Bluetooth is good for something

So, my brother and I are sitting in the Economy Shoe Shop, and for whatever reason, we want to ge...

How do you know when to stop wiping?

Don't ask. Just listen. Originally posted on Tuesday, 2006-04-11 at 23:09:37.

2006 Element

I am over at Portland street Honda and I decided to try posting to my blog with my handheld. I m...

Pub crawl at the end of May?

Spring time means it's about time for another Spine.cx pub crawl. The tentative date is going to...

The .NET Framework can't count past 256

Anyone who did arts in university can stop reading now. For the most part, I really like devel...

My new iPod

I've had my black 30 gig iPod now for a few weeks, so I figure it's about time I write something ...

OMG!!! This baby seal is so cute

And I'm willing to bet that it's just as delicious. Originally posted on Monday, 2006-04-03 ...

Red carpet at the Junos

Through some good fortune, I was able to attend the red carpet ceremony at the Juno awards. I bo...

Eastlink wireless trial

For a while now, I've been noticing wireless hotspots around downtown called "Eastlink WiFi Trial...

WTF is up with iTunes?

So, I picked up an iPod last week (which I'm still planning to blog about later, a little more in...

Knee in my Package

It's tax time, and you just have to deal with it. Originally posted on Thursday, 2006-03-23 ...

Me on Electric Circus

I didn't want this video to get lost, so I stuck it up on YouTube.com. It's from back in 1999 wh...

Anti-war protest hits downtown Halifax

Apparently some people were planning a big anti-war protest for Saturday around noon. I was just...

St. Patrick's Day 2006

What a blast I had on St. Patrick's Day. It started off with breakfast at the Old Triangle. ...

Capsaicin cures prostate cancer

Holy flamin' hoop, Batman! Reuters is reporting on a study that concluded Hot peppers kill prost...

Our little Flashy is getting married

Congratulations to Spine.cx's own Flashy and Triad who are getting married sometime in April. So...

Superfriendz @ the Grawood

For anyone who didn't attend the Superfriendz show at the Grawood this past Saturday night, you m...

Danko Jones - Sleep is the Enemy

I picked up an actual CD for the first time in a long while this week. Every time I heard that D...

Google Calendar is coming

You had to think this was coming. Google is developing a web calendering application that will b...

Maternity Leave (Fucking CTV)

Fucking CTV. Why would you change the time of the best show that you have on your fucking statio...

Public hearings on buildings extended

They are extended the public hearings on the two buildings proposed for the old tex-park site. T...

Time to do my taxes

I calculated my taxes and all that jazz, and by my calculations (actually, the calculations of UF...

Out on Saturday night

Fun times had by all. Even Matt the Pimp. Originally posted on Wednesday, 2006-02-22 at 09:...

The Long Con

This episode was good in terms of character development, but really did nothing to advance the my...

Great blonde joke

I haven't heard a good blonde joke in a long time, but this one is hilarious. Let me know what y...

Motorist attacks bike courier

Bernie sent me this remarkable account of pedestrian journalism from Toronto. A photoblogger cau...

Stephen Harper is weird

I'm watching the news last night, and inevitably, there is a story about Stephen Harper, and how ...

Fire and Ice

Overall, I think this was a fairly boring episode, but I think we can glean some fairly significa...

I have the biggest ego on the internet

According to EgoSurf.org, I outrank just about everybody else with whatever criteria they use to ...

Election Babble

I took the test on PoliticalCompass.org and I found myself to be quite left-leaning. But the mor...

Two-Tiered Milk

I was in the grocery store today to pick up some milk, and I found that when I got to the cooler ...

The opening of Sensations

Matt, Jay, and I checked out the grand opening of Sensations last night. The protesters were the...

Monitor envy

I just got a new monitor, and I'm very happy with it. However, as happy as I am, I am still easi...

The 23rd Psalm

It’s good to finally get a new episode of Lost after what was an agonizing break over Christmas w...

My wierd-shit-o-meter is pegged

My computer bit me. I was picking up my server machine, and I guess I caught my finger on a shar...