Jason's Notes About Stuff

No technological progress in 40 years (July 26, 2009)

geek | rant | Economics | Technology

I was recently watching a series called “Ancient Inventions”. It is hosted by one of the (more...)

Canadian Mobile Phones: Getting the Least for the Most (July 24, 2009)

rant | mobile | Business | Rogers | Economics | Technology

So today I received my Fido bill and noticed a new charge called “Other minutes." I was c (more...)

New site: buymystuff.com (July 16, 2009)

Business | Development | Internet

Last night I gave the first public demo of my new site – http://buymystuff.com What does it do (more...)

New Zealand and running a virtual company (July 8, 2009)

lifestyle | Business | Development | 4hww | Internet | travel | Project Management | Technology

It’s official! All of the paperwork for a one-year working holiday trip to New Zealand is now (more...)

Banned Companies List (July 5, 2009)

rant | Business | Internet

I’ve often referred to my “banned companies” list. This is a list I keep of compan (more...)

What stresses you out? (June 29, 2009)

lifestyle | Health

They say some of the most stressful things in life are: Starting a new job MovingMajor relationship (more...)

Conservation or Economics? (June 25, 2009)

Politics | environment | Economics

There seem to be more and more calls to conserve and “save the environment” these days. (more...)

Rogers' infrastructure still sucks after all these years (June 22, 2009)

geek | tech | Internet

I’ve had the displeasure of using Rogers cable Internet at two different places I’ve bee (more...)

Different ways to spend $2,000 (June 17, 2009)

lifestyle | 4hww | travel

For $2,000, I could buy: One LG 47" LCD TV: http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku (more...)

Driving in stop and go traffic (June 14, 2009)

rant | driving | traffic

Driving to Toronto one evening, I was very annoyed with how traffic was moving, and decided it might (more...)