Recently I've been traveling more for work and found myself in need of a good travel router to connect all my devices while on the road. For example, when I'm in a hotel I often like to connect my Amazon
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502 Bad Gateway, or how I broke my blog
For the past few years, I've been running this blog on the open source Ghost CMS and it's been great. Ghost is great for a site like this where the focus is on the content because the focus of Ghost
This is not my Conservative Party
I normally don't write or share my personal political beliefs online - the rise of "political tribalism" over the past few years has lead me to avoid posting anything of political nature to social media platforms, instead keeping my posts
You can't get there from here - port blocking by residential ISPs
Recently I was working with one of my customers to setup the Azure Files [https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/storage/files] service - a cloud based file sharing solution from Microsoft that allows you to "mount Azure Files shares
New CRTC Policy Direction Released - The ball is now in their court.
Today Minister Champagne announced the final Policy Direction to the CRTC [https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2023/02/minister-champagne-announces-final-direction-to-the-crtc-placing-affordability-and-consumer-rights-at-the-forefront-of-its-future-decisions.html] , and it's a welcome statement for internet competition in Canada. Back in June 2022, the first draft of
Lenovo shipping times are a lie
Sorry if this sounds like a bit of a rant, but I wanted others to be aware of the deceptive marketing practices used by Lenovo on their online store. Think of this as a "public service announcement" and perhaps a
Canadian Independent ISPs - another one bites the dust
One topic I've been meaning to write about for some time now is the increasing number of independent ISPs who have been acquired by incumbents. As we start 2023, I was saddened to learn today that another Canadian independent ISP,
Flanker brands are killing independent ISPs
Recently a relative of mine moved and needed internet access. Having not shopped for residential internet service in a long time, I was shocked to see that Virgin, the Bell "flaker brand" was selling 50/10 VDSL service for $40/