Archive for March, 2009

Ssense.com Pricing now in US Dollars

Boo, Hiss. Why did Ssense convert to US Dollars when they were a Canadian online shopping store? That bugs me. Especially now with the US Dollar much stronger than our loonie. I was browsing the trenchcoats and overcoats, hoping to snag a deal and use the 20% off coupon on a sale item, but then […]

Ortofon Kontrapunkt A Review

I’ve owned this cartridge for a while, and this is my first moving coil cartridge, so please keep that in mind while reading my review. Inflation and other factors have driven the cost of this cartridge up to the $1000 range now, while it used to be in the $600 range only 5 years ago. […]

Mac Safari Get Hacked in Record Time

I find it amusing when exploits in Mac’s security are found, as there are just as many exploits in the software as there are in Windows, yet Mac users are always trying to discredit any findings… saying that they are irrelevant to the actual security of the machines. While some of this may be true, […]

2010 Vancouver Olympics Surveillance Cameras

As many of you many already know, Vancouver is going to implement a video surveillance system on the streets of the city in and around the complexes that will be housing the Olympic Games. Athens implemented a similar system for the 2004 Olympic games and continued to use it afterwards, while Vancouver’s privacy commisioners are […]

Paco Chicano – Even more Gangster

Christian Audigier continues to dazzle with his beautifully printed (and some might say tacky, and overdone) peices of clothing art. He has partnered with Frank and Gilbert Ros, who created the Paco Chicano brand in the 80’s in Andalusia in the Kingdon of spain. The brand uses many images of flowers and secular metaphors, with […]