My main PC at home has been running Ubuntu since the release of Warty Warthog last October. I’d experimented with Linux desktop software in the past, but was never very successful at making it work nicely for me. Using Ubuntu has been very smooth, and upgrading from 4.10 to 5.04 also went very well. I’m […]
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Au Revoir RadioShack
26 March 2005 – 3:17 am
According to this report from CBC News, RadioShack in Canada will be no more as of June 30. A US court has sided with RadioShack Corp. in a dispute with InterTAN, the licensee of the brand in Canada. The article doesn’t specify the details of the dispute, but it would appear to have been the […]
The Woes of Professional Hockey
21 February 2005 – 9:15 pm
I’ve never been a fan (in the literal sense of the word) of professional hockey, but I have to admit I would watch now and then if the NHL was playing this year. (It may be the Canadian in me, but it’s my opinion that athletic endeavour is best served cold and with a touque.) […]
The Source by Circuit City
The folks at InterTAN, Inc. have come up with the new name for all their Radio Shack stores: The Source by Circuit City. The logo is undeniably ugly and the name is humdrum. Radio Shack was always such a fun name for a gadget store, “The Source” sounds like they’re trying too hard to be […]