06 Friday Apr 2012
Posted in Alberta, architecture, art, Calgary, Canada, design, photography, photowalking, urban
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alberta, architecture, art, bridge, Calatrava, calgary, canada, design, night, photography, photos, Santiago Calatrava, urban
A really tight, extremely cropped view of the Peace Bridge in Calgary, taken just a few days before it opened.
06 Friday Apr 2012
Posted in Apple, Internet, iPhone, technology
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apple, Fido, iOS, iPhone, mobile Internet, Rogers, smartphone
If you’re having trouble with tethering and Personal Hotspot with your iPhone, don’t forget to check with your carrier.
I noticed recently that my iPhone was no longer passing data to my devices with the Personal Hotspot function turned on.
I am subscribed to a data plan that allows for such activity and this function performed normally until the last few weeks.
After doing some online research, I tried some of the suggested tricks, including a network setting reset, to no avail.
At this point, I figured it was worth a call to Fido customer service.
The first agent confirmed to me I had a data plan that supports tethering and Personal Hotspot. He suggested there was some kind of firmware/software problem with my phone. He told me to check my OS version and to do a hard reboot of my phone before hanging up.
I was skeptical but I tried anyway. It turns out my apprehension was correct, as this did nothing to fix my problem.
I made another call to customer service. This time, I asked for the agent to make sure tethering was actually activated on my account. Lo and behold … it was not, although it should have been. The agent cheerfully rearranged my account details and voila! Tethering and Personal Hotspot were back in business.
05 Thursday Apr 2012
Posted in architecture, Canada, history, montreal, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
05 Thursday Apr 2012
Posted in friends, fun, iPhone, photography
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animal, dog, German shepherd, GSD, iPhone, iPhoneography, pet, photography, photos
Ah. 🙂
04 Wednesday Apr 2012
Posted in fun, photography, random
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fashion, funny, office, office supplies, paper clip, photography, photos, random, tie, tie clip
Office colleague walks in wearing a paper clip where you’d least expect to see one …
03 Tuesday Apr 2012
02 Monday Apr 2012
Posted in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, iPhone, photography, photowalking, random, urban
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alberta, calgary, canada, iPhoneography, photography, photos, photowalk, random, urban
Seen in Calgary, yesterday.
01 Sunday Apr 2012
Posted in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalking, random, urban
31 Saturday Mar 2012
Posted in Canada, photography, politics
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canada, coins, economics, finance, money, numismatics, photography
Another day, another Maple Leaf.
So the Canadian one-cent piece is headed for the dustbin of history. With the federal budget, unveiled Thursday, these coins will be phased out of production this fall as a cost-saving measure. Each piece apparently costs the government 1.6 cents to mint, which makes them something of a drag on the public purse.
While I feel a little bit of nostalgia for them, I will not miss them in my everyday transactions. Most of my purchases are made electronically. When I do use cash, I go to desperate measures to rid myself of the one-cent coins.
I will miss seeing the Maple Leaf, though. I wonder if the Royal Canadian Mint has given any thought to using the leaf motif on another common coin, or perhaps moving it to one of the lower-denomination polymer banknotes, which have yet to be released.
In any case, this year’s coin collector sets sold by the Mint have suddenly taken on some extra significance …
30 Friday Mar 2012
Posted in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalking, urban
Ricky Leong 