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There’s gonna be a jailbreak.

By Matt | Published: May 27, 2011

The iOS jailbreak is a hotly contested issue right now. Some folks feel that Apple has done no wrong with iOS and are happy to wait for officially released updates and features. On the other hand, some folks aren’t quite satisfied with the offerings of iOS, and know that the potential of devices running it [...]

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Video of the Week: Jellyfish Lake, Palau

By Matt | Published: May 27, 2011

Jellyfish Lake, Palau This week’s video comes from Sarosh Jacob on Vimeo. JELLYFISH LAKE, PALAU from Sarosh Jacob on Vimeo. More info on Jellyfish Lake from Sarosh’s description: Jellyfish Lake is located on Eli Malk island in the Republic of Palau. Twelve thousand years ago these jellyfish became trapped in a natural basin on the [...]

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Using jQuery to quickly and easily add attributes

By Matt | Published: May 26, 2011

Building a website with a content management system–be it free like WordPress or Drupal, or a paid CMS that you use–you may encounter the need to add an attribute to an element in your page, but didn’t know exactly where in the codebase that element existed. Rather than spending the time to hunt that element [...]

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Video of the Week: Star Wars Begins

By Matt | Published: May 4, 2011

May the fourth be with you. Today being Star Wars day, I’d like to share this wonderful find with everyone. Originally tipped off by this thread on Reddit–it’s worthwhile reading the whole thing if you’re a geek of any kind–I was quickly drawn in by this extremely well made fan documentary of the films, Star [...]

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How to: use batch files to speed up your work flow (Windows)

By Matt | Published: April 26, 2011

If you’re like me and you work in an office, you likely spend a lot of your day in front of a computer, often repeating tasks that may take as little as seconds, or others that may take a few minutes. The idea of taking these tasks and automating them to save time is nothing [...]

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    Tech, building websites, and using cameras to capture things the eye can't see are some of my favourite things. What's posted here will mostly reflect those interests.

    I live and work in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.