Irksome

Bad Day for Clarks + Tech

Bad Day for Clarks + Tech

So as I was about to write and tell you all about how my father dropped his cell phone in a glass of whisky, this happened. Bad Day for Clarks + Tech — Originally uploaded by LexnGer I was going to make comments about dad's mishap like:  how he should treat the phone as if it had a hangover and give it a couple of cups of coffee, a couple of glasses of water, an advil and then take it for a swim in the refreshing river. how whisky voids the warantee (Gerry's joke) something witty about pickled cell phones.…

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Wrangling WordPress–need help

Wrangling WordPress–need help

As many of you know I’m doing some WordPress work and I’m bumping heads with the same issue over and over again… so I’m turning to my very smart, very resourceful and very helpful wordpress friends who I’m happy to suck up to in order to get help with the bane of my existence – CATEGORIES! Here’s the thing: I want a predictable way to know which category is going to show up dominate for a post if I assign 2 categories. Clarification: which category will be used in permalink if 2 are assigned. WordPress sucks at this and seems…

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Missing the Basketmobile

Missing the Basketmobile

Two weeks ago, we were working our asses off. My primary joy in each day was waking up and cycling to our new office, and at the end of the day getting on the basketmobile and cycling home.  I love biking in the morning when the tree-lined streets are dappled with sun and the birds are singing, and again late at night when the empty streets are dark and the air is thick and heavy. After working 10-12 hour days, even in my great new office, it was sheer joy to open the door, see my bike and know I…

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Canon Support Is Pissing Me OFF!

Canon Support Is Pissing Me OFF!

Testing My New Palm Pre — Originally uploaded by LexnGer See that Canon camera in the photo? It went in for it's 4th servicing over 50 days ago. (Actually its 5th servicing but there was a mix up and I lost some of the paperwork, but that's another story.) This story is about the camera I bought in January 2009 that went in for its 4th "official" servicing at the end of September 2010, and the extended warantee that said if the camera needed servicing 4 times it would be replaced. And after the last repair, Future Shop assured me…

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Not Again!

Not Again!

Sure it looks like a photo of pasta in a shopping bag, but what is that stripe down the middle? It's the reason I am taking the camera BACK in for servicing. 4th time in 11 months. It has already been in for servicing for 4.5 months out of the 11 months I've owned it. Dear Canon, this is outrageous!

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What I Hate About Christmas

What I Hate About Christmas

You know I'm a fan of the season. You've seen my myriad of posts about my father being Santa. You've chuckled under your breath as I march down the middle of Kensington Ave covered in ribbons and beating my drum for Festival of Lights. Even if I'm doing it alone in a windstorm. You’ve read about me skipping around and singing carols at the top of my lungs, in public. You've squeezed into a Xmas groaning board set for 30 and watched my cousin almost set fire to the table. You’ve seen photos of my trees, my cookies, my figgy…

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Commercial or Journalistic? You Tell Me

Commercial or Journalistic? You Tell Me

In the final episode of the Toronto Life Creative Commons drama, we have identified the issue to be a difference of opinion about what constitutes “Commercial Use”. After I sent in my letter to Toronto Life, I got a quick, respectful and reasoned response from Matthew Fox, Editor of TorontoLife.com. We have resolved the usage issue by TorontoLife.com including a link to CheapEatsToronto.com where they use any of my images (and they have already implemented this.) Matthew’s reply to my letter stated that TorontoLife.com believes the use of the images was journalistic and not directly commercial, and thus did not cause…

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Non Means Non

Non Means Non

Today I got the following Google alert telling me one of my photos had been used and accredited to me. Google Web Alert for: lexnger The new patios of summer ’09: Fresh grazing grounds for outdoorsy … May 11, 2009 … The new leisure class: Queen Street will benefit from some of the city’s new patios (Photo by LexnGer). With spring heating up into summer, … Normally this is very exciting news and I’m delighted to see my photos used. This time however I was a little surprised and more than a little annoyed. My photo is used in a…

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Dear Acid Reflux

Dear Acid Reflux

I know you’ve been around for years but why did you decide that this morning at 4:23am was the time to make yourself known? Oh sure, you can blame it on the stress. But who doesn’t have stress. I always have stress, or frankly I’d be asleep all the freaking time! Maybe you’ll point to the Timmies-Arbies-KFC combo that made up my meals that I justified because I was travelling and they were fast and easy. Yes, I did listen to Robyn on CBC telling the world that CheapEats don’t have to be Fast Food. Yes, I agree with her…

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Late Night On The Streets of Toronto

On Sunday night, I boarded a train in Waterloo. Little did I know the adventure that awaited me Late Night on the Streets of Toronto… [For those of you who catch this "live" I am using this post to test a feature of CoverItLive - a live blogging tool I used to blog SES for OneDegree.ca]

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You Should See The Other Guys

You Should See The Other Guys

You Should See The Other Guys — Originally uploaded by LexnGer I seem to have become a menace in the kitchen. Mainly to myself. For Valentine’s Day, I exploded a Pyrex pan out from under our beautiful Prime Rib and found myself standing on oven-hot shards of glass. In March, I branded my hand with mom’s convection oven. And last night I had an ill fated run in with a mandolin which brought new meaning to the phrase “get your fingers out of the mango salad” Luckily the last two incidents didn’t leave any lasting marks on anyone else, and…

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The Books Are Coming NOW!

The Books Are Coming NOW!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!! The books are coming NOW.  I feel like my water just broke.  We were expecting them on Friday – and explicitly told our PM if they were coming early we needed at least 24 hours notice to get the help we needed to carry them up to our office. The phone rang an hour ago, as I was setting up the Advance Purchase PayPal buttons.  “Do you have a dock?” he asked casually. “No…” I said, my voice already starting to raise in panic “Okay, thanks,” the voice says with finality. I hear him putting the receiver down. “WAIT!” I…

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