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Darren Barefoot - Vancouver Technologist, Writer, Raconteur, Miscellanist

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Can SEO Get Julie to the Olympics?

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A couple of years ago my wife Julie started a figure skating blog. She’s got a particular purpose in mind for this project: she wants to get media accreditation for the skating events at the 2010 Olympics in…

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What Kind of Cell Phone Should I Buy, Again, and Should I Leave Fido?

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Three years ago (almost to the day), I asked you, my dear readers, what cell phone I should buy:
I own the Honda Civic of cell phones. It works fine, and doesn’t break when I drop it. I rarely use my phone–I may go…

Where did the Word ‘Blouse’ Go?

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I’m sitting here listening to Leonard Cohen’s “Closing Time” (check out the nice black and white video full of beautiful people). The chorus goes:
All the women tear their blouses off
and the men they dance on…

What’s Better: One Big Monitor or Two Smaller Ones?

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I was in London Drugs today, buying a new router. Man, the price of monitors has gone through the floor. You can get a 24″ Samsung monitor for $449.
To put that in some perspective, I’m currently typing on a…