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All done!

I finished assembling my new TV/stereo stands about a half-hour ago. They rock, it looks better than I hoped.

I took a picture of the old system just before dismantling. I'll try to remember to take one tomorrow morning and post them here tomorrow.

Epic video-game war brewing

CANOE jam!: Epic video-game war brewing

IKEA instinct

I bought a few things for the living room at IKEA today, so I thought it would be appropriate to link to a page full of quotes from Fight Club.

Goodbye massive "entertainment centre" that holds our TV, stereo components, CDs, DVDs and VHS taps (and yucky knick-knacks and faux plants on the top, blech!), which needs a foot of space in front of the wall for cable access.

Hello minimalist KAXÅS stereo stand and TV stand which are much more appropriate for apartment living and don't offer nearly the footprint for accumulating knick-knacks and faux plants. And Hello space-saving JUTIS CD stand that cost a mere $14.95.

As Tyler says, versatile solutions for a modern life.

Speed up OS X now

Looking for a quick and painless way to speed up OS X? Open the Displays panel in System Preferences and change the colour depth from Millions to Thousands.

I noticed an immediate, very noticable and appreciated performance improvement.

Copyright Reform Process

Government of Canada: Copyright Reform Process

No no no no NOOOOOO!!! It appears they're trying to bring the worst of the DMCA to Canada.