Yahoo, it only took four to five tries over a span of four years to get Games Cheat successfully added to DMOZ. I last submitted my site to DMOZ about 5 months ago and forgot about it. I was pleasantly shocked when I was able to find Games Cheat listed on DMOZ. Unfortunately it...
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Got my site added to DMOZ
Garmin Nuvi 760 gps got me lost in New York state – Part 1
I bought the Garmin 760 gps from my local Costco last summer. I used it on many trips across Ontario and it had always been very reliable. The GPS had been so accurate that I decided to throw away my big CAA map of North America that had been growing moldy in the back...
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Google street view captures burning van in Toronto, Ontario.
Google street view finally launched in Canada few weeks ago. I had sighted the streetview camera car on Highway 407 some months before and trailed it. Here is the link to photos of the streetview car, http://www.gamescheat.ca/2009/06/google-maps-street-view-car-in-toronto-ontario/. The Google street view camera captured everything that it came across, including this picture of a burning...
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Some TV channels may not work with the Rogers digital receiver.
I moved into my new home about 3 months ago. Well, actually it is a 23 years old house with finished basement. Overall the house was in good condition, but it was in need of many minor repairs. Being the handyman that I am, I ripped out the carpet and installed laminate flooring, hardwood,...
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Dell launches Lattitide Z laptop with wireless charging technology
Dell is launching a new laptop Lattitude Z which is capable of charging the battery wirelessly. All you have to do is to place the laptop on top of the charging dock and the battery charges through induction. This means there is no connectivity between the dock and the laptop. Dell claims that it...
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Configuring the SNMP settings on a Cisco MDS 9000 series Fabric switch.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used to monitor network attached devices. Any changes in the status of the monitored device is transmittted to an SNMP log collection server. The server can be configured to send out notifications to the network administrator. I will list and explain the steps to configure SNMP on Cisco...
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Google maps street view car in Toronto, Ontario
I was on my way to work this morning driving west on the 407 in Richmond Hill. As I got towards Leslie Avenue, a mid size green coloured card speed down the ramp from Leslie onto the 407. The car cut across 3 lanes and ended up direclty in front of me. It was...
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GPS a wonderful technology, no more getting lost
This morning I arrived in Phoenix by Air Canada 589 after over four hours on the plane. My behind was sore and tired from sitting on the plane and freezing in the cold air conditioned cabin. I welcomed the desert heat that engulfed me as soon as I stepped out through the automated door...
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Venturing into online auction Ebay, part III
A weekend went by and still no bids, apart from two emails. The first email was sent by an Ebay member who wanted to know if I had other Cisco equipment for sale. I tried to look up more information about this person, but there was little history available. I replied that I had...
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Venturing into online auction Ebay, part II
I posted a Cisco 2501 for auction on Ebay on a Friday. To make my product stand out from the intense competition I decided to do something different. I decided to connect the router to the internet using my high speed cable modem. I enabled telnet and posted the access information on Ebay with...
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