Mobilicity and WIND Mobile’s 2011 holiday promotions.

Both carriers can save you significant amounts of cash — even if you’re currently tied into a multi-year contract with Bell, Rogers or Telus.

Linux-powered comedy.

I’d wager that a lot of people in my local comedy racket would think they’d need a Mac or Windows laptop to play such a critical part in a show like this. They’d be wrong.

A little love for Linux Mint.

It would be tempting to position Mint as Linux for Windows users and Ubuntu for those used to Mac OS X, but such an idea does Linux Mint a great disservice. Ditto for OS X.

My first NFC.

I’m really at a loss as to why NFC-enabled handsets are so few and far between here in the west.

Google thinks different about product launches.

There’s nothing wrong with a bit of showmanship, but it’s also nice to let the products speak for themselves now and again.