For the holiday season, my favorite online back-up solution, Mozy, is giving away a bonus 512 megs of space for their free 2 GB accounts.  This means you’ll get 2.5 gigabytes of encrypted online back-up storage (25% more than usual!). I’ve reviewed...

I saw this piece of code mentioned on reddit and it absolutely blew my mind.  The code below is written in the Ruby programming language and when compiled, produces compilable Python code which is impressive in itself.  And when you compile the...

Dedicated readers will know that I have a passion for minimalist gadgets and gear.  In particular, I’ve written a post about alternative wallets for the minimalist.  In that post, I mentioned several wallets including the one I used at the time.  A...

I got the chance to attend the world premiere of the movie “What’s Your Raashee?” at the Toronto International Film Festival this past weekend at Roy Thomson Hall.  I sat in the very last row so admitedly, I didn’t get a great view but the movie...

BitTorrent is a great protocol that allows for distributed (legal) file sharing.  Since its inception in 2001, it has grown substantially and currently accounts for more than half of all internet traffic by some accounts.  Part of this enormous...