tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66706099419024378802012-01-20T22:35:27.161-08:00aounoreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670609941902437880.post-49380356280261649832010-07-20T12:45:00.000-07:002010-07-20T13:36:19.406-07:00

With Hulu not rushing into Canadian market seems like we have two major news in online movies and TV shows availability for canadians.Sony finally launched Movies section in PlayStation Store for Canadians on July 1st 2010.Yes, now you can buy and rent movies and tv shows right from your game console.Prior to that the only options to buy and rent movies purely online (without waiting for DVD

aounoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670609941902437880.post-64659351843720485772010-06-07T10:03:00.000-07:002010-06-07T10:11:29.853-07:00

I visited customer in Vancouver yesterday. While working with them I overheard the conversation about few guys there working on "iPad integration"...Knowing couple of guys there being an Apple geeks wasn't that surprising at all... Having piece of software working on Apple's latest gadget is cool.To my large surprise - they were doing integration with "the real thing" MagTek IPad card reader

aounoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670609941902437880.post-78462254154891444462010-01-19T04:58:00.000-08:002010-01-19T05:04:04.459-08:00

As of January 2010 CityTV Video site went through major upgrade and now full episodes for dozens of shows, including 30 Rock, Mercy, Cougar Town, Murdoch Mysteries, Trauma, Supernanny, The Biggest Loser and others are available online in Canada.Ugly Betty is still there for sure.Check out list of other Hulu alternatives in CanadaEnjoy!

aounoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670609941902437880.post-65597396770557321392010-01-18T19:31:00.000-08:002010-01-21T11:24:53.988-08:00

I took my car to the wash today and while waiting in line - stared at the receipt with the car wash code. You know, these fully automatic, touch-less carwash where the only touching one has to do is to key in the “wash code” from the receipt at the washing chamber entrance.The expiry date for the ticket 16/07/16!!! Well… maybe it’s a SUNCO policy to sell car wash tickets with 6.5 years expiry,

aounoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670609941902437880.post-25865156435429290002009-12-01T07:32:00.000-08:002009-12-01T08:05:20.162-08:00

Clearly not now. And unlikely in the future.But anyway - one more source of online TV for [at least some] Canadians. Just launched this week (first week of December 2009) RogersOnDemand.com at the moment hosts few dozens of TV shows and movies.There are couple of gotchas. First of all you have to be existing paying Rogers customer. To create an account you first should authenticate yourself

aounoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670609941902437880.post-25364209967832569392009-08-12T12:38:00.000-07:002009-08-12T16:26:45.370-07:00

I've been playing with my Beer Can TV Antenna for a while and upgraded my TV to full featured 1080i HDTV model since original post in 2008.Read orifinal post on Beer Can TV Antenna for details - but in few words - beer can antenna is made of two beer can halfes, connected to TV cable. One half to inner core of the cable and another to the outer sheilding.There are two simple improvements that

aounoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670609941902437880.post-25787238597634241592009-05-08T08:18:00.000-07:002009-08-14T18:40:53.581-07:00

Apparently Hulu figured out how to block HotSpot Shield users from accessing Hulu from Canada.So we now have no choice, but to use legal Hulu alternatives in Canada from CBC, Global, CTV and others.Couple to additions to the list:CTV launched beta version of HD Video site Only Flash Point and Corner Gas are there so far.YouTube now hosts full-length movies without any restrictions for Canada.

aounoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670609941902437880.post-46164452240613813742009-04-12T07:03:00.000-07:002009-04-12T09:13:52.106-07:00

Or how to make free calls to US and Canadian businesses from anywhere in the world.Recently Google introduced Goog411 service - free telephone business directory. From anywhere in US or Canada you can call 1 800 GOOG411 (1-800-466-4411), name province/state and town and then name of the business you want to reach.Here is how dialog normally looks like:Google: Call is recorded. What city and

aounoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670609941902437880.post-73213361671354005832009-02-19T19:06:00.000-08:002009-08-14T18:41:24.247-07:00

Tried to find some compliments for Hulu Canada post, looking at websites of canadian TV broadcasters... Found some limited content available from E! Canada and A ChannelThanks to their iPhone application, I discovered the perfect free and legal TV content source for Canada - joost.comJoost, like Hulu, would limit content canadians can watch, but unlike hulu - joost would allow some shows to be

aounoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670609941902437880.post-47684236538057522322009-01-30T06:40:00.000-08:002010-11-18T12:44:51.934-08:00

Hulu.com - the internet superhit of last year, delivering tonns of TV programming on-demand online to your PC is not avaliable in Canada. Not yet. The official version is there is legal paperwork to be done in order to "clear" the content for distribution in Canada.Anyway - whatever real reason is - no hulu for canadians as of january 2009.However - you still can whatch a lot of your favorite TV

aounoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670609941902437880.post-68750623709112338932008-11-26T19:14:00.000-08:002009-08-14T18:42:12.223-07:00

Tonight I walked down College street near Spadina and came across hardware store, advertising "Free HD-TV". Obviously selling TV antennas for $35. Store owner also made The Smart Thing indeed posted list of HDTV channels you can receive in Toronto on this antenna.Not sure if his list is accurate, but here is what the guy advertised:CityTV - channel 57OMNI1 - channel 47Global - channel 41CBC -

aounoreply@blogger.com1Spadina Ave & College St, Toronto, ON, Canada43.657945 -79.39992943.654064 -79.4072245 43.661826 -79.3926335tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670609941902437880.post-5198231237450559282008-05-28T17:55:00.000-07:002009-08-01T06:24:24.551-07:00

Went to Madison, WI recently and got the following list of HDTV channels with beer pop can antenna. Yes, I din't have a beer can in my hotel room, but managed to grab two coke cans, so attached a can to each end of matching transformer and got myself a good old dipole antenna. Here is the list of OTA DTV channels I got, along with bunch of analogue channels, which you shouldn't probably care

aounoreply@blogger.com0Madison, WI, USA43.062071 -89.40084642.9366525 -89.6343055 43.187489500000005 -89.1673865tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670609941902437880.post-1310979719423905622008-05-22T12:12:00.000-07:002008-05-28T17:52:58.186-07:00

Or another reason to dislike your cable companyAbstract: Cable TV box apperently responcible for 1% of my entire household energy consumption.I recently bought Energy Meter - the device you can plug between electrical/hydro outlet and your appliances and it shows you exactly how much power this or that device/appliance consumes. Not that I'm too concerned about my hydro bill, I'm paying about

aounoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670609941902437880.post-79147648846910736682008-02-17T19:25:00.000-08:002009-08-01T06:26:48.326-07:00

There are way more digital channels you can receive for free OTA (over the air) with impromptu antenna in Boston than there are in Toronto. I counted 23. Well.. if you'll exclude duplicates it's anyway at least 20, comparing to just 5 in Toronto. My mobile HDTV toolkit That was my first HDTV hunting tour (not that I visited Boston only for that, but rather had training there and got my

aounoreply@blogger.com0Boston, MA, USA42.35892 -71.0578142.105224 -71.52472900000001 42.612615999999996 -70.590891tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670609941902437880.post-83499331368760035532008-02-03T15:38:00.000-08:002008-02-04T01:51:45.260-08:00

With my beer can tv antenna For free, over the air (OTA).One picture worth a thousand words: No DirecTV, No Rogers, No Bell ExpressVu. Just free signal from CN Tower, over the air in pure HDTV. Beauty, eh?

aounoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670609941902437880.post-20304220179616710112008-01-18T12:30:00.000-08:002009-08-14T05:28:32.485-07:00

You can receive bunch of TV channels for free over the air (OTA). Including HDTV (High Defenition TV or Digital TV - DTV). All you need is some kind of antenna.The simplest kind of TV antenna you can imagine is an unfolded paperclip stuck right into tv antenna socket With paperclip antenna, depending on the location of your house and your TV in the house, (close to the window, facing TV tower is

aounoreply@blogger.com51Newmarket, ON, Canada44.060336 -79.45566343.9986575 -79.5723925 44.1220145 -79.3389335