Saturday marked the end of an era for me. As of noon Saturday I said Good Bye to car ownership. My trusty 2001 Nissan Altima is gone after having failed it’s Ontario Drive Clean test. I could have put the $500 plus into the car necessary for the repairs to bring it up to code,…
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The Golden Rule of WordPress Updates
This blog like all of my websites is powered by WordPress. I’ve been using the WordPress platform for about 7 years now. I’ve never rushed out to install the latest updates, since I have found that as much as I love the platform, a WordPress update can be buggy at times. Especially within the first…
My Toronto Food Truck Connection
My Toronto food truck connection is not as thin as you might think . I grew up around food trucks and know the history of food/coffee trucks in Toronto. In the late 50’s after getting laid off from Orenda Engines in Malton, my Dad drove an early version of the food truck. It was a converted panel…
Longest keyword search string?
Keyword overload? I was checking my Analytics stats tonight to see how well I was performing for a particular keyword and I came across this keyword search query. what if someone calls you at home someone called me about 4 times and i thought it was a prank call but then i called the number back and…
Busting the Fake PC Virus Scam
A few nights ago I received a call from 760-705-8888 again which was clearly a PC virus scam; you know the one you get totally randomly from “Steve” telling you your PC is infected with all sorts of viruses and scary sounding registry fixes and offering to fix it for you? Or maybe you don’t…
Solving Toronto’s Gridlock
Most nights I take a combination of streetcar, subway and bus to get home. Then there are some nights where I end up on the 502 Eastbound back to Bingham Loop from McCaul. If you follow newmediamike on Twitter you can usually tell when those nights are by the barrage of negative Tweets about my…
760-705-8888 – Why are they calling me?
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