Should I drop BBC Canada?

I’ve had BBC Canada in my channel lineup for the past year, but it may be time for it to go.

The problem is the reason why I signed up for the channel in the first place, Top Gear. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a very good car show and great fun to watch, but frankly I’ve already seen all the shows they seem to have. Several times, in fact. It’s kind of galling that they should bombard their viewers with endless repeats of “Best of” compilations when the adverts they put between shows continuously promise “all new episodes every weekend.” If you can’t deliver on that, at least stop running those ads.

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Filthy book-on-book action!

Hot Library Smut! for the bibliophile in you. I’m glad to see that my particular favorite (Trinity College, Dublin) is there. Not that there isn’t already plenty of book porn on the internet! Just look at all these books living in sin on that bookshelf, some of them without as much as a dustcover! Some will argue that it’s only love, but without protection they could catch something.

64-bit Linux Answers to Adobe Foot-Dragging.

Tired of being shut out of discussion about the YouTube or Google video flavor of the week because Adobe won’t get off its butt and release a 64-bit Flash player? Despair not! for there are in fact solutions to your dilemma. I will show you how to access those those videos without having to drop down to 32-bit browsers or OS’s. Continue reading 64-bit Linux Answers to Adobe Foot-Dragging.