Tag Archives: GLI

GLI: Technology Amplifies Everything

Posted on 2012-04-07 by dgilbert

It’s been awhile since I con­sid­ered adding to the Gilbert’s Laws of the Inter­net (GLI), but my recent post con­cern­ing Apple’s new iPad3 woes gave me pause to think as I wrote that Tech­nol­o­gy Ampli­fies Every­thing.  It real­ly is impor­tant … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Futility of Traffic Tickets and the Internet

Posted on 2010-12-30 by dgilbert

The major­i­ty of traf­fic tick­ets giv­en in Toron­to are exer­cis­es in futil­i­ty and tax­a­tion.  Toron­to has made a name for itself as the city with the most speed traps in North Amer­i­ca.  The major­i­ty of these aren’t out to pro­tect … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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The share and don’t share rule

Posted on 2010-12-24 by dgilbert

My par­ents, my sis­ters, my wife and I took a cross-coun­try trip in a Lin­coln Nav­i­ga­tor some time ago to par­tic­i­pate in spread­ing my grand­fa­thers ash­es at sea.  With six adults, four lap­tops and more than 50 DVD’s (plus all … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Oh so that’s how they do it… (part 2)

Posted on 2010-12-22 by dgilbert

When I first installed squir­rel­mail (a web IMAP client), one of the first things I enjoyed doing was installing a whack of new plu­g­ins that did all sorts of wacky things.  Some of them got delet­ed for not work­ing and/or … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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