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There is something to be said about wired peripherals... their dependability, ease of use and lack of wasteful batteries that just end up in a landfill.

I have to second this. I am a long-time Linux user, having run Debian since the late 90s and Slackware since 1993 but systemd put me over the edge. Things that worked and were easy…

I feel badly for this guy but drinking on a public street is a no-no in most places in North America. There is something to be said for understanding the local rules, regardless of…

TightVNC

I'm aware that there are unmanned stations -- not only oil platforms but regular leases. I live in oil & natural gas country (Northern Alberta). What you don't see are the thousand…

Yeah, that is probably never going to happen or if it does it's so far out that it's not worth speculating on.

Quickbooks, absolutely. If you're doing anything serious you need to use an industry standard (not necessarily Quickbooks) for this kind of application. Your accountant will hate y…

I think my biggest gripe is that these things are only possible by using one of the many libraries or rolling your own solution. The rather disorganized state of the node.js librar…

How about "please don't use stuff that makes rendering horrifically slow on relatively modern hardware?"

Please see my reply below, thanks!

I know that Jason will reply to this later today but I figured I would do it now. The company is based in Ontario. Jason lives in Oakville so anything in the GTA would be good.

My little startup is expanding and I need to find a good law firm based in Canada that specializes in startups. Experience-based recommendations from Canadian entrepreneurs would b…

Data tables (jQuery addon) does a pretty good job with HTML tables.

Is this just a subvertisement for Mongo?

Not even. You misunderstood what I was referring to: http://goo.gl/6iXui

HOSTS.TXT anyone?

Be very careful with screwing with your sleep cycle. Our bodies and to some extent our minds are hardwired to depend on the natural rhythm caused by daylight/night-time. Obviously …

Disagree. As a Canadian entrepreneur and someone who has previously worked as a sole proprietor for many years you should absolutely consider incorporation. If you are a sole entre…

Waitaminute. Paying to pitch?? I thought ideas were a dime a dozen!

My guess: severe burns, pulmonary edema and cardiovascular collapse. I'm basing this on the temperatures of lava vs. what would be expected inside of a fully involved house fire (I…

Olark, among others. I'm surprised no one has mentioned them.

I agree with your point that "each purchase vector should either be done right or not at all." In Pizza Pizza's case they should have stopped at an easy-to-use location finder with…

I'm willing to bet that Pizza Pizza isn't missing out on much money over their website. It is far more common for someone to place an order for pizza by dropping by the establishme…

I don't think I've written anything extraordinary about running a startup in relative isolation but I am curious to know what other people think of the idea. I'm definitely on the …