Archive for March, 2010

Warning About URL Shortening

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Shortening URLs like bit.ly/warningwarning are a bad idea, filling a real need, that seems like it’s not going to just go away. URLs like mattclare.ca/blog/2010/03/18/warning-about-url-shortening are descriptive, help service like Google but they are way too hard to remember and take a long time to type into a web browser. Services like tinyurl.com , snipurl.com,… Continue Reading Warning About URL Shortening

Formula 1 Fantasy Racing

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

I want to invite everyone with any interest in Formula 1 to sign-up for Mitch & Brooke’s Fantasy Racing League. It makes the races that much more fun to watch and gives you five drivers to cheer for. My siblings and I all had our own teams last year. The inside tip is my sister’s… Continue Reading Formula 1 Fantasy Racing

Fantacura Mk II

Friday, March 5th, 2010

My old 2001 Acura EL had a list of problems that were only getting worse and had to do with its 236,500 km plus age. So it was time to upgrade! My wife Lindsay and I had three cars on our list, all used cars in that 3 to 4 year old or 40,000 km… Continue Reading Fantacura Mk II