http://www.joelgrenz.com Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:58:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you're looking for a song to help get the mood going for the Canucks play-off run, check out the tune my band wrote for this post season. It's called "The Burricane" and it celebrates the breakout season Alex Burrows is having. Keeping with the tradition of the legendary "Heavy Eric", ... http://www.joelgrenz.com/2009/05/07/canucks-song-for-the-playoffs/ Is Tim Hortons front-weighting the winning cups on the roll up the rim to win contest? That's my theory. Now I don't have any scientific evidence to back this up but that said, it would make sense from a marketing point of view. Like with a casino, getting a taste ... http://www.joelgrenz.com/2009/04/03/roll-up-the-rim-to-win-front-loading-the-winners/ Probably the biggest story of this season has been the outstanding play of Alex Burrows. He's among the lowest paid players on the team and lately he's been playing on the top line. He has become quite a versatile and important player. He kills penalities, he's a bit of an ... http://www.joelgrenz.com/2009/03/03/alex-burrows-resigns-with-the-canucks/ I recently purchased the application "Classics" for my iPhone. It was my first purchased app and was a pretty good deal for a buck. Basically it's an ebook reader that comes with a bunch of books (I don't think you can add your own books in any way). My immediate first ... http://www.joelgrenz.com/2009/01/20/reading-classic-books-on-my-iphone/ I just discoverred a website where you can download free audio versions of public domain books. They've got over 2000 titles. It's a real cool concept whereby anybody can post audio of themselves reading a book. I'm looking forward to downloading a few and trying it out. It should be ... http://www.joelgrenz.com/2009/01/18/free-audiobooks-and-legal/ I've been thinking about doing it for a long time. Finally I'm making the plunge. I'm switching from Outlook to gmail as my main email client. The main thing that has held me back from doing this so far is that up until recently sending messages from other email accounts ... http://www.joelgrenz.com/2009/01/04/making-the-switch-to-gmail/ Today Google jumped into the Browser Wars with a new offering, Google Chrome. The browser is being pitched as the future platform for applications. Basically the idea is that eventually rather than using an operating system to manage all your applications like word processing, spreadsheets and so on, you will ... http://www.joelgrenz.com/2008/09/02/google-chrome/ For the past couple of years I have had a WestJet Mastercard from BMO Bank of Montreal. It worked great because it gave a super good deal when you redeem AirMiles for WestJet flights. I took advantage for a trip to Halifax and Toronto a couple of times. Unfortunately as ... http://www.joelgrenz.com/2008/07/23/quest-for-a-new-credit-card/ There's a lot of news about nothing these days when it comes to the Vancouver Canucks. All the talk is about whether or not Mats Sundin is coming to Vancouver. Never have I seen so much ink spilled about such a non-issue. And you can tell that the sportscasters and ... http://www.joelgrenz.com/2008/07/21/the-sundin-saga/ I have moved most of my blogging over to a new site, www.etcpost.com. I will keep this blog for the occasional post. http://www.joelgrenz.com/2008/07/16/now-appearing-on-etcpostcom/