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My setup

I was asked a while ago about the gear I use around the office and at home. Here it is in the nutshell. I use a HP 6910p laptop running Windows Vista as my main machine now. I use it at home and at work and keep my files sync’d using Windows Live Mesh. I [...]

Christmas Around Here

Dec 26th, 2010

by Jordon Cooper.

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I see that both Wendy and Mark have posted about Christmas so I thought I might as well. I won’t describe the day as Wendy did a great job of doing that but I will ad in that it was a lot of fun to have friends and family around. For my gifts, Wendy and [...]

Christmas Gift Ideas for the Road Warrior / World Traveller (2010 Edition)

Nov 28th, 2010

by Jordon Cooper.

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It’s just about time for every radio station to start playing holiday music, so that makes it a good time to be thinking about gifts for that special road warrior in your life. In case you don’t find what you are looking for, check out the other 2010 Christmas Gift Guides. Apple iPad | If [...]

Converting HD Video to Metric since 2010

Nov 21st, 2010

by Jordon Cooper.

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Christmas Gifts For Your Wife / Girlfriend & the other women in your life (2010 edition)

Nov 11th, 2010

by Jordon Cooper.

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Shopping for Wendy has always been hard. She never gives me any ideas and the ideas that she does give me are things that two days later she no longer wants. For all of you who are married or dating someone who is hard to shop for, here is the list of Christmas gift suggestions [...]

E vs. ink

Apr 27th, 2010

by Jordon Cooper.

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My friend Karen posted some thoughts on Twitter about ebooks and readers. Been thinking about how e-books/Ipad exclude poorer readers. Continued…. Folks with literacy/soc. justice concerns should keep zines/broadsheet etc. in mind. If medium is message, cost of readers excludes many. It would easy to dismiss Karen’s thoughts because of her history with paper but [...]

Last Week at Jordon Cooper Outfitters

Jan 24th, 2010

by Jordon Cooper.

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Wendy gave me a copy of Les Stroud’s book, Survive! for Christmas. I posted a quick review of it over at the Outfitters. It was a great gift! Thanks Wendy. If you have never tried a pair of noise cancelling headphones, I found a pair that will let you experience what you have been missing [...]

To e or not to e

Jan 22nd, 2010

by Jordon Cooper.

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I am trying to figure out if I want to purchase an e-book reader. Actually I am trying to decide if I want to pressure Wendy to get me an e-book reader for my birthday. The three main choices seem to be: The Amazon Kindle is finally available and functional in Canada. It’s has a [...]

Christmas Gift Guide: Gifts for Really Smart People

Dec 7th, 2009

by Jordon Cooper.

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You need a gift for someone smart, someone who wants to know about everything – what happened, how it works, why it all got started. Fortunately, the globally curious have a lot of hobbies which makes them kind of easy to shop for, even if you don’t always remember to sleep and eat. Below are [...]