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                             For 11 years, my family back in Leduc (near Edmonton) hasn't had a single problem with Shaw Cable (nothing big anyway). However, this past week has not put them in my good books. Though, the alternative in Telus, and I hate them with a passion.

                             One of Shaw's techs came to the house last Wednesday to disconnect the cable TV our housemates in the basement had been using for the past year, until they moved out. Either they forgot to mention they had roommates upstairs, or it didn't occur to Shaw. Probably both. Thus, 4 days after having the net installed upstairs, it went down along with the cable tv. At least one of the techs I called asked about the cable tv connection! Someone was using their brain.

                            I was told  a tech would fix the problem on Friday. I requested after 3pm. The tech came at 11am and missed us. I was not happy, to be polite about it. I called them up and made an all-day appointment for Saturday. They called at 10am on Saturday, and cancelled it, citing overbooking. So we made another all-day appt for Sunday. No call to cancel, and noone showed up. I was furious. I called, and was given another all-day appt for Monday. Essentially, missing out on a possible day's pay if called with a temp job. They FINALLY showed up at 2pm on Monday, and within 5 minutes, fixed the problem.

                            It's not even that I had to wait nearly a weak for a simple fix, it's that "miscommunications" at Shaw ruined my weekend. They even admitted it, though I was told a credit was put on my account for the trouble. Fair enough, but that doesn't give me my weekend back. I understand what an all-day appt is, but don't tell me you're going to send a tech and not do it!

                            So that's my rant. Not the first company to give me a hard time. They're lucky I'm not willing to switch to Telus. My good experiences with Shaw outweigh the bad, but this is an experience I do not care to repeat.

Two strangers (LaBeouf and Monaghan) become the pawns of a mysterious woman they have never met, but who seems to know their every move. Realizing they are being used to further her plot for a political assassination, they must work together to outwit the woman before she has them killed.

 
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25-year-old Wes (James McAvoy) was the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known. His boss chewed him out hourly, his girlfriend ignored him routinely and his life plodded on interminably. Everyone was certain this disengaged slacker would amount to nothing. There was little else for Wes to do but wile away the days and die in his slow, clock-punching rut.

Until he met a woman named Fox (Angelina Jolie).

After his estranged father is murdered, the deadly sexy Fox recruits Wes into the Fraternity, a secret society that trains Wes to avenge his dad's death by unlocking his dormant powers. As she teaches him how to develop lightning-quick reflexes and phenomenal agility, Wes discovers this team lives by an ancient, unbreakable code: carry out the death orders given by fate itself.

With wickedly brilliant tutors—including the Fraternity's enigmatic leader, Sloan (Morgan Freeman)—Wes grows to enjoy all the strength he ever wanted. But, slowly, he begins to realize there is more to his dangerous associates than meets the eye. And as he wavers between newfound heroism and vengeance, Wes will come to learn what no one could ever teach him: he alone controls his destiny.

This video demonstrates how to convert any DVD into a much smaller AVI file (all players will play). It turns a 4GB file into a good quality 700MB file. Very useful for conserving hard drive space.

NOTE: This video uses an old version of DVD Decrypter. In the newer version, simply left-click the "Main Movie" button in DVD Decrypter, then click the "Start" button within the program. If for some reason, DVD Decrypter does not work, you can also use a program called DVD Shrink, and select the resulting files as the source using DVD Decrypter instead of using the physical DVD as the source.

Download Links

DVD Decrypter: http://tinyurl.com/6yxm2 

DVD Shrink: http://tinyurl.com/3xt6vf

Vidomi: http://tinyurl.com/2yknd

Kelloggs and LEGO have partnered to create LEGO Blocks Fun Snacks. You have got to be kidding...

This better be a frickin' hoax, but according to Digg and this article, it's not. This makes me sick to my stomach, and as the article points out...

"There's really not a much gentler way to phrase it: The biggest name in breakfast foods and among the most iconic names in toys have put their ingenuity and marketing genius together to create a fruit-flavoured treat -- LEGO Fun Snacks -- that is so mind-numbingly irresponsible that at first I presumed it was a joke."