I've always been a bit uncomfortable with Facebook's terms of service. Well, I shouldn't say "always". The first few weeks were a pure love affair. I was charmed by it, estatic about how much fun and addicting it was. But as the novelty began to fade, and I began to learn more about the stakeholders behind Facebook, I had second thoughts about our relationship. I regretted the fact that I had originally told Facebook what real birth date was.

I currently don't have a smartphone. I almost made the transition when I had to replace my cell phone last year. But I wasn't compelled to take on the added expense given the current features and data plan pricing. I want a device with WiFi support so I don't have to eat up my data plan. But when I do need my data plan, it should be affordable and meet my needs.

The iPhone is a great product, but I'm not keen on letting Apple control our destiny with their closed, proprietary business model. Also, I'm a Bell Mobility customer, not a Rogers customer.

This week I've felt a bit homesick for Nova Scotia. One of the RSS feeds I subscribe to led me to www.pomegranatephone.com, which thoroughly impressed and depressed me at the same time.

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I didn't plan to do very much boxing day shopping this year, but I did notice that Microsoft Office 2007 (Home and Student) was on sale for $50.

Considering we were planning to buy it anyway, it was a bargin so I headed out on December 26th to grab a copy. I also picked up a copy of Norton 360 for $50 as well, and since I was now entering a spree, I took a look at the accounting software. There were some small business accounting packages on sale for $25 (save over $50), but I had my eye on Quicken 2008 Home and Business.

Happy Holidays everyone. I hope you are all feeling merry and gracious. Do you have your New Year's resolutions ready?

Welcome! My name is Dave Comeau and I'm a software developer in Toronto Canada.

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