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Legal Online Movie Sites in Canada & the USA
Posted: February 2, 2012 at 3:11 pm by Seppo
There is a surprisingly good selection of movies legally available online in Canada and the US today. Below I will review the movie sites I have found this far. For links to the sites mentioned in this review, and for … Continue reading
Meet n’ Greet Conversation
Posted: November 21, 2012 at 12:57 pm by The Flying Fish
In Vermont, in an old stone home that the owners had built themselves, I gathered with family and friends. The guests, as always, were an eclectic mix of artsies, intellectuals, and fringe thinkers. I look forward to this party every … Continue reading
Nokia’s biggest shareholders are Dodge & Cox, Goldman Sachs, and Finnish pension funds Varma and Ilmarinen
Posted: May 8, 2013 at 12:00 pm by Seppo
Updated May 15th 2013 per Nokia’s Q1/2013 earnings report: This latest version of this blog entry has been updated to include all major holders of Nokia stock, combining information regarding both NYSE (ticker $NOK) and Helsinki Stock Exchange (ticker $NOK1V). … Continue reading
Skyfall Review (No Spoilers!)
Posted: November 9, 2012 at 3:29 pm by Mikko Halme
Skyfall Review I am a lifelong Bond fan. Some of my earliest memories are of watching the James Bond marathons on TNT with my folks. I was raised correctly in terms of my fandom, having been taught from day one … Continue reading
The Benefits of Winter Tires
Posted: October 22, 2012 at 12:54 pm by Seppo
Winter Tire Performance Thanks to aggressive tread patterns and soft rubber compounds winter tires (tyres) provide superior traction on icy or snowy conditions compared to all-season or summer tires. This applies both to acceleration, braking and cornering. The downside is … Continue reading
Top Five Records for 2012 (A Metal-head’s opinion)
Posted: December 6, 2012 at 12:45 pm by Mikko Halme
So, I’m a metal head for the most part. Over the years I’ve expanded into many, many different genres, but in the end my top list tends to gravitate toward metal. If I snubbed your favorite top 40 artist, I … Continue reading
Why we need people with ADD
Posted: January 8, 2013 at 1:16 pm by The Flying Fish
I know many parents out there are medicating their children for ADD, and I want to start by saying that I respect whatever decision you have made, and it’s probably a last resort measure, so thank God we have medication … Continue reading
ADHD: Environment and medication
Posted: October 17, 2012 at 12:04 pm by The Flying Fish
My sons, we’ll call them Frank and Tom, have been diagnosed with ADHD. Compared to other teens, Frank has always had fewer friends, less organizational skills, more emotional outburst, anxiety, and is either overly responsive or under responsive to his … Continue reading
BSG Blood And Chrome A Game-Changer?
Posted: March 18, 2012 at 1:31 pm by Seppo
FINAL? UPDATE 11/05/2012 BSG B&C will air as a 10 episode online miniseries starting 11/09/2012. Syfy will then air a related two-hour movie in early 2013, and a DVD release will follow. For more details, see here. So that’s it, … Continue reading
Canadian Online TV Top 10: Big Bang Theory was #1 in October 2011
Posted: November 28, 2011 at 1:51 pm by Seppo
The “Big Bang Theory” was the most popular free online TV show in Canada in October 2011. The show captured a 2% viewership share of all free TV shows viewed online during this period. Among other top ten online shows … Continue reading
Canadian Online TV Top 20 in November 2011: The Big Bang Theory was still #1
Posted: December 15, 2011 at 11:40 am by Seppo
“The Big Bang Theory” was the most popular free online TV show in Canada in November 2011. The show captured a 2.6% viewership share of all free TV shows viewed online during this period. Among other top ten online shows … Continue reading
Canadian Online TV Top Ten in April-August 2012: Comedy and Drama Leading the Pack
Posted: October 9, 2012 at 1:57 pm by Seppo
“The Big Bang Theory” was the most popular free online TV show in Canada in April-August 2012. The show captured a 3.4% viewership share of all free TV shows viewed online during this period. Among other top ten online shows … Continue reading
Canadian Online TV Top Ten in January-March 2012: Comedy Rules With The Big Bang Theory Leading The Pack As #1
Posted: April 2, 2012 at 2:01 pm by Seppo
“The Big Bang Theory” was the most popular free online TV show in Canada in January-March 2012. The show captured a 3.3% viewership share of all free TV shows viewed online during this period. Among other top ten online shows … Continue reading
Cutting-The-Cord, Bandwidth Usage and Data Caps in Practice
Posted: February 24, 2012 at 2:40 pm by Seppo
The Setup Our family has cut-the-cord, that is we do not have cable TV or even over-the-air ‘rabbit-ear’ TV at all, rather than we watch all our TV over the internet. We have hooked up an old PC to a … Continue reading
Defining Legal & Safer
Posted: November 22, 2011 at 7:35 pm by Seppo
In this first blog post I want to discuss what I mean with ‘legal & safer’ online TV. This term is key for differentiating Streaming Guide from many other online TV sites, so it is worth explaining in a bit … Continue reading
Dirt Cheap & Easy Online TV for Your Living Room
Posted: February 12, 2012 at 12:24 pm by Seppo
To watch TV over the internet in your living room is very cheap, and easy to setup, if you do not insist on having high-definition (HD) picture and multi-speaker home theater audio quality. In this article I describe how you … Continue reading
Do Popular Kids Win Out In The Long Run?
Posted: November 6, 2012 at 12:03 pm by The Flying Fish
I remember a conversation I had in highschool with a teacher who was talking casually before lunch break. He said, “you know, it’s funny, because the students in this class who you all think are Nerds and Geeks are going … Continue reading
Estimate: Nokia has sold roughly 150,000 Lumia 920 smartphones in the US
Posted: November 21, 2012 at 10:47 am by Seppo
In the following I will try to estimate Nokia ($NOK) Lumia 920 sales numbers in the US based on publicly available information. Estimate based on rumored AT&T ($T) store sales The consensus is that Lumia 920s have sold out both … Continue reading
Failure of (universal) healthcare in US explained
Posted: April 25, 2012 at 3:56 pm by Seppo
Fundamentally, the success of universal healthcare in Canada and Europe is due to the fact that it is a benefit, paid by the government using general tax revenue. Opt-out is not a possibility. The problem in US and with Obama’s … Continue reading
Halloween Family Policy
Posted: October 16, 2012 at 2:56 pm by The Flying Fish
Halloween is a tricky (of course no pun intended) time of year for parents to work through candy overflow in a way that’s reasonable and fair. So this Halloween, a couple of weeks before Oct. 31st, try talking with your … Continue reading
How do you make a bad day better?
Posted: October 23, 2012 at 10:12 am by The Flying Fish
Have you ever had a really bad day, one where you don’t think anything else could possibly go wrong, and then you’re unexpectedly taken to a new all time low? This entry is on how to prepare for and manage … Continue reading
Is there a “right” way to parent?
Posted: October 28, 2012 at 2:37 pm by The Flying Fish
Do you ever wonder why we feel so rotten inside when someone suggests that we aren`t parenting the “right” way? Why we can’t just shrug it off, or flex our parenting if need be? I think the problem is that … Continue reading
OT: Reach of Facebook marketing at its best – George Takei
Posted: February 11, 2012 at 2:41 pm by Seppo
Have you ever wondered why people do not like your posts on your company or brand page on Facebook. You might have a few hundred likes/followers, you post quality content (to your opinion), but you only still get a few … Continue reading
Ottawa Citizen article on Canadian content in Youtube
Posted: January 13, 2012 at 9:40 am by Seppo
Hi Misty [Harris of Ottawa Citizen], Thank you for your Ottawa Citizen article on Canadian content in Youtube: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Canadian+programming+content+thrives+online+without+regulator/5988765/story.html My company Pilvi Computing Inc hosts Streaming Guide, an online TV portal featuring over 1200 online TV shows that are legally … Continue reading
Stuck: Rogers’ updated Internet plans with increased data caps are not available for old customers
Posted: March 20, 2012 at 10:41 am by Seppo
Rogers has improved the specs on their Internet data plans. Our family has Express, which for example went from 60GB per month to 70GB per month. Independently, the price of Express plan just increased from $46.99 to $48.99 regardless of … Continue reading
The Future Of Smartphones Is A Three Horse Race Between Nokia, Apple And Samsung
Posted: November 27, 2012 at 10:57 am by Seppo
A lot of the discussion regarding future of smartphones focuses on the (perceived) dominance of Apple and Samsung. This view is misinformed and North America centric and forgivable to a degree as many of the analysts and investors are from this … Continue reading
The Genius of Winston Churchill
Posted: September 28, 2012 at 11:00 am by Seppo
Winston Churchill is one of the most famous people of the 20th century. The following list should quickly summarize why Churchill was a true genius, a warlord and a leader who happened to be in the right place, at the … Continue reading
Watching Non-HD Online TV on Your Regular TV
Posted: November 23, 2011 at 8:58 pm by Seppo
To watch online TV using your existing TV is easy. You can use any relatively modern old spare PC/Mac/laptop as a source, and just hook up the video and audio outlets to the TV, in a sense using the TV … Continue reading
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- Nokia’s biggest shareholders are Dodge & Cox, Goldman Sachs, and Finnish pension funds Varma and Ilmarinen- Why we need people with ADD
- Top Five Records for 2012 (A Metal-head’s opinion)
- Meet n’ Greet Conversation
- Skyfall Review (No Spoilers!)
- The Benefits of Winter Tires
- Legal Online Movie Sites in Canada & the USA
- The Future Of Smartphones Is A Three Horse Race Between Nokia, Apple And Samsung
- Estimate: Nokia has sold roughly 150,000 Lumia 920 smartphones in the US
- Do Popular Kids Win Out In The Long Run?
- Is there a “right” way to parent?
- How do you make a bad day better?
- ADHD: Environment and medication
- Halloween Family Policy
- Canadian Online TV Top Ten in April-August 2012: Comedy and Drama Leading the Pack
- The Genius of Winston Churchill
- Failure of (universal) healthcare in US explained
- Canadian Online TV Top Ten in January-March 2012: Comedy Rules With The Big Bang Theory Leading The Pack As #1
- Stuck: Rogers’ updated Internet plans with increased data caps are not available for old customers
- BSG Blood And Chrome A Game-Changer?
- Cutting-The-Cord, Bandwidth Usage and Data Caps in Practice
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