Ted Avery

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Now here’s a big win for students at Durham College, and hopefully a step for the same change at UOIT. Starting next year, the mobile learning program at Durham College will be dead, and any required computer hardware or software will be the student’s responsibility to acquire. That means no more $1500 per year fee to [...]

ShareLast month I attended two beautiful indie-folk/pop concerts in Toronto. They were Sufjan Stevens at Lee’s Palace on October 1, 2009 and Loney Dear at the Horseshoe Tavern on October 12, 2009. Unlike most of the concerts I attend, I took very few photos and videos. They were both very quiet and intimate concerts, some [...]

ShareGet ready to come for class and stay for a musical, because UOIT just got the OK to buy the Regent Theatre for class space in downtown Oshawa. It’s a logical next step in UOIT’s expansion to downtown Oshawa and will feature classes running during the day and at least 100 music/dance/theatre acts to run [...]

ShareColdplay came to visit Toronto at the Rogers Centre on July 30, 2009. Although disappointed at how horrible my view was for how much I paid for the tickets, I did manage to get a few good videos, especially when Coldplay was kind enough to perform a few songs on a centre stage.
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Behold! The final shoot for the viral video “Dancing in the Streets” is completed. Directed by Wes Side Studios to promote Oshawa on oshawaisawesome.com.
I’ll be the first to admit I look pretty ridiculous. In fact, we all kind of do. Only one guy could actually dance (the one with the crazy dance solo on the [...]

ShareWith background notifications, voice and video APIs, bluetooth iPhone to iPhone connectivity, and many more features open to developers, the iPhone 3.0 update is going to be a fairly significant game changer to the applications we use on the iPhone. As the 3.0 OS will most likely be released tomorrow or shortly afterwards, I thought [...]

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By: Ted Avery
This Saturday, Palm will release its new, much-hyped smartphone, the Palm Pre, into the wild on America’s Sprint Network. Many tech writers have already been given devices to review, and the results are in: The Palm Pre is an amazing, responsive, feature-packed device that has been deemed as the Apple iPhone’s biggest contender. [...]

ShareSo Ontario has something called The Public Sector Salary Disclosure act. Here is a brief description from the Ontario Ministry of Finance website.
The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 (PSSDA) and the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Amendment Act, 2004 were passed to make Ontario’s public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The Public Sector [...]

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Last night (May 23, 2009) I had the pleasure of seeing Keane perform at The Sound Academy in Toronto, with opening acts Mat Kearney and The Helio Sequence. The energy at the concert was incredible, both from the crowd and the band. Although frontman Tom Chaplin [...]

ShareJust a quick note that the final shoot for Oshawa’s biggest viral video Dancin’ in the Streets is today! The last date got cancelled due to rain. Be sure to check out the sneak preview to see what all the fuss is about. Having a lot of people is essential for this last scene to [...]