Bell just as stupid as Call Select

So, now that we have our long-distance service switched back to Bell, and Call Select admits that we owe them nothing, you’d think that the whole issue was over, right? Wrong. From our bill: Jul 23 Order #**** Removal From Jul 23 to Aug 12 1 Unlimited Canada & US LD Plan 24.95 20 16.63cr [...]

Weekend at Golden Lake

We spent the weekend at Golden Lake, a campground that I spent a lot of time at while growing up. While there I pulled out my GPS and wrote down our coordinates so that I could link to Google Maps when I got back. The weather was interesting, one second we thought that it was [...]

Lunch at the Bohemian Kitchen

Maria and I had lunch at The Bohemian Kitchen today. Very nice little place in Bells Corners, with only a couple of decent tables but great, organic food with a home-made touch. We split some split-pea soup and veggie panini, with some organic coffee and finished it off with a brownie. Now Maria wants me [...]

Call Select does the right thing

I just got a few calls, two of them from Call Select. The first one asked me to call back and the second said that the matter was cleared-up and we would not have to pay anything, meaning that they can’t find any proof that we ever agreed to their service in the first place. [...]

CCTS is no help

So, apparently the CCTS will be of no help at all since Call Select is not a member. That’s just a wonderful system we have here in Canada, isn’t it? So, according to the CRTC‘s guidelines I’ve followed up with them again, amending my complaint about being billed on a fraudulent claim. I’ve called Call [...]

Call Select sends us a bill

So we just got the mail, and it seems that Call Select just doesn’t get the point, ’cause they sent us a bill for $1.44. I really don’t care about the size of it, we’re not paying it, and I’m filing a complaint with the CCTS since they obviously can’t get their shit together. I [...]

Fight Internet censorship

Amnesty International is running a campaign against Internet censorship, and it’s well worth checking out. If you run a website they have a section on how you can help undermine censorship on your own site.

Mike Z., you’ll be missed

…not. Thanks for nothing. I guess six-sigma doesn’t really fix everything, huh?

Dijkstra’s Shunting-Yard Algorithm in Python

For work purposes I had the need to implement a query parser for a simple query grammar on a product that I work on. I wanted the query to be provided in infix notation, something like foo and not bar To compute the answer, the simplest thing to do seemed to be to convert it [...]

Still No Long-Distance

So, thanks to our long-distance service being taken over by Call Select without our permission, every time I try to make a long-distance call now, I am asked for an access code. I was told by a Bell rep that it would be fixed by now, but it’s not and they’re off until Tuesday (long [...]