Scott's Blog of Stuff

After replacing the inner tube in the rear wheel of the Neo Carbon (and finding a third puncture on the old one) all was well up until yeste...

This happens at least once or twice a year: flat tires. It happened to me this morning, about 1½ kms from work. I walked it the rest of th...

Last year, on April 27, I wrote a review of the Pebble E-paper Watch that I got through their Kickstarter project. You can read that postin...

My wife dropped off the Escape Jim Keay on Monday evening for the door repair. We got a 2013 Ford Focus as a loaner. Not a bad car, but not ...

A rep from Jim Keay drove to my wife's work in the west end of Ottawa on Thursday morning and picked up our Escape to drive back to the ...

It looks like we won't have to fight for this after all. I got a pleasant surprise yesterday when my wife called to say that the servi...

After I ranted a little on Twitter about the damage our Ford Escape received at Jim Keay Ford on Saturday, Ford Canada sent me a msg on Twit...

We have a bit of a history with Ford and Jim Keay Ford Lincoln . Click here to read if you're interested. We've been dealing with...

This is how my weekend started. I got home from work on Friday and checked in on FourSquare on my iPhone (ya, I added my home) :) I ...

On Monday I noticed that the Otterbox case for my iPhone was cracked. I knew these things had a warranty, so I paid a visit to their web si...

My cell phone contract was due for renewal in January. My wife's has been expired for a year or two, but she had been waiting for mine t...

A couple of months ago we took our 2008 Ford Escape to the dealership to get some front end repairs done under the extended warranty. In tha...

If you... own an Xbox 360 occasionally buy Xbox Live Points to purchase game DLC or Xbox Live Arcade titles are Canadian ... kee...

Last Thurday I discovered that my BMO Mastercard had been compromised. I was buying gas at Esso using my Esso SpeedPass, which is linked t...

I decided this week that I need a new bike. My 18 year-old lime green CCM mountain bike has seen better days. While it's still quite fun...

I love T-shirts. I love free promo T-shirts. Give me a free promo T-shirt and I'll wear it. Guaranteed. (within reason, of course...) ...

I'm a believer that a product is only as good as the support that backs it.  Unfortunately for CrashPlan, this is where their product fa...

I am so frustrated with the lack of support for a service I pay for right now. I'm not quite ready to turn up the rant volume yet.  D...

I had some rather unpleasant experiences with Best Buy in the past, and this was no exception. However, when they do something right, it...

Not my hydro bill! Remember my "Killing Watts" post from October 1st? The one where I ranted about our $414.49 hydro bill and ou...