http://www.brantheory.com theory of a living man Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:27:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just played in the Win a Weekend with Daniel Final and unfortunately, didn't quite work out as planned. After playing for almost 3 hours, with about 5000 other players, I busted out around 900 place. It's kind of painful after playing for so long to be eliminated fairly close ... http://www.brantheory.com/2008/07/27/no-vegas-trip-for-me/ Even though I am fighting a bit of the flu, I just managed to qualify for the final round for the trip to Vegas with Daniel Negreanu. I posted that the 1st round was fairly easy and I only played maybe 2 hands the whole time. This time, there was ... http://www.brantheory.com/2008/07/19/qualified-for-the-final-round-for-the-trip-to-vegas/ Poker Pro and fellow Canadian Daniel Negreanu is offering a Weekend With Daniel competition in Las Vegas: The weekend includes a trip to Las Vegas, where you’ll get to stay at the Venetian Hotel and party with the man himself in true VIP style. Daniel will also invite you to his ... http://www.brantheory.com/2008/07/08/on-to-the-2nd-round-poker-tournament-for-a-trip-to-las-vegas/ AVG has recently upgraded their anti virus software to version 8.0. I have personally been using the free AVG personal edition on all my computers for at least 5+ years and have recommended to anyone who asks. The previous version was extremely light and unobtrusive and I have never had ... http://www.brantheory.com/2008/07/05/avg-80-free-antivirus-edition/ There is no doubt that the iPhone being released in Canada on July 11th will be huge. Regardless of price or plan, lots of fanboys, tech nerds and kids with rich (or dumb?) parents will get there hands on it. The highly anticipated price plans have been released on the Rogers ... http://www.brantheory.com/2008/06/28/rogers-iphone-plan-customer-dissatisfaction/ I have been on MSN Messenger for a long time. Admittedly, it's not the best IM client out there but the simple fact is that most of my friends use it. Apparently it's the #1 of IM client in Canada while AIM is #1 in the United States (go figure?). A ... http://www.brantheory.com/2008/06/24/beware-msn-messenger-spam/ It's kind of sad seeing what has become of Yahoo as of late. It has been in the news for some time as it negotiates on and off again with Microsoft that eventually led to nothing. This did not make too many shareholders happy as they saw perhaps billions (yes ... http://www.brantheory.com/2008/06/20/yahoo-is-falling-apart/ Possibly some scary news for Canadians who may soon face stiff copyright law where some critics are going so far saying that Copyright law could result in police state: The federal government has introduced a controversial bill it says balances the rights of copyright holders and consumers — but it ... http://www.brantheory.com/2008/06/12/proposed-canadian-copyright-law-presented-today/ Most people in the tech industry are keeping an eye on Apple WWDC Event today and the rumoured release of the iPhone 2.0. Let fanboys rejoice, the Apple Hype Machine is in full force. Most, if not all the big bloggers are doing live, play by play of the event ... http://www.brantheory.com/2008/06/09/the-hype-machine-is-on/ Check it out the beta here: http://www.beta.ttc.ca. Supposedly it costs about $400k for the revamp, and will be fully functional by mid July. The RSS feed for service alerts is a great idea and looks fairly clean and simple. A definite improvement from their current site which looks like ... http://www.brantheory.com/2008/06/05/the-ttcs-beta-site-is-now-live/