http://www.techienation.com "If all the worlds a stage, then the TECHIE must be god" Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:43:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ham Radio organisations world wide hold a contest every year called a field day.  Essentially it's a contest of which club can get the most contacts in a 24 hour period, using only TEMPORARY INSTALLATIONS.  In the case of my ham radio club, this means we will be setting up ... http://www.techienation.com/its-the-field-day/ Sugarsync is a service for backing up your data online and sharing the same data with multiple computers.  Basically, the first 45 days are free and doesn't even require a credit card to sign up and test.  They give you 10 gigs of storage space to upload you data and ... http://www.techienation.com/online-file-backup-service-free-45-day-trial-no-credit-card/ Somehow my Solar Investigation has led me to want to be more self sufficient and to help the planet by not destroying all of it's resources.   Using less fossil fuels, polluting less, being "green" in general are all things i've been slowly adopting.  I recently watched a documentary from BBC ... http://www.techienation.com/the-lie-about-saving-the-planet/ I'm almost ashamed to admit that all my computers are running WindowsXP.  Not because i'm pro-microsoft, but because it's the most common OS and I know how to use it very well. Because of my job it's important that I know the softwares that are most commonly used.   I've ... http://www.techienation.com/bye-bye-windows-hello-linux/ Now that my sister has a little bit of Solar Power in her off-grid house, my next mission is to get them water. A couple of summers ago they got a rain water collector that catches the rain that comes off the roof, but it froze and cracked in the winter ... http://www.techienation.com/diy-solar-hot-water-heater-attempt-1/ CBC news has just posted an article about a new bill that has been proposed in Canadian Parliament in regards to Copyright Laws and regulations. Some interesting sections : The federal government has introduced a controversial bill it says balances the rights of copyright holders and consumers — but it opens millions ... http://www.techienation.com/possible-new-canadian-copyright-laws/ My lovely girlfriend Marina had a hat made with the Techie NATION logo and slogan "If all the worlds a stage, then the TECHIE must be god". I'm very, VERY happy with this. Considering I spend hours and hours every week working on this blog, it's a perfect ... http://www.techienation.com/techie-nation-birthday-paraphernalia/ My Sister and her Hubby recently got me a really cool Monocular. This got me looking into other fun techie toys and I came across opticsplanet.net's website. OpticsPlanet is one of the leading optics suppliers with a wide selection of sport optics, tactical and military gear, microscopes, and even Prescription ... http://www.techienation.com/cool-toys-for-the-outdoor-techie/ Ok so I found my camera.  Expect posts about my cool bday present coming up :  Techie Toys, Green Clothing, TechieNATION paraphernalia and Ham Radio Jackets ! http://www.techienation.com/camera-found/ I had a great birthday weekend that just ended.  Unfortunately, I couldn't find my Camera the entire time. On Friday some friends and I went to a beautiful spot by the water.  We were surrounded by the st-laurence on 3 sides of where we were.  We made a fire, we fished, ... http://www.techienation.com/birthday-weekend/ Today is my birthday, and my wonderful girlfriend Marina has gotten me all kinds of cool things that I plan on writing about. I'm currently too lazy to take the pictures necessary and put them online, so i'm just going to give everyone a heads-up about things to come ... http://www.techienation.com/future-reviews-of-new-things-i-own/ One of the things I'm most interested in with Ham Radio, is Satellite Communications. There are satellites in space that contain repeaters that enable ham's with the right equipment to communicate incredible distances in voice mode, Morse Code, and Packet Radio. With the right equipment (Meaning Radio's that can tune ... http://www.techienation.com/listening-to-orbiting-satellites-and-space-shuttles/ For those of you who hadn't noticed, there's a NEW Dilbert cartoon that appears every day on this site.  It's in the right sidebar near the bottom. Dilbert is a great office humour cartoon.  It's the only one I like. http://www.techienation.com/the-daily-dilbert/ When booking a camping lot at Oka, there are lots of different sections to choose from. Unfortunately, they aren't all as good as the other. Marina and I got lucky in getting lots that we were VERY happy with, so we decided to walk around and rate the different ... http://www.techienation.com/oka-camping-lot-ratings/ In Quebec, the province I live in, there's no such thing as personalised license plates for your vehicles. With one exception : HAM RADIO OPERATORS. We're allowed to have license plates with our Ham Radio callsigns on them. So, in the end of January I ordered my Ham Radio ... http://www.techienation.com/my-ham-radio-license-plate-has-finally-arrived/ For those of you who are blocked from seeing youtube video's, the usual photo album will be up soon. In the meantime, here's my Video Slideshow of tent camping at Oka National Park. Might be useful for those of you trying to decide if Oka is a good choice ... http://www.techienation.com/oka-national-park-video-slideshow-of-may-2008-tent-camping/ My girlfriend Marina and I spent the last 4 days camping in Oka National Park. Once again the camping was incredible, and we beat all odds to get good weather. Since I've only been back a few hours, I will not be writing anything big about this, but I can ... http://www.techienation.com/oka-camping-was-amazing/ Tomorrow my girlfriend Marina and I are going tent camping in Oka for a few days. It's mid-May and the mornings and nights still get cold, so it means we're bringing LOTS of warm blankets and sleeping bags. There's also pretty high chances that it will be raining for ... http://www.techienation.com/tent-camping-in-the-rain-tips-and-tricks/ Considering this site is mostly for Techie's, there's an abnormal amount of visits from people still using Microsoft Internet Explorer. I'm not sure where to begin with this, other than saying if you're using explorer you have computer issues. (It's not your fault, you just don't know ... http://www.techienation.com/firefox-its-time-for-all-you-internet-explorer-users-to-discover-it/ Techie's have an enormous burden and responsibility that most don't even realize they bear. Most technological things use power and contain harmful chemicals. When business's decide to buy new technology, it's the techie that shops for it and makes the recommendations. We (The Techie's) need to start ... http://www.techienation.com/the-power-techies-have-to-help-the-world-go-green/