Carl Mercier’s blog

Ok.  This definitely goes in the rant category.  I got myself a shiny new iPhone 3G.  I decided to play by the rules (this time): I didn’t unlock it, I didn’t jailbreak it.  Problem is, most of the apps I want are not available here.  What gives?

Just to name a few: Pandora, Loopt, AOL Radio, Google Mobile.  Why does technology always have to suck in Canada?  Not only we get ripped off BAD by mobile carriers, but we can’t do half of what people in the US can do with their mobile devices.

EDIT: and some more: Jott, Evernote, Yelp, Save Benjis, Ebay Mobile,

Running the tests, 1 failure. Doesn’t look like a failure to me

Investigating…


1) Failure:
test_new_articles(AnnounceArticleFunctionalTest)
[test/functional/announce_article_test.rb:74:in `test_new_articles'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mocha-0.5.6/lib/mocha/test_case_adapter.rb:19:in `__send__'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mocha-0.5.6/lib/mocha/test_case_adapter.rb:19:in `run']:
<Wed, 21 May 2008 15:12:50 +0000> expected but was
<Wed, 21 May 2008 15:12:50 +0000>.


I just noticed that a spam comment made it through on the article about Defensio’s launch on TechCrunch. How ironic is that? TechCrunch doesn’t use Defensio; they use a competing product instead.

Here are the obligatory screenshots:

Clicking on the author name takes you to this blatantly spam page:

Bottom line is: use Defensio! 

But seriously, shit happens… can’t blame TechCrunch for letting this one through.