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Tweet from the address bar in Chrome and Firefox

Update (8 March 2014): The original title of this post was "Tweet from Chrome's address bar". I've updated it to include Firefox, which supports the same functionality. I love keyboard shortcuts. There's something satisfying about shaving off precious seconds from routine tasks, even if they are as …

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Road tolls are a barrier to complete streets

I took my bike out of hibernation yesterday and rode from my home in Kitchener to the University of Waterloo. The commute was refreshing, after a season of being beholden to the bus schedule. Along the way, I stopped off at the bank and ran a couple errands in uptown Waterloo. This is the kind of …

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How strong is your keychain?

Password strength is always relevant, with security vulnerabilities being exploited all the time. Nobody is immune to attacks: within the past 9 months,  Twitter, ABC Australia, Yahoo, and LinkedIn have all had their passwords leaked. Of course, there are many factors at play beyond the strength of …

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A cost-of-living tax system

Taxes are an exercise in income redistribution that every society goes through. It's a way to level the paying field and invest in the public good. But the system we have in Canada is terribly over-complicated, with loopholes that favour the rich. When filing your taxes becomes so time-consuming …

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