How long until "email" just becomes "mail" and that other kind of mail needs a special prefix? — Chris Grau (@sirhc) July 29, 2013 @sirhc mail and smail. — Brad Cavanagh (@CanSpice) July 29, 2013 Of course, seven minutes before Chris tweeted this: @Thunder_Chicken Seems like it should be shortened to "smail" or something. —…
Did you know that it’s perfectly legal to ride your bicycle on the sidewalk in New Westminster? Well, strictly speaking that’s not true, but it’s perfectly legal to ride your bicycle on most of the sidewalks in New Westminster. British Columbia’s Motor Vehicle Act Section 183(2)(a) states: A person operating a cycle must not ride…
Note to self, Baba O'Riley is best karaoke troll song. Everyone knows it and sings along, but forgets about the 2 minute instrumental outro. — Jason (@XaiaX) June 16, 2013 @XaiaX well hopefully people remember that so next time they *puts on sunglasses* won't get fooled again. YYEEAAHH! — Brad Cavanagh (@CanSpice) June 16, 2013
Short answer: When it’s a JavaScript arguments object. Long answer: In a JavaScript package I’m writing, I have a function that returns an object. There’s a bug in it where in certain situations it returns the JavaScript value true. I have a test framework set up with Mocha using the Chai assertion library. With it,…
In part one of this saga I described how CIBC had sent me a text with a phone number to get them to call them, and how this is wrong. I just went through my spam folder and found this gem: Dear BradCavanagh, Please contact us as soon as possible at 1-866-454-4339 (in Canada & U.S.) or 416-785-1331…
This morning I received a text message purporting to be from CIBC: BRAD,¡ Please call CIBC at 1-866-454-4339 to verify recent transactions on your credit card ending in¡XXXX. Yes, the ¡s were part of the text message, and I’ve X’ed out the last four digits in my credit card. This text came from the number “242-222”. I signed…