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Fido and Rogers Tethering on iPhoneOS 3.0
Jun 17th
Update: As of iPhoneOS 3.1, the iPhone will not accept unsigned config files (unless you have jailbroken); as such, this file will no longer work. If you have installed it (or any similar file for other carriers, like AT&T, T-Mobile, etc.) and upgraded to iPhoneOS 3.1 or 3.1.2, you will need to remove it. Open Settings > General > Profiles (at the bottom). Tap, then remove the profile you see there. Tethering should hopefully show up for you afterwards. I’ve preserved the rest of the entry for historical purposes, but it will no longer work on iPhone OS 3.1 or higher. More >
Why I’m no longer following you
Feb 25th
First a note: this isn’t intended to any one person. Many, many people fall into this category for many reasons. I’m not going to single anyone out in particular.
I follow a lot of people. I’m not saying I’m following a lot of people. I follow a lot of people. How else are you going to know if they’re relevant to your interests? Interesting people follow me, and I follow back, or vice-versa. That’s how Twitter works after all, and I’m not some high-falutin’ Twitter royal who never has to follow back to be noticed and get involved with people on Twitter.
Women in Film Festival
Feb 24th
I’ve been meaning to post about this for ages, but just ‘haven’t gotten around to it’ – and I feel pretty bad about it. You see, the Women in Film Festival is this year playing host to a New Media Forum, and I’ve been invited by Erica Hargreave to play a small part in their plan for introducing social media to the crowd. More >
Obsessive Compulsions
Jan 18th
You’d be hard-pressed to find an individual who hasn’t heard of the term ‘obsessive-compulsive disorder’, or its more common abbreviation ‘OCD’. In fact, a lot of people use it to refer to themselves or others, about how they’re ‘OCD about’ something (say, keeping their desks tidy). Like many terms (like the term ‘crazy’, for example), it’s often used to refer to people or situations that don’t entirely qualify, and like most such usages, no one really thinks twice about it.
One portrait of obsessive-compulsives was the 1997 film As Good as It Gets, starring Jack Nicholson as a writer who has a strict routine, including sitting at the same table at the same restaurant every day, being served by the same waitress, and so on. When forced out of his routine, he becomes agitated and (as I recall) seems rather panicked.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder has a few criteria for diagnosis. The DSM IV defines obsessions as recurrent thoughts, impulses, or images that are intrusive and caused anxiety or distress, which are not excessive worries about actual problems. The person knows that they’re all in his or her head and tries to suppress them because they are interfering with the sufferer’s life.
On Mental Health
Jan 17th
I read not too long ago an article by Wil Shipley, entitled ‘On Being Crazy‘, in which he discusses obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression, and it kind of hit home for me. I’m fortunate in that the challenges I face aren’t as potent as those Wil describes having, but there’s an aspect of it which I can relate to, and a lot of points he makes with which I agree. More >