Raise your hand if you’ve ever walked into a tech shop, handed over your broken iPad, and immediately felt like you just handed your firstborn to a stranger in a white lab coat. Just me? Didn’t think so. If you’ve been burned by eye-rolls, overcharging, or techs who talk to you like you’re trying to […]

Let’s paint the scene: You’re at Georgian Mall. You’re minding your business, texting furiously with one hand, balancing a coffee in the other, and—smash—your iPhone hits the pavement like it’s auditioning for a reality show called “So You Think You Can Bounce.” You pick it up.The screen? Toasted.The mood? Ruined. Cue the internal debate: Before […]

Let’s face it:Mario always survives with his annoyingly unlimited lives – hey, you’re playing the first Mario game where you died, you actually died.You? Not so much—especially after your Switch slides off the coffee table during a late-night “just-one-more-level” binge. You watch in horror as it cartwheels onto the laminate, right in front of the […]

Let’s talk about parenting in Barrie, 2020s edition: You work, you play, you survive the Dunlop Street detour, and you do it all with an iPad in hand. Not for you—of course not, you’re a responsible adult! (Okay, sometimes for Wordle in the bathroom. We get it.)But mostly, the iPad is the electronic babysitter, the […]

Let’s be honest. If you own a Samsung in Barrie, you’ve dropped it at least once.Probably more like seven times.Maybe you tried to ninja-catch it and instead sent it flying across the Tim Hortons parking lot on Duckworth. Maybe it slipped off the armrest at the Cineplex and the guy two rows down handed it […]

Let’s play a game called “What’s Cheaper Than a New iPad?” Spoiler: Almost everything.But if you’ve ever seen Apple’s out-of-warranty repair prices, you’d swear they’re charging by the pixel. And yet, here you are in Barrie, clutching an iPad that looks like it went ten rounds with a weed whacker. The kid says, “It just […]

Picture it:You’re walking along the Kempenfelt Bay boardwalk in Barrie, phone in one hand, Timmies in the other, probably texting your group chat about how you still can’t find parking on Dunlop. Then, in a moment of classic Barrie grace, your phone slips, somersaults through the air, and lands glass-down on the only bit of […]

Let’s get one thing straight: nobody ever admits to rage-quitting Mario Kart.And yet, here you are—joy-con dangling, HDMI port bent, with a PlayStation that sounds like it’s trying to take flight. Maybe you just wanted “one more game.” Maybe your kid “accidentally” dropped the Switch in the popcorn bowl during movie night at the Cundles […]

Let’s set the scene: It’s a classic Barrie morning. You’re getting the kids ready for school, shouting “WHERE ARE YOUR SHOES?” while half your brain is already at work. Your iPad—supposedly safe on the kitchen counter—takes a flying leap onto the tile and shatters into more pieces than your patience on a Monday.You stare at […]

Let’s Get Real: Your Samsung’s a Mess There are two types of people in Barrie. The ones who say they’ve never broken a phone screen, and the ones who are lying. It’s a normal Thursday. You’re texting your boss (or maybe your friend, but your phone says “boss” for plausible deniability), juggling your coffee, and […]