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If you see your password here, you should change it - the 25 most used passwords online

And here is another friendly reminder for enhanced online security from Mogo: Change your passwords regularly! Here is the list of the 25 most common online passwords [http://blog.eset.com/2012/06/07/passwords-and-pins-the-worst-choices]: > * password * 123456 * 12345678 * 1234 * qwerty * 12345 * dragon * pussy * baseball * football * letmein * 696969 * abc123 * mustang * michael * shadow * master * jennifer * 111111 * 2000 * jordan * superman * harley * 1234567 Be h

Summer Road Trip #1: Dine in Whistler

Guys, it’s summer! Finally! The sun is out, and the weekends seem like a string of endless possibilities. That is, if you had any money, right? I hear that. I’m poor too, but there’s no saying you have to go far and away and spend lots of dough for fun times. I have recently adopted a vacation policy of “get there and back in a day,” and for the rest of the summer, I’m going to share my favourite ways to make this happen for you, too. After all, the largest cost when it comes to vacations is acc

Pimp your dorm room (on the cheap)

Decorating your dorm need not cost as much as your degree. Focus on decor items that you can take with you when you leave. Most schools do not permit painting or changes to the structure of the building, but there are plenty of decor ideas to make your dorm room pop. If you have any aspirations of college campus infamy, you will have to transform your dorm room from a pitifully penitentiary to a pimping palace. 1. Bright ideas: Lighting will immediately alter the atmosphere of your dorm ro

Summer time is patio season (Toronto edition)

Summer in Toronto is short and sweet and to take full advantage of its brief magnificence, bars and restaurants across the city set up camp on the sidewalk. Yup, it’s officially patio beer season and there are many bars and restaurants that reserve a tiny enclave of outside space for their summer patrons. We take a look at the very best patios Toronto has to offer. One This is the place to see and be seen in Toronto. Here you are most likely to encounter designer watches and outfits, fancy spo

Toronto's Cabbagetown - a hidden gem

Cabbagetown is one of Toronto’s oldest and most picturesque neighborhoods. Named for the stews of Irish immigrants that fled the potato famine of the 1840s, this gorgeous neighborhood is enjoying an unprecedented revival. Bordered in the south by Little India’s Gerrard Street and by Wellsley to the north, this quaint little patch is home to the largest collection of late Victorian homes in North America. Cabbagetown contains to two of the city’s oldest cemeteries, the St. James and the Necropol