My father, I am not
Sorry, Dad, but there are some things that I will not be able to live up to. Some things that I realise I cannot do. Some things that I cannot be. Today, I had my ego carved out of me with a dull spoon and splayed out on …
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Do you know the way to San Jose?
I love challenge. I love adventure. And I love to travel. If you’ve been reading this blog, you already know that. Critical Mass is giving me an opportunity to do all three. It’s going to shake up my life a lot (not to …
How to get good portability
Yesterday, I drooled over the MacBook Air. At least until I found out that it has an integrated battery. Then I sulked in a corner. I still have the fundamental problem: How do I get good portability? The answer still …
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Sleepy
Slowly, I’m beginning to understand what Alex goes through in a given day. Yes, I am a father and I do try to take an active part of my child’s life. But reality is, I’m at work most of the wee one’s waking day. Two to …
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Top 25 Trains
The Society of International Railway Travelers just released their list of the Top 25 Trains in the world. I really gotta remember to join this group. Anyway, they put the following: North America Canadian (Canada) Royal …
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The word is "ba"
Vocalisation comes at a young age. Mostly it’s inarticulate vowel sounds. Every so often, you’ll get a glottal sound mixed in there, but the cooing is rarely little more than “ayooooeeiioaaaaaaauuuueeee” in …
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A bullet train in Calgary?
I just came across a rather … well, odd article on CBC.ca. It’s a blueprint for 2018. Apparently, the Calgary City council thinks that there should be a bullet train from here to Fort McMurray. Someone’s been …
Hello, unlimited wireless data in Canada!
Until today — 12:42 MT, to be exact — I had a particularly negative view of the Canadian mobile market. Generally, I expected the Big 3 telcos to basically keep screwing over us little folk, and continue to treat Canada …
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2007, A Year in Review
I just realised — after I’d already posted this year’s review — that this is the 10th one I’ve done. Ten years already! Man… I’ve been doing this longer than I’d thought! It’s that time of the year again — to look …
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2008 Predictions - History Repeating
This was originally posted at http://experiencematters.criticalmass.com/. The site is no longer active. The word is about, there’s something evolving Whatever may come, the world keeps revolving They say the next big …
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