Where you will find my (documented) thoughts, worries, concerns, and issues
Recent writing
How much do I have to give praise to Askimet? This little plugin has allowed me to go back to using WordPress without the fear of my database being choked up with a million spam comments. Back when I was using WordPress …
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. I hate it when good people leave. Aaron Glenn started with Critical Mass a couple of years ago. (Admittedly, I can’t remember exactly when he started — that’s how long he’s …
About a week ago, I learned that one of my colleagues, Rich, had been diagnosed with large-cell lymphoma. That’s a tough thing to hear about a friend of yours, someone you’ve worked with for years and know quite well. I …
Hangovers will rule far and wide this morning across three cities. I suspect we might not see most of Toronto online today. Last night was the first-ever Tri-City CMMY Post Awards Bash. Or something like that. In the …
So trolling through my daily RSS feeds, I came across not one, but two news articles that further make me wonder how the hell Steve Ballmer got to be the head of Microsoft, and why no-one has bothered to take this guy …
It’s only taken, like, forever for Canada to finally bring this little piece of heaven to its consumers: the ability to take one’s assigned phone number from one carrier to another. Mind you, it’s really only for …
Jim’s quitting. I just found out tonight. I’ve suspected for a couple of weeks, though. It started when Jim sent me an IM asking for an offsite lunch. Just him and myself. That was my warning bell. The reason was because …
It’s official — we have a new house. Well, not a new house, but a different house than the one we’re currently in, hence new to us. Why a new house?, you may ask. The honest reality is that we can’t stay in this one much …
[Ed. note: The links in this article no longer work, as Imagini apparently no longer exists, despite being a neat idea. I’m leaving the article, however, as record, even with the broken links.] One of my …
It’s a whole new world, folks.