A solemn Christmas Day
After yesterday’s marathon church-o-rama, I wasn’t able to stay up watching A Christmas Story for long without falling asleep. But I was up shortly after 8:00 to make breakfast: pancakes and a ham, cheese, potato, and …
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Activity on the day before Christmas
Christmas is almost here again, and I’m only now really getting into the groove. Until a couple of days ago, I was far too focused on work. In my defense, it’s not for a wanting to focus too much on work, it was purely …
Bonus from Hell
I’ve put in a lot of work this year. A tonne of it. Among a few things, I’ve been/done: Technology Director Gold BU (and all the various tasks that go along with the position) Intranet Tech lead / Consultant / Support …
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Decorating for Christmas
Ah, Christmas! That time of the year when the happy cries of children resound through the neighbourhood, gingerbread wafts in the air mingled with the scent of pine, and angry shoppers wield heavy weaponry to acquire the …
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The Critical Mass New York Extravaganza 2006
Wow. I’ve seen some pretty swanky parties, but this one definitely ranks high up there. And as more of a stunner, it was a Critical Mass party, too! Okay, clarification needed. Critical Mass’ parties tend to be like …
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Gone in a Flash
Yeah, I know — you’ve heard it before, and you’re gonna hear it again. I hate seeing good people leave. Can’t say I blame Scott Morgan, though. He did get a sweet deal. Especially for a Flash guy. It’s not every day that …
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Dishonesty in marketing
There is little that I hate more than dishonesty. Especially when it’s a veil for incompetence. Take the vendor we’ve been working with lately (please). We’ve been asking them for what I think is a fairly simple set of …
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Christmas shopping in Banff
Alex and I started off the morning with omelettes and The Vinyl Cafe on CBC Radio 2. We had decided to venture out to Banff for the day to do some Christmas shopping (well, mostly me — Alex is done and I simply haven’t …
I still got it...
For the last week or so, my computer hasn’t been cooperating completely. Internet Explorer would suddenly cause the hard drive to chew away as it tried to start a JavaScript method of some kind. Then it wouldn’t run at …
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Microsoft Vista is a failure
It seems a lot of people (especially those at Microsoft) are constantly extolling all the virtues of the next Microsoft operating system to-be, Windows Vista. Am I really the only person who sees it as a dinosaur? …
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