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Black Tuesday

Thursday, October 6th, 2005

Sorry about my absence. I’ve got drafts of the rest of my expo experience, but I’ve been finding it difficult to write, and there have been plenty of distractions. Two weeks ago I found out I would finally get a job interview for a programming position I had applied for back in August. Knowing there […]

That time of year

Thursday, September 8th, 2005

Fall has pretty much always been my favourite time of year. My birthday and Thanksgiving always fall close together in October, and those days have always meant good food, presents, and good times with family and friends. I also like fall weather the best – it’s the only time of year I really like being […]

Gas Prices and The End

Saturday, September 3rd, 2005

No, I’m not going to whine about the prices. According to Tony I’m not allowed to anyway. Anyway, I (and sometimes Richard and Tim and occasionally Shroom) have been watching a lot of post-apocalyptic movies lately. I’ve been collecting them too, on VHS or DVD. One of the many I’ve found on VHS is a […]

Lotus Notes Goofiness

Wednesday, June 1st, 2005

At work we use Lotus Notes for our internal email system. Of course, like all things we don’t completely like, it gets a derogatory nick name. Windows becomes Windoze or even Winblows, Outlook becomes Outhouse or Lookout, and Lotus Notes becomes Lotus Bloats. Lotus Notes has many flaws, but at least one flaw is somewhat […]

Disk Doctor

Sunday, May 22nd, 2005

Work continues on my latest somewhat secret project. It’s really, really cool to be paid to program a video game. The fact that it’s written in 6502 assembly language is even cooler – and that it’s running on souped-up (that appears to be the correct spelling based on a couple google searches) C64 hardware is […]

Save $1.99 on your taxes!

Monday, May 2nd, 2005

Sorry friends and well-wishers, the other job has picked up again and put me in that state of always feeling like I should be doing something other than blogging. I’ve briefly overcome that with that feeling of elation that comes once a year when I’ve finished and filed my taxes. This year I actually owed […]

A Paper

Friday, April 15th, 2005

Here’s a paper I was working on for a bit – you might find it interesting, or boring. It uses some fairly technical language.

80s Education

Wednesday, April 13th, 2005

All 4 kids were gathered around the NES this evening, playing Super Mario Bros. (which is 20 years old this year, by the way). I took the girls aside for a couple minutes to show them another big part of the 80s, Mr. T. You should really check this out for yourselves – Treat Your […]

New Friend

Saturday, April 9th, 2005

Okay, he’s not new, but he’s newly blogging. Tony’s Rants is linked to the right. Yup, he’s one of the most conservative guys I know, despite being one of the most liberal guys I know. He voted Green, even though an NDP sign would have looked really good outside his house. He’s a cow-orker of […]

North & the Sea Reunion!

Sunday, April 3rd, 2005

Even though 2 of the 3 original members of NATS don’t know it yet, we’re having a reunion concert on Friday, May 6th, 2005. While we’re at it, we’re going to be sharing the stage with other luminaries of the Thunder Bay underground (church-basement) music-scene of the 1990s, The Transparancies, Mike and the Morons, Obadiah […]