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