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Archive for December, 2007

Toronto Blizzard Update

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

I would not presume to pretend to know what I’m talking about.  I have very limited meteorological training, which amounts to one very boring module, with a very boring teacher, in a Grade 11 physical geography course.  However, having said that, I’ve always been interested in the weather, purely as a layman.
Since the advent of […]

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Last week I attended a Christmas get-together at a friend of mine’s recording studio (warning: music). It was a good time. The food was great and I knew most of the people there, or at least had seen them once or twice. Most of us had recorded in the past in his […]

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The Christmas Gift of Alienating My Readers

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

I remember a year or so ago I got an e-mail from some idiot who was intent on buying my domain. It wasn’t the usual spam, it was some idiot who saw my Google Pagerank and thought he’d pitch me an offer. I don’t have the e-mail anymore, but his basic argument was […]

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A New Holiday Is Born

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Hat tip to Justin for finding this. It hits the nail right on the head.

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God Bless Ye Merry Gateways…

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Good news, bad news.
The bad news is that the Gateway (my desktop computer) bricked this morning.   The Western Digital drive inside it decided it’s time on this earth was finished.  With less than a month left on the warranty it was the choice of sending it to Utah (and paying for shipping) or fixing […]

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