Sorry, NorthwesTel, I’ll keep that twenty bucks for myself.
Christmas morning: brew coffee, open presents, call umpteen relatives down south. Apparently others keep the same schedule as "all of our circuits are busy" ...
Why it’s better to pretend I don’t know anything about computers.
For all those planning to ask me to fix their computers this holiday season, please read this wonderful parable. And if you really do want your computer to ...
Explore Prague with astounding spherical panoramic photograph.
I've spent the past hour virtually touring Prague. Much more interesting and seamless than Google Street View: www.360cities.net/prague-18-gigapixels See if ...
Lessons of a self-schooled electrician.
While I am not a credentialled electrician, I have been playing with electricity since I was a young lad, and have installed breakers, wired stoves, and even...
Pretty much my only goal now is to live to see the next unambiguous date.
To usher in the Christmas season, I took a swig of egg nog last night, only to notice that the expiry date printed on the carton was "10-01-09." Assuming thi...
Raptor Ravages Radio Reception – Reminiscent of Rodent-wreaked Resistor Ruin
(If I'm ever to become a better writer, I'm going to have to abandon this fascination with alliteration. Oops.) Thursday's addendum to our ongoing saga of mu...
Fall Computer Book Clearance – Get ‘em before they’re recycled.
"Because there's nothing more valuable than a used computer book." I took the measuring tape for a spin and it turns out that I have 27 linear feet of comput...
“So you’re almost a Sourdough”
...remarked Jim Robb upon hearing that I had just passed the ten year mark in our cozy out-of-the-way territory. Strange, I had thought that only a single so...
Muppets Sing Bohemian Rhapsody
Nothing more need be said... And the original...
Bath Day, 2009
Few thrills surpass the washing of an 85-pound dog. Smidgen was unusually cooperative this past Saturday, leaving our tub area reasonably unscathed: Post tra...
Youda thunk Y2K and basic search had been solved by now.
Computer programmers, rejoice! With 2010 nearly upon us, we can celebrate that all of the fundamental problems in computer science have been put to rest. Wha...
Google Street View now available in Canada (but not Whitehorse)
I've been "driving" around Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver today on Google's Street View. Just visit an address in a city down south in Google Maps and then d...