And now, a German interlude.
Interesting news with respect to the IT situation at the College should be appearing here soon, perhaps this evening. Meanwhile... Speaking of the College, I...
Clock radios: can’t we do better?
Skimming through the story of a fellow that hacked together his own atomic clock in his basement (and used two of them to prove gravitational time dilation d...
IT contracting opportunities at the College?
The word being whispered around is that the Computing Services department at Yukon College is under new -- and surprising -- management. The little that I kn...
Kudos to Murdoch’s
My wedding band is a Murdoch's Gem Shop special: a benuggetted piece called The Sluice Ring. Anyway, sometime between June and last month, the ring had becom...
Yukon Energy Planned Power Outage RSS Feed Now Online!
This is a notable addition to the never-ending Yukon Blackout Mashup & Feed Saga. W00t! You may now subscribe to planned power outage bulletins from Yuko...
Qualitative Film Review Scheme
I appreciate movie reviews. I'll read them before, after, and occasionally -- never a good sign -- during the show. But I don't find the reviewers' quantitat...
Passport Canada’s site developers make an all-too-common security mistake.
The word this chilly, chilly morning is that Passport Canada's site exposes applicants' names, driver's licence numbers, and -- the Holy Grail of the identit...
More fun with Google Maps. Where have you been?
Thinking about how I came to be in Whitehorse the other day led me to reminisce of the many places I've hung my hat in this great land (and a couple other la...
Eight Years in Yukon
This week I celebrate my eighth full year in the territory. Eight is not a terribly round number, but if humans had evolved without thumbs it would've been: ...
Q: What is programming like? A: Try explaining your TV to a house-sitter.
I am not often invited to cocktail parties. When I am, however, I inevitably face the "And what exactly is it that you do for a living?" question. I prefer t...
James & Northey. Unplugged, except for all the plugs.
Carole and I caught Colin James and Craig Northey at the Arts Centre last night. There's no real point in a review of the show -- you either attended last ni...
Thor, God of Thunder, why hast thou forsaken me?
To: Thor CC: Zeus/Jupiter, Ukko, Haokah, and other electricity-related deities Subject: Goddamn blackouts Yet another of our multiple power outages today, ri...