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Archive for February, 2007

Spamoetry

I honestly wonder if there is anyone left in the world who makes their living from writing poetry anymore. Not that I am a huge fan of poetry or anything, but the beautiful and deep work being produced by the random-text generators employed by spammers has truly moved me. Here are a couple of examples [...]

Do you know…?

Philip has posted a link to his friend’s blog which links to an amazing video called Did you know?. You should watch it now. Go ahead. I’ll wait.
Wasn’t that great? It really makes you think. On the one hand, I agree with Philip in that we should temper our technological advances with an “exploration of [...]

The God Delusion

“Real Men Love Jesus”. So read the bumper sticker plastered to the back of a van belonging to a floor-cleaning company here in Saskatoon. Ignoring the fact that the type of person who believes that the definition of a “Real Man” can be placed succinctly onto a bumper sticker likely also believes that there is [...]

On Migrating to Windows Vista

Well, I did it. I bit the bullet and installed Windows Vista on my main home computer. On first impressions, I have to say I am impressed. I was initially somewhat annoyed at the fact that there is no upgrade path from Windows XP Pro to Windows Vista Home Premium, but I was able to [...]

The gauntlet has been thrown

A man, wise beyond his years, once told me:
“Never, ever, make an Englishman blush.“
Well, dear Englishman, never, ever challenge a Canadian to post to his blog more regularly. Perhaps this comment was not intended as a challenge, but I choose to take it as such. I shall therefore endeavour to post to this blog much [...]

The Great Excuses Post

It would appear that the major theme on my blog is me apologizing for not posting to the blog more often. Things in the past few months have been incredibly busy, beyond all possible compare. I will try to outline a few of the things that have been keeping me busy and touch on a [...]

A Week In New Orleans

Well, I have been in New Orleans at SolidWorks World for three days now. This really is an amazing city. The temperature has been around 15C all week compared to -38C back home. It has been wonderful. It has also been a busy week and there has been little time for sightseeing. We’ve had fun [...]