Monthly Archives: September 2005

One Month Too Late

From the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s site, Ready.gov:

Click the graphic to find out more about National Preparedness Month.

The Soundtrack from My Personal Coming-Of-Age Film, Part Deux

A couple of weeks ago, in an entry titled The Soundtrack to My Personal Coming-Of-Age Film, I lamented that the Billboard Top 100 wasn’t representative of the sort of stuff I listened to. I was a regular listener of CFNY (better known these days as 102.1 The Edge) back then. I looked around for some [...]

Marc Canter Sez: "Bring Accordion Boy!"

Marc Canter, in a roundabout way, has played an important role in my career. He was behind the multimedia authoring tool Director,
the first development tool I ever used after graduating from school.
Although my computer science degree and strong marks in my database
courses meant that I could’ve landed a [...]

Great Quips from "The Daily Show"

On pathetically incompetent FEMA director Michael’s former position as
commissioner of the International Arabian Horse Association: “Most Bush appointees are beholden to Arabian people.”

On the administration’s new favourite talking point — “everyone is playing the blame game”: “Those who complain about the blame game? They’re usually to blame.”

A little perspective [...]

As Seen on Last Night’s "The Daily Show"

I find it interesting that for “V”, they went with “Voldemort” and not “Vader, Darth”.

I Need Your Digital Camera Opinions

I like the form factor of my Nikon Coolpix SQ, but its sluggish
response time and the graphical “noise” it adds to images is beginning
to drive me bonkers. Since I have an upcoming wedding and plan to take
lots of photos of what’s supposed to be a major day [...]

By the Way…

You have donated to a relief organization for Hurricane Katrina, haven’t you?

Nobody’s Gonna Come Out of This One Looking Good…

Not the people of New Orleans:

Trick bikes and firearms: the necessities of life.

Certainly not the cops: [5.6MB, Windows Media video]

Helping themselves to shoes in aisle 3. Click the photo to see the video.

Not the municipal government, who could’ve used these now-useless buses in [...]

VB or C++ Contractor — Looking for a Gig?

My friend “Bones” is looking for a VB or C++ developer to do some work
for a client based in the Toronto area. The basicgist of the application that the client wants developed:
The
client needs a VB or C++ programmer to develop a taskbar
app that accesses DB information over the ‘net and [...]

Patrick Stewart on "Extras"

Ricky Gervais, best know for his BBC television series The Office
(later duplicated by NBC) has a new (and very dry) comedy series called
Extras, in which he plays an actor struggling to land supporting and
background roles. To help, Gervais has lined up a special guest star
for each episode, [...]