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Monthly Archives: September 2005
Sep
09
2005
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 [...]
Sep
08
2005
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 [...]
Sep
08
2005
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 [...]
Sep
07
2005
As Seen on Last Night’s "The Daily Show"
I find it interesting that for “V”, they went with “Voldemort” and not “Vader, Darth”.
Sep
07
2005
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 [...]
Sep
06
2005
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 [...]
Sep
06
2005
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 [...]
Sep
05
2005
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, [...]
