Monthly Archives: December 2005
Dec
09
2005
There’s a Back Story Here…
Seen this morning on the eastbound platform of High Park subway
station: a discarded day-old boutonniere sitting on top of a pay phone.
I’ve seen enough dates to semi-formal school dances gone wrong — many
of them my own — to imagine scenarios that would’ve led to this:
Dec
08
2005
Heh. I’m "Sensible and Shrewd". Mom would be proud.
From Lesson X — “Races of Man” — of Mrs. M.B. Moore’s book, The Geographical Reader for the Dixie Children:
The men who inhabit the globe, are not all alike. Those in Europe and
America are mostly white and are called the Caucasian race. This race is civilized, and
is far above [...]
Dec
08
2005
Which Canadian Election Candidate Matches You?
Joi Ito, in his IRC channel, #joiito, pointed to this CBC test that attempts to determine which Canadian federal election candidate aligns most closely with you.
It presents the four major political parties’ positions on twelve
issues, but the identities removed. In the quiz, you select “agree” or
“disagree” on each point, [...]
Dec
08
2005
Accordion Guy Advent Calendar, Day Eight: Rachid Taha’s "Rock el Casbah"
Some music for day eight of the Accordion Guy Advent Calendar — all the way from Algieria, here’s Rachid Taha’s Rock el Casbah [5.7MB, MP3], his cover of The Clash’s Rock the Casbah. It’s off his album Tekitoi, a term that is derived from the French “T’es qui, toi?” — “You — who are [...]
Dec
08
2005
Please Vote for Accordion Guy!
Something like a mere ten votes separates the two contenders for “Best Blog” in the 2005 Canadian Blog Awards.
Remember, you can vote once per day per IP address (roughly speaking,
once per day per computer), so please cast your vote for Accordion Guy! The voting will end midnight tomorrow.
(And [...]
Dec
08
2005
Top 10 Sources
Top 10 Sources is just that — a collector of the top ten sources of
news and articles on dozen of categories. Need to keep up with news and
commentary on wine? Editor Robert Rogoyski has compiled a top 10 list
of news feeds that should satisfy your oenophilia. Is [...]
Dec
07
2005
Accordion Guy Advent Calendar, Day Seven: Bikini Calculus
Advent Calendar Day Seven: Even people who took some math in unversity
have a little trouble defining what “calculus” is in layperson’s
terminology. Ask a techie what calculus and s/he’ll probably tell you
something along the lines of “it’s the branch of mathematics that has
to do with derivatives [...]
Dec
07
2005
So That’s What the Kids are Calling It These Days
Seen just east of the corner of King and Dufferin:
Dec
06
2005
Daily Voting Reminder
Don’t worry, I’m going to be urging you to vote in the more important
Canadian federal election taking place on January 23rd, 2006.
However, in the meantime, I encourage you to vote for Accordion Guy in Round Two of the 2005 Canadian Blog Awards under the category “Best Blog”. Voting runs [...]
Dec
06
2005
Solutions Architect Seeks Employment
I’m giving Michael Kalus, a regular reader and commenter on this blog, a hand.
If you’re looking for a Solutions Architect who’s worked as:
An architect at Telus for Accenture where he was:
Lead architect for the IT Governance Center
Lean architect for the Borland CaliberRM
Application architect for the iWay Server
Architect for SMIS
Solutions architect / Capacity planner [...]
