Maybe being in the tech evangelism business has finally twisted my brain, but this really made me laugh out loud. I wonder if I can get this printed on a batch of Tucows t-shirts…
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Jan
30
2007
New Kid in Town
Actual crib soon to be occupied by Urhines Kendall Icy Eight Special K.
I just heard that Deenster gave birth to a healthy 8-pound baby boy. Rumour has it that his name is Gabriel, but until I hear actual confirmation, I shall assume that his name is Urhines Kendall Icy Eight Special K.
Congrats to the Deenster [...]
Jan
30
2007
The "Seven Deadly Sins" Combo Chart
Why commit just one of the Seven Deadly Sins when you can go for combinations?
Click the image to see it at full size. Picture courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
Jan
30
2007
Photo: "Evolution: It’s Not for Everyone"
Click the photo to see it at full size. Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
Jan
29
2007
Song of the Week: "Dragonflies" by Povi (1999)
This week’s song of the week is the criminally underplayed Dragonflies by Povi.
It wouldn’t be technically correct to refer to Povi as a “group” or “band” — the term “long-distance collaboration” might be more apt. Povi is really two people: Los Angeles-based music producer/technical wizard Carmen Rizzo taking care of all the electronic instruments and [...]
Jan
29
2007
Why Coachella?
I have no idea why Leona is so excited about going to Coachella — most of the acts make it sound like my musical idea of purgatory…
What, no Nickelback?
Jan
29
2007
Toronto Transit Camp: Sunday, February 4th, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
What is Toronto Transit Camp?
Toronto Transit Camp is a one-day unconference where people of all types who depend on and care about the TTC — designers, transit geeks, bloggers, visual artists, tech geeks and cultural creators — will gather to discuss, collaborate and brainstorm ideas about the transit system we know and, in spite of [...]
Jan
29
2007
For Sale: Even More Computer Books, $5 Each
That’s right, I’ve got even more books for sale. This set is a mish-mash of computer books — some are mine, some are from a company for whom I worked in 2002 that went under. As with the other books for sale I mentioned today, all are going for $5 each. I’d rather they went [...]
Jan
28
2007
For Sale: Deadbeat Ex-Housemate’s C++ and Security Books, $5 Each
That’s right, there are even more books for sale from my deadbeat ex-housemate’s collection. This installment covers his C++ books plus a couple of extra security books I found; an earlier installment covers Java books, and an even earlier one covers information security and cryptography books.
Want any of them? They’re a mere $5. Come pick [...]
Jan
28
2007
For Sale: Deadbeat Ex-Housemate’s Java Books, $5 Each
As you may have seen in the previous article, my deadbeat ex-housemate left a number of books at my house ages ago. It’s high time to sell them!
In this installment, I list some of his Java books for sale. Remember, they’re only $5 each. You can pick them up from my place (I live in [...]
Jan
28
2007
For Sale: Deadbeat Ex-Housemate’s Cryptography and Security Books, $5 each
As I mentioned in the previous article — in which I announced that I had a Symbolics XL1200 Lisp Machine for sale — I also have a number of my deadbeat ex-housemate’s books. After having held onto them for five years in the expectation that I would send them to him once he paid me [...]
Jan
27
2007
For Sale: Symbolics XL1200 Lisp Machine (Backstory Included)
Flashback
November 2001: “There’s the matter of these $1200 in long-distance calls to London, England, Mr. deVilla,” said the Bell Canada rep.
I looked over my shoulder at my housemate, who was already three months behind with his share of the rent. Three months, three thousand dollars. Luckily, I’d been good at saving money, so I wasn’t [...]
Jan
26
2007
Was It THAT Long Ago?
While listening to iTunes at work in “shuffle” mode, the Propellerheads’ cover of the theme from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (from their album Decksanddrumsandrockandroll) came on. Like many of you, hearing a particular tune can take me back to a particular time, and that’s what this tune did.
Then it hit me — I was [...]
Jan
26
2007
How Would You Answer this Question? (Part 2)
In a previous post, I asked how you would respond to the following:
Are their [sic] any Godly uses for higher math?
I’ve come to realize that probably one reason I struggled with algebra, geometry et.al., was that
it seemed to me that these were basically atheistic academic disciplines, useful for promoting evolution or
other [...]
Jan
26
2007
My Googlebomb Still Works!
As of this writing, the top story on the tech news site Techmeme is that Google has modified its algorithm to negate a number of popular Googlebombs. I checked, and thankfully a search for the phrase deadbeat ex-housemate, both within and without quotes, still returns my deadbeat ex-housemate’s weblog as the number one result. Honor, [...]
