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 [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2007
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, [...]
Jan
26
2007
How Would You Answer This Question? (Part 1) [Updated]
Update: After you finish with this article, be sure to read Part 2.
How would you answer this question?
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 [...]
Jan
25
2007
Save the Date: Sunday, February 4th
Last Sunday, I attended a meeting held in the Gladstone Hotel’s Melody Bar in which 20 or so people from the Accordion City technology, marketing, arts and media communities got together to discuss putting together a BarCamp-like workshop in which people could discuss the both possible improvements to the TTC website and the overall TTC [...]
Jan
25
2007
Job Opportunity at Tucows: NOC Analyst
Here’s another job opportunity that’s opened up at Tucows: NOC Assistant. The details are in this post on the Tucows blog.
Jan
25
2007
Can Accordion City be an Alpha City?
Maria pointed me to a Globe and Mail article titled Does beta city have what it takes to be an alpha?. The basis for the article is a statement by Greg Clark, lead adviser to the British government on city development and a paid strategy adviser to TEDCO (Toronto Economic Development Corporation).
Here’s a snippet from [...]
Jan
24
2007
Your Midweek "MacGyver" Moment
This made me chuckle: the MacGyver Multitool!
Speaking of MacGyver, here are three shorts featured on last weekend’s Saturday Night Live in which MacGyver gets parodied. I give you…MacGruber!
