My sister and brother-in-law gave the Ginger Ninja and me a pair of tickets to the Vintages wine tasting for 2005 Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux wines. It took place on Tuesday night, and naturally, I took a few photos…
Here’s Yours Truly having one of his couple-dozen-or-so samples of red. I like to think [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2008
Jan
24
2008
The Vintages 2005 Bordeaux Tasting
Jan
23
2008
“Enfranchised Mind’s” Tips on How to Be Happy
I seem to be on a “How-to” list kick today. While I’m at it, here’s another one, this time from the blog Enfranchised Mind: Let Me Save You $40: Here’s How to Be Happy. In this introduction for this article, Robert Fischer writes:
I was over at my father-in-law’s birthday party, and I saw that he [...]
Jan
23
2008
How to Work the Room
Over at FoundRead, Larry Chiang has some advice that you might find useful if you’re following Scoble’s advice for people who’ve just been laid off (particularly the parts about networking and attending business events). His piece is titled How to Work the Room.
Here’s a condensed version:
Be more of a host and less of a guest. [...]
Jan
23
2008
What to Do If You’re Laid Off (or Just Looking for Work) in the 2008 Recession
A still from the original “Odd Todd” cartoon, Laid Off: A Day in the Life.Click the image to watch the cartoon.
Inspired by news of the impending layoffs at Yahoo!, Robert Scoble — quite possibly the internet’s best-known tech evangelist has compiled a list in his article What to Do if You’re Laid Off in the [...]
Jan
22
2008
T-Shirt of the Day
Here’s a fine t-shirt that you can get made at any shopping mall that has one of those stores where they’ll stick the slogan of your choice in Cooper Black letters onto a t-shirt or sweatshirt with one of those big press irons. You’ll be a big hit at your next geek gathering!
Photo by Kris [...]
Jan
21
2008
Toronto Gatherings for Rails Developers
If you’re a Ruby on Rails developer, there are a couple of events you might be interested in…
Tonight: Rails Pub Nite at The Rhino
The fine folks at local development company Unspace have hosted the monthly Rails Pub Nite for nearly two years now, and the event is going strong. It’s a meet-and-greet event where you [...]
Jan
21
2008
Global Nerdy
In case you haven’t been following it over the past few weeks, my tech blog, Global Nerdy, is sporting a new layout (as well as all sorts of stories about nerdy work, life and play):
Click the image to visit Global Nerdy.
The new format lets me mix quick blurbs with longer-form articles, and I’ve got some [...]
Jan
21
2008
Congrats to the Blogger Team on “Test the Nation”!
Photo courtesy of Rannie “Photojunkie” Turingan.
Last night, CBC aired the “trivia” edition of Test the Nation, in which various teams divided by demographic competed against each other. The teams were:
Backpackers
Bloggers
Cab Drivers
Celebrity Look-Alikes
Chefs
Flight Crews
In a trivia contest, the game always goes to the infovores, so it’s no surprise that not only did the Blogger team win, [...]
Jan
21
2008
Lobster Knife Fight!
Continuing this blog’s fascination with battles featuring crustaceans (we’ve had crabs and crawfish so far), here’s a photo titled Lobster Knife Fight:
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
