The Recipe for “Happy”

16 years ago

Those of you who’ve been reading this blog for a while know that hedonics – the study of what makes…

EnergizeIT Academic Visits

16 years ago

Ah, student life. While waiting to do a presentation at Fanshawe College in London, I had a quick student lunch,…

Iceland’s Last Wish

16 years ago

Pedro da Costa’s tweet about “Mount Cut ’n’ Paste” – my own name for the Icelandic volcano, since cut-and-paste is…

Why You Shouldn’t be Celebrating “Confederate History Month”

16 years ago

Because the Confederates were committing treason in defense of slavery. Be sure to read the article Lest We Forget Why…

Superstitious and Mathematically Incorrect

16 years ago

Okay, I get the missing “13” (bad luck in Western cultures) and no numbers with “4” in them (bad luck…

Salaryman Survival Kit

16 years ago

This combo kit, available at am/pm stores in Japan and featuring two packs of Marlboro Ice Mint cigarettes and a…

Developer Junior: Creating Your Own Games with Kodu

16 years ago

My tech show for kids, Developer Junior, premieres today on Butterscotch.com! In this episode, Junior (the puppet) and I (the…

Visiting Victoria

16 years ago

Victoria, Day 1 The day after Damir and I did our EnergizeIT presentation in Kelowna, it was time to go…

EnergizeIT Goes to Kelowna

16 years ago

On Tuesday, Damir and I flew into Kelowna to do an EnergizeIT presentation for their software developers and IT Pro…

Flying to Kelowna

16 years ago

The view from my seat. Today’s going to be a bit of a whirlwind, starting with a flight to Kelowna…