The Ocho (or: Eight Years of Blogging)

17 years ago

My home office, late 2001. It Began With an “About” Box (The scene: October 2001, in a bland building in…

That’s a Little TOO Neighbourly for Me!

17 years ago

While biking down to the Hacklab (which I use as a day-to-day workspace) on Dundas Street West this morning, I…

Happy Guy Fawkes Day / Birthday to Me!

17 years ago

Since it’s both Guy Fawkes Day and my 42nd birthday, I should download Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of…

Halifax Coffee and Code This Afternoon – Just Us Cafe on Barrington

17 years ago

This afternoon (Wednesday, November 4th) from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Atlantic time, I’ll be holding a Halifax edition of…

Headline of the Day: “Blockbuster Worker Stabbed Himself in the Leg in a Ploy to Miss Work”

17 years ago

The amount of work people do in order to avoid work never ceases to amaze me. If there’s a prize…

I Do Not Think That Word Means What Fox News Thinks It Means

17 years ago

Two out of three races is pretty good, but it’s not a sweep.

Algoma University’s Unusual Ads

17 years ago

I saw these posters for Algoma University yesterday: There’s always been an implicit promise of freedom in going away to…

Headline of the Day: “Police Seek Serial Groin-Kicker”

17 years ago

There’s a woman in or around the area of Langley, British Columbia who’s going around kicking men in the groin.…

Very True

17 years ago

Here’s a piece by the artist known as 9 0 0 0 that I rather like: You can see the…

Halifax Bound

17 years ago

TechDays, Microsoft's cross-Canada conference for developers and IT pros took a break in October, but returns in November to complete…