Yet again, a quote from The Simpsons comes to mind: “It’s funny because it’s true.”
Author: Joey deVilla
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Java Developer Wanted
My friend Hector contacted me asking if I knew any Java developers
looking for a new gig. I said I didn’t, but I thought I’d post it here
and see if any of you might be interested. Here’s the basic info:
- Senior Java developer
- The company is “up-and-coming” and develops GPS and geolocation software
- Offcie location: Richmond Hill
- The candidate will be required to lead and mentor a team of 5 developers and 5 QA people
- The candidate will be required to communicate with a number of remote customers
- The candidate should be familiar with MySQL/PostgreSQL databases
- Salary is negotiable
If you’re interested, drop me a line or leave a comment and I’ll send you Hector’s way.
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Blogacatmas is Tomorrow!
As is tradition on a number of Blogware blogs, the first Friday of
October is Blogacatmas, that special day on which we engage in the
bloggiest of activities: posting cat pictures! Remember, the photo need
not be of your own cat (I’m allergic to the hateful little
eggrolls-in-waiting myself), but any old cat picture. The more amusing
the photo, the better.
“So you’re cool with me taking the top bunk?”
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Weisblott’s Back!
There’s been a bit of a void in the Accordion City blogosphere since Marc Weisblott’s local news/gossip/opinions-and-rants blog, Better Living Centre (named after the big building at the Canadian National Exhibition), went off-line. Although he’s been blogging at Fifty Most Toronto and the city is well-represented through the Toronto-focused blogs BlogTO and Torontoist, I’ve missed his hyperkinetic blogging “voice”.
That’s why I’m glad to report that he’s back with Paved, a new blog with the same old Weisblott touch and another spiffy logo created by Brett Lamb, a man to whom I shall pass the title of “Toronto’s Most Eligible Bachelor”. Welcome back, Marc!
(Brett: I have a Playboy “Little Black Book” just for you! Drop me a line and it’s yours.)
Inspired by both his wife Ashley’s take and my quick post on the tunes on his Clark [Hall Pub] Standards playlist, Chris “Turner” Turner has written up notes on his selections. He’s very kind to me in his writeup for Sloan’s unrequited university love anthem Underwhelmed and has one of the most bang-on summaries of Nine Inch Nails’ Head Like a Hole (which at the time, had probably never been played on accordion):
This was a mainstay of the Clark setlist during my first two years at Queen’s and my introduction to industrial. I liked it. It was far heavier than most of the hair metal I grew up on, but (at least on this track) much smarter and more insightful. Plus no clumsy references to Norse mythology or motorcycles.
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Clark Hall Pub Hitlist
Ashley Bristowe writes up Chris Turner’s Clark Standards Songlist, a compilation of the big hits at Clark Hall Pub, the engineering student-run bar at Crazy Go Nuts University where Turner and I used to DJ. The list covers Ashley’s stay there, 1991 through 1996, which overlaps significantly with mine (1987 – 1994; I DJ’d at Clark from 1989 through 1994). On the list:
- Jesus Built My Hotrod – Ministry
- Head Like a Hole – Nine Inch Nails
- Debaser – Pixies
- Cannonball – The Breeders
- Elephant Stone – The Stone Roses
- There’s No Other Way – Blur
- Loser – Beck
- Sabotage – Beastie Boys
- Jump Around – House of Pain
- Hobo Humpin’ Slobo Babe – Whale
- Been Caught Stealing – Jane’s Addiction
- Big Time Sensuality – Bjork
- Underwhelmed – Sloan
- Supersonic – Oasis
- Basket Case – Green Day
- Miss World – Hole
- Homeboy – Adorable
- Supernaut – 1000 Homo DJs
- It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine) – R.E.M.
The list is pretty good, but needs Ween’s Push Th’ Little Daisies, Front 242’s Headhunter 3.0, Rick James’ Super Freak, KMFDM’s Godlike and They Might Be Giants’ Birdhouse in Your Soul for good measure.
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SaveMyAss.com
Here’s a clever business: “SaveMyAss is a personal assistant that helps you make your girlfriend or wife happy by sending her flowers on your behalf, on a regular but semi-random basis.”