Jan 30 2008
Frank the Chicagoan has tagged me for the “Six Quirks” meme. The rules: Link to the person that tagged you. Post the rules on your blog. Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs. Let each random person know they have been [...]
Jan 28 2008
As I write this, the vote for whether I should reinstall Windows XP or switch to Ubuntu is locked in a tie. As such, and for other reasons, I have chosen to do neither – at least for now. Yeah, it’s a cop out. But a number of factors conspired against taking action. For one, [...]
Jan 22 2008
My computer is getting old and tired. More precisely, Windows XP is getting old and tired. As you may know, Windows is notorious for getting more and more bogged down over time, leading to a slow, clogged, and unresponsive computer. The machine itself is four years old, but I bought at the front of the [...]
Jan 21 2008
CBC runs the occasional “Test the Nation” quiz show on TV, and while I’ve had a mild interest in playing along I always manage to miss it. It ran again last night (the “trivia” version), and Martine and I recorded it although we only watched it for a few minutes. Doing so prompted me to [...]
Jan 18 2008
I received these two pieces of mail yesterday: a complimentary issue of MacLean’s magazine along with a pitch to subscribe; and a pitch from Maisonneuve magazine, a way cooler rag that promises it is “definitely not MacLean’s.” I don’t know if the people at Maisonneuve were aware of the MacLean’s campaign, or if this was [...]
Jan 17 2008
Voting for “round one” is on at the Canadian Blog Awards. A few things have changed at the CBA since last year, the most notable being the voting mechanism. It’s now done through Polldaddy, which probably makes it a lot less complicated for the person who’s running the awards but unfortunately makes it far more [...]
