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In humour on 29 September 2010 with Comments Off

This is awesome. Click the pic above or right here and start playing asteroids. Steer with the arrow keys, shoot with space bar, move forward with the up arrow, and if you run out of things to shoot, press and hold B. I definitely did not make this, full credit to Erik Rothoff.

How I Fell Out of Love With Scribd

In reviews, social media on 24 September 2010 tagged documents, Google Docs, reading, scribd, web with Comments Off

Scribd 101: What is Scribd This was going to be a post about how I fell in love with Scribd, but instead it’s one about how I could have fell in love with it, but instead now find it less than perfect. First, what is Scribd? The object at the top of this post is [...]

For Fantastic Customer Service, Go to Marine Plus

In customer service, Prince George on 23 September 2010 tagged boats, CFUR, customer service with 1 comment

I don’t have a boat, but if I did I would get all my supplies from Marine Plus. Here’s why. One of our mic stands at CFUR broke. Well, it didn’t break, but the bolt holding it onto the desk did. Seems fairly straightforward to replace, but as it turns out, it was pretty tough. [...]

Sometimes, My Hair Illustrates Exactly How I Feel

In personal on 20 September 2010 with Comments Off

Goodnight.

Shout Out to Prince George Bus Drivers

In Prince George, transit on 20 September 2010 with Comments Off

Prince George bus drivers (and bus drivers in general, probably) get a fair amount of grief, for various reasons. But really, they have a pretty tough task– if you leave late, people are late, if you leave early, you miss your stop. Staying on schedule in variable traffic cannot be easy. But I want to [...]

The Archival and Ephemeral Properties of Blogging and Twitter

In ideas, meta, social media on 19 September 2010 tagged archive, delicious, Twitter with Comments Off

For whatever reason, a cough that was better today than it had been for the last few days and had been pretty much MIA returned with a vengeance and interrupted my (and my significant other’s) sleep. So I’m up drinking some niocitrin and decided to change the way my blog’s Twitter digest works. Regular readers [...]

Possible Causes of My Sore Throat

In personal on 15 September 2010 tagged cayenne, shaking hands, sick, sore throat with 1 comment

1. Shaking people’s hands as I meet and greet new students 2. Having lunch with someone who was recently sick 3. High-intensity bike-riding in a high-pollution zone 4. Staying up late to do home renovations 5. Staying up late to dance 6. Being exposed to fine particulate as a result of home renovations 7. Poor [...]

September 14, 2010

In personal on 15 September 2010 tagged cbc, CFUR, ferrets, listen bird with Comments Off

Busy day today. After staying up until 2 am grouting our tiles (so glad we had extra wood to do the halls, instead of full tile as initially planned), got up this morning for a 9 am meet and greet with the new cast of Health on the Hill. This is program on CFUR radio [...]

Photos From Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park

In personal, photos on 14 September 2010 with 1 comment

I’m still going through photos from our southern Alberta trip. It was great for photographs, but it makes sorting them tough.

Some Things Never Change

In personal on 13 September 2010 with Comments Off

Neighbour’s Kid: Hello! Me: Hi. Neighbour’s Kid: How was your day? Me: Fine. How was yours? Neighbour’s Kid: OK. Neighbour’s Kid: It would have been better if I didn’t have to go to school. Me: Yeah, mine would have been better if I didn’t have to go to work.