| Off to Disney |
[Nov. 16th, 2008|01:58 am] |
I'm hopping on a flight to Orlando in a couple of hours. Yes, the flight leaves at 6:25 AM which means tomorrow will suck. Given that the conference on question is always held in close proximity to a Disney park I suspect I will have a hard time avoiding bringing the offspring in years to come. With luck I may still get in a little sleep... Posted via LiveJournal.app. |
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| Congratulations, America |
[Nov. 5th, 2008|02:23 am] |
One week before Barack Obama takes the oath of office as the 44th President of the United States, Leslie and I should be bringing our child into the world. It's good to know that it's a world where a mixed-race kid, just like ours, can be elected President of the United States.
I didn't want Obama to win because of his ancestry or the colour of his skin. I wanted him to win because our neighbour to the south needs change and I believe he was the best candidate available to bring that change. But that said, I can't help but think about what he's done to lower the barriers that my son or daughter will face, and I cannot help but be grateful for that.
Thank you, President-elect Obama. And thank you, America. |
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| Hey Mac People! |
[Oct. 28th, 2008|12:15 pm] |
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Codeweavers are making their products (which let you run Windows apps on a Mac without having to install Windows itself) available free for today only. Go get them--they're not perfect but they're often preferable to the alternative. |
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| Awesome Quote |
[Oct. 28th, 2008|10:33 am] |
History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells "Can't you remember anything I told you?" and lets fly with a club.
- John W. Campbell, from here.
I kind of get the feeling these days that History is pretty close to that point if not already there. |
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| Twitter Accounts |
[Oct. 17th, 2008|12:53 am] |
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I decided to try it out. My personal account is rentagurkha, work is babok. |
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| New iMac |
[Sep. 18th, 2008|01:12 pm] |
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So I took it into the store today and they gave me a replacement iMac. Not really worth the hassle, but at least I got a small processor speed bump for my trouble. |
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| Mildly Expressing My True Feelings |
[Sep. 18th, 2008|12:18 am] |
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Much though I like Apple's products, their tech support is on the verge of convincing me to buy a Dell. My iMac has been malfunctioning for the last month and they've consistently failed to fix the problem. Now it won't even boot. The limited good news is that I have a full backup. |
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| Oh What The Hell |
[Sep. 17th, 2008|11:39 pm] |
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Via ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) pyat and anaka
1. Take a picture of yourself right now.
2. Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair...just take a picture.
3. Post that picture with NO editing.
4. Post these instructions with your picture.
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| Got my iPod Touch today |
[Sep. 10th, 2008|11:30 pm] |
Of course, the day after the new models came out. Still, hey, free.
The apps I would really recommend so far that nobody mentioned to me are Dicenomicon (which seems to be the most powerful RPG-style dice roller on there) and Stanza, a free eBook reader. Stanza's library has a bunch of SF on there, including all of Howard's stuff and Piper's, and some more recent authors as well. In fact there a LOT of SF and Fantasy there. |
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| Still Alive |
[Sep. 9th, 2008|02:17 pm] |
I think it's been a very long time since I blogged about anything significant here.
In general not much is new. Leslie's still having a rough time with her pregnancy, but on the bright side everything seems to be going smoothly. She has another ultrasound scheduled for Thursday and hopefully we will continue not to have any problems.
Oh, and that iPod Touch I won? I haven't got it yet and it's now obsolete. ;-) Still can't complain but I hope it shows up soon... |
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| Dark Knight Abridged Script |
[Aug. 26th, 2008|01:36 pm] |
It's all good, but there are two great lines that I have to share:
First:
AARON ECKHART
Nonetheless, I’m concerned for your safety. Who can we trust?
MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL
I can go to Christian Bale’s penthouse. It’s the safest place in Chicago right now.
AARON ECKHART
The place where I almost got killed by Heath Ledger and you got thrown out of a window? Maybe you should hide on some subway tracks instead.
Second:
HEATH LEDGER
Huh. You didn’t seem to have a problem letting Liam Neeson die in the last movie, and all he did was blow up your house. I guess you loved your mansion more than Maggie Gyllenhaal. I don’t blame you, honestly. |
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| Question |
[Aug. 22nd, 2008|12:48 am] |
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I seem to have won a free 8 GB iPod Touch. For those of you with a similar device or an iPhone--any apps I should be getting? |
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| Star Trek Exhibition |
[Jul. 18th, 2008|01:24 pm] |
Here's part four. I didn't bother captioning everything this time because I assume most of you know exactly what these things are.
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| USS Midway |
[Jul. 17th, 2008|11:39 pm] |
Here's part three of my San Diego trip. This part is my visit to the USS Midway.
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| HMS Surprise |
[Jul. 16th, 2008|11:49 am] |
For all you Jack Aubrey freaks out there (hi, nottheterritory !), here's a pictorial record of my visit to HMS Surprise. The ship is a replica used during filming of Master and Commander. Click on the picture below to go to the album. Still to come: my visit to USS Midway and the Star Trek Exhibition.
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| Inside a Foxtrot-class sub |
[Jul. 15th, 2008|10:07 am] |
The first set of photos from San Diego.
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| What I Did In San Diego |
[Jul. 1st, 2008|02:01 pm] |
Yes, that really is Jim Kirk's chair. |
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| Maritime Excitement |
[Jun. 26th, 2008|04:17 am] |
I'm down in San Diego right now for the World Congress of Business Analysts conference (I'm presenting two sessions tomorrow so it's likely to be a bit hectic). Today was my day "off" (there was a networking session I had to attend so it didn't quite meet that objective, but it came close).
Anyway. Pictures will come later (I brought my camera but forgot the connector). I made it to the Maritime Museum down here and got to visit the HMS Surprise, the B-39 Foxtrot-class sub, and the USS Midway.
I also got to a local game store and was shocked to note that it is NOT better than Toronto gaming stores (they seem pretty minis focused and offer a lot of playing tables but their stock is limited). However, the same mall has a pretty impressive SF bookstore (one that gives Bakka a run for its money) so the visit was worth my time. That, and it was nice to finally see adamjury's Battletech work (and, Adam, I have to say that it looks REALLY good--my impression was that the graphic design of those books really supported learning the rules). They also carry mind_of_richard's Colonial Gothic but not Thousand Suns, so there's some work to be done there.
After all that, I ended up going out for dinner in La Jolla with some IIBA colleagues.
On the whole I have to say San Diego is a lovely city. It feels like a place I could be happy living (not that I expect to, but it has a vibe I like). |
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