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A novel way to get a job…

I was walking downtown at lunchtime today and saw this guy standing outside First Canadian Place at Bay and King – arguably the busiest intersection in Toronto, and the centre of the financial district. A novel way to try and get a job, that’s for sure. Maybe he should have a phone number or something […]

Vote Robocratic!

Last night was quite the adventure in networking. I played Mario Kart: Double Dash in LAN mode, with my friend Jon who lives about 200km away in London, Ontario. No, we don’t have a cable that long – we used some very cool software called Warp Pipe. Warp Pipe was easy enough to setup, however […]

Busier than a bee in a 100 acre clover field

Work work work work Doing training at work (sucks) Didn’t go to the extremely cool WWNC, now regretting it, but going to the next one even it it’s located at the centre of the earth Succeeded in letting people down Busiest four day week EVER was last week. Actually, it was probably my busiest week […]

I resemble this remark…

Broadband users are impatient – Apparently people who have Broadband expect the same speed of service in real life. I can definately vouch for that. I’ve personally had broadband in some form since 1998 and even before then had broadband in high school. I’m also highly impatient in line at stores.

Wouldn’t you just love a Cowch of your very own? No, they’re not made from real cow.

fun on the train this morning

CBC Toronto – Man shot dead in downtown stand-off – This was going on as I got off the GO Train in Union station this morning. The station was evacuated, Front St was closed from Yonge to University (a very busy street during the morning rush), no one was being let into the underground PATH […]

yay for neighbours!

This morning our neighbour Mike gave me a ride to the GO Station! It was raining and was probably going to miss the train if something didn’t happen. Thanks!

Near -crushing If there’s

Near -crushing If there’s something I’ve learned from living in Toronto and attending UTS, it’s how to jaywalk.UTS, my former high school, is situated at the corner of Bloor & Spadina in Toronto. This is a very busy intersection at most times of day and night. When I went there, there was a Pizza Pizza […]

Screw you too, Showtime

Apparently Showtime doesn’t want me to access their highly sensitive information – it’s for US residents only. Stupid boneheads.