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Kofi Annan to speak at Canadian Parliament

Kofi Annan accepts invitation to address Canadian Parliament – This is pretty cool. This can only mean one thing though… more BtAF comics like these ones over here.

We’re back, after a minor meltdown…

You might have noticed that we were offline for a while. That’s because the RAID array on the server here took a fatal blow, and then rose from the ashes like a phoenix to see another day. Thanks to Stan for his heroics. It’s been hella busy these last four or five days. On the […]

three components are NOT better than two.

Today was just one of those days where the more you think about a problem, the more you realize how much of a bitch it is going to be to solve. In this instance, it could easily be eliminated by just getting rid of one redundant component. But when doing that isn’t an option because […]

aha! we are getting screwed!

Wireless: Canadians pay more – gee whiz, we’re getting hosed for wireless hardware prices? Well whaddya know?

I totally forgot to mention that you can see the up-to-date view outside my window here. It’s really not that exciting, but I’m not sure where else to point the darn camera. For those that are interested, I’m actually using my old Kodak DC200Plus digital camera as a webcam.

winter has finally come

The view out my apartment window this morning:

AlterNet: Mad Cow USA: The Nightmare Begins – An excellent overview of what the USA has got to do to stop Mad Cow Disease, instead of just throwing the public a great big smokescreen, or blaming Canada.

Forum: The fish that threatened national security – Seriously, if security supervisors are going to yell and scream at someone about a tropical fish, MAYBE THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR COUNTRY.

Cheer(s)!

Well, it is the latter part of December, a time for getting time off work and going to parties for most people. Myself, our office get-together is tonight, and then on Monday is a reunion of sorts with my old high school class. In between we’re seeing Sandy’s kin over Christmas and then my folks […]

Terror alert chart

Via boingboing: I put this on the fridge at work, it was so funny I couldn’t resist.