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you do learn something new every day

The other day I learned that if you create a shortcut in Windows 2000 and specify the arguments to the shortcut as “%1 %2 %3” as you would in a DOS batch file, then drop a file or files onto that shortcut, it will pass the filenames as arguments to the program. So now I […]

no photo today, but here’s a punch card instead

okay, I’m all set now

Camera… check. CompactFlash -> PC Card adaptor… check. All set. Let’s roll.

sigh…

I left my camera at home. So much for that.

still don’t understand why things turn out this way

Ugh. Okay. So I almost lost my sanity a few times last week. But things are pretty much back to order now. The Arts Pub on Wednesday was not a total failure. In fact, in many ways it was a success: people came! Bands didn’t start over an hour later than we had scheduled! The […]

but don’t be reading my mind between four and five. that’s willy’s time!

Here’s the Cannon photo:

cryin’ n’ drivin’

That’s the name of the country band Dave and I are going to start, we just decided. Today is going to be a damn long day. After 5.5 hours of sleep. we got up at 6am to go out and paint the cannon. For those of you who don’t go to Guelph, this needs an […]

free donut

next year, paperless office, man. I hate all paper-printing machines.

“that’s the test pattern!” “i like it…”

Everyone should go out NOW and get a copy of any album by The Avalanches, probably Australia’s best musical export. (No, I’m not a Kylie Minogue fan, unlike George Stroumboulopoulous on MuchMusic). They’re amazing.

i think the universe is late

Geez, a week since I’ve written anything. Last week was assignments and mid-terms all over the place; this week is, happily, not. This weekend was spent relaxing in front of the computer, collecting various pieces of data. Once this CD is done burning, I think I’m gonna crack my case open (again!) and see if […]