Facebook is looking a little more like MySpace to me this week. In the past few days, I’ve been fending off “friend” requests from women in the U.S. I’ve never heard of. They also seem far more attractive than any woman that would be likely to want to randomly talk to me. So, Internet [...]
Archive > April 2008
An Engineer’s Guide to Cats
I rarely feel need to go crazy posting videos like most of my colleagues, but An Engineer’s Guide to Cats must be shared.
For the record, I’ve used the “Corporal Cuddling” form of discipline for years.
Wow, why does Techmeme suck?
Today’s top story: Some guy I’ve only heard of passing deletes his Twitter account!
I suppose I’m perpetuating the insinuated complaint in this post by writing about it, but it needs to be said. I’m trying to imagine the level of ridicule that would be doled out if any other news outlet led with a story [...]
The New York Times missed the real digital sweatshops
I’m rather disappointed in this piece on the dangers of blogging in the New York Times.
Not for the same reasons as the legions of bloggers who’ve already denounced it, though. The piece has a strong lead, referring to blogs as the “digital-era sweatshop.”
Seeing that line filled me with glee, I thought that finally, someone is [...]
DemoCamp 8: Looking out your backdoor
The eighth instalment of the Ottawa DemoCamp meet-up was held last week at the Clocktower Pub and as usual, there were plenty of interesting applications being demonstrated.
However, one thing that really stuck out at the meeting came from a conversation with the folks at Sylien Games.
I mentioned how often I’m surprised at all the cool [...]
