Posting has been light lately, especially since this game called Grand Theft Auto IV came out…
But I’ll digress briefly to write about coworking. It’s a nifty concept where freelancers and small companies gain a full-on office environment by sharing the cost of a workspace. It also helps deal with the isolation of being a lone [...]
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Coworking in Ottawa - The Code Factory
I think the spammers have finally invaded Facebook
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 [...]
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 [...]
Your blog asplode…
Upgraded to the new version of Wordpress (2.5) and while the administrative controls look really good now…it sorta broke the physical blog…hence the design might be a little on the messy side until I fix it.
Blah, good times. Good times.
Adobe Photoshop Express: Booooooring
I’ve been waiting some time for Adobe to finally release their web-based version of Photoshop. Well, Photoshop Express is finally here and wow, what a disappointment.
The interface looks nifty but…there’s not much you can do with it. The crop tool is awkward to use and every other feature is horribly crippled. Google’s free to download [...]
Lament for a lost hour of sleep
*ring* *ring* *ring*
Officer: Major Crimes Unit, how can I help you?
Me: If I told you about a murder that was going to happen at 2 a.m. would you be able to do something about it?
Officer: Of course we would!
Me: Good…because I know about one…
Officer: Who may I ask is going to be murdered?
Me: AN HOUR [...]
My ironic purchase of the latest issue of Wired
I picked up the March issue of Wired today to read editor-in-chief Chris Anderson’s feature on the so-called “freeconomy” that’s been moving a long steadily as the Internet has become more popular: free music downloads, reading newspapers for free online, free e-mail from various web mail providers, et cetera.
The purchase was ironic since I had [...]
