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my name in print
I recently wrote an article for BEA’s dev2dev site about integrating something called CruiseControl with Workshop Applications. If that piques your curiosity or if you’re just wondering what I do for a living, have a look here. The really cool part is that O’Reilly (the world’s best publisher of computer books) runs the site. So…
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around the world in 80 hours
The Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer is taking off very soon in an attempt to fly around the world (23,000 miles) without stopping or refueling, in 80 hours. And the route is pretty much right over Hamilton! It’s taking off from Kansas, then heading up over Canada, over London and Toronto. Hamilton is sorta right on…
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jumping it out
About two years ago Jodie (my lovely wife) lost the engagement ring I proposed to her with. Subsequent searching and tearing apart drain traps etc did not turn up the missing ring. A few months ago we bought a new couch, and moved the old one downstairs, where the kids use it as a trampoline.…
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Your personal information at work
Have a look at this site, kinda like 1984.
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my dream home
Check out this place. Nevermind all the fancy homes in Toronto or cottages in the Muskoka’s buy your own country in the Arabian sea, and build your own kingdom there. Talk about opulence going way too far.
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A new look
I’ve upgrade my site to WordPress 1.5, which comes with this lovely default theme. Since I’m by no means a graphic designer, I’ll probably leave it like this. The following changes are now in effect: If you’ve posted a comment before, you’ll be allowed to post again. If you’ve never posted a comment and try,…
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Google Maps
I’ve always been a big fan of Google, using Google as my primary search engine (including Google Toolbars on all my browsers), Google Groups, and now….. Google Maps! This is the FIRST mapping service that can successfully find my house! And it’s got an excellent user interface, a much larger map than Mapquest/Yahoo! Maps… I’ve…
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lady in the garbage can
We have a Saturday morning tradition of visitting our local Tim Horton’s coffee shop. Sometimes this involves driving through the drive-thru on our way elsewhere. The post with the speaker/microphone is surrounded by two garbage cans, in an effort to keep the old coffee cups off the streets. Mikaela (2.5 years old) is convinced that…
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Commentators
There are few good media personalities that I can really identify with. Allan Fotheringham, formerly on the back page of Macleans (and many other places) was one of them. Roy Green of Hamilton’s CHML-900 fame, and now syndicated in the Chorus radio network, is another. (He used to join the morning show of the Y108…
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Horsehoe Valley
Last weekend we went to Horseshoe Valley, just north of Barrie. It was one of those $99 for two nights, all you have to do is listen to a spiel to buy a timeshare kind of deal. It made for a great weekend, apart from the relatively low-pressure spiel. We took Noah and Mikaela along,…