Yesterday morning, after hearing about Wikileaks in the news for the last few weeks, I thought I should check out the official site at wikileaks.org myself only to discover “Safari can’t find the server ‘www.wikileaks.org’.” Later, I heard on the news that “someone” is jamming the Wikileaks site. I had however found a mirror of … [Read more…]
Posits: People who buy new luxury vehicles generally replace their vehicles within five years Vehicles do not typically require any major repairs in their first five years. People who can afford to buy new luxury vehicles, do not typically drive them into the ground as they can afford alternative transportation for long distance trips. Five-year-old … [Read more…]
This spring I installed the latest Mac OS (Snow Leopard) and my rather old version of Final Cut (video editing software) did not run well on it. I researched online for a few weeks and was prepared to dish out some money to buy the latest version of Final Cut Pro ($1199). As I was … [Read more…]
$2.75 to ride the train or bus in Calgary. Not a terrible rate really. Our family used the transit system for the first time in Calgary on July 1st to go to Prince’s Island Park for the festivities and to avoid the parking chaos. I brought change in case the machines didn’t take credit card … [Read more…]
Yes, I shaved my goatee, but I also revamped my entire website. New, clean, non-yellowy look Streamlined menu at the top Integrated RSS feeds of our blogs Security password for the family tree section Slideshow options for bike trip/canoe trip photos Visit ZAAKISTAN.
We’ve had a leak from our bathtub tap since we moved here. I don’t use the bathtub (I bathe, just not there) so it has never been on my radar for repairs until one morning when I wake up and it’s all I can here. I spend the next 2 hours taking it apart, seeing … [Read more…]
As I mentioned in an earlier post, we’ve had occupants in our basement since October, so I was compelled to move my office to my bedroom. What is great is that I prefer my office in my bedroom – it’s warmer, it has more light, and I can watch movies/TV shows in bed with my … [Read more…]
A week and a half ago, I pulled into a gas station to fill up and discovered that the little door that covers the gas cap was locked and I had no way of opening it. It is supposed to unlock with the doors and if the key is out of the ignition. I was … [Read more…]
This morning, at about 5:40 am, my watch of 11 years stopped for the second time. Amber bought me this Lorus Sports watch for my birthday back in ’98, our first year dating. I’ve had it ever since. Before this watch I had a series of Casio digital watches that would last about 2 or … [Read more…]
I stumbled upon wordle.net today and it ended up consuming about two hours of my afternoon. It essentially is constructs word art by associating the size of the word with the number of occurrences it has within a particular text. What you see above is a compilation of the first 472 entries of this blog. … [Read more…]