Sixteen days after my internet was cut off for one-day repairs, I have internet again. Sort of. It cuts out a lot more now and as of yet, I can’t update my website significantly. My ISP moved to another town, so the antennas that propel the internet around town had to be moved. My ISP … [Read more…]
After waiting 9 days of patiently downloading 160 MB each day, my iTunes purchase arrived: 1987 Stanley Cup Final – Game 7 – Philadelphia Flyers vs. Edmonton Oilers. I was in grade 5 and a new fan to hockey. My favorite players were (and continue to be) Glenn Anderson (9) Esa Tikkanen (10) Craig MacTavish … [Read more…]
Blaise’s stuffed toy duck used to say a prayer when you squeezed it’s foot. The voice is a scary child’s voice, half whispering. Sometimes in English. Sometimes in French. Amber washed the duck. Now, when you squeeze it’s foot, nothing happens. But every now and again, the duck comes alive and just starts praying. On … [Read more…]
Two weeks ago my ISP knocked on my door and explained that because he had taken on new clients, he was going to have to limit my internet consumption to 250 MB/day. He said that up until now, for the 18 months that I had been ‘enjoying’ the service, I had not had any limits … [Read more…]
This morning I enjoyed the fruits of yesterday’s labours. The goat (we need to name her) wasn’t able to pull her head out of the stocks and aside from a lot of kicking (which is normal) stayed in one position. I’d like to add a small board over the swinging part to add more support … [Read more…]
Facebook has this great game from TravelPod where you are quizzed on world geography and you click as fast and as accurately as you can on the map. For me, it’s completely exhilarating and I get a real rush out of trying to beat the clock and improve my score. I’ve been wanting to learn … [Read more…]
Remember that Seinfeld episode where one of their cars gets stolen and they phone the car phone and talk to the theif? Yesterday while I was taking photos of the construction site of a new school and medical clinic, my cell phone slipped off my belt. I discovered two hours later after taking Blaise to … [Read more…]
Got an email from my friend Carole suggesting I take a look at this video clip from TED. It discusses using technology to link the collective images on the web to form one master image of the world. In other words, if I post a picture of my house and add a bit of meta … [Read more…]
On occasion I like to get an idea of how many people visit my website and what pages are visited most often. The stats give me an idea of which days there was the most traffic (like last Sunday after I sent an email to family and friends that I had posted a bunch of … [Read more…]
No clothes needed.