One Cool Year
September 17, 2008 -This is it! One year ago I was painting this room getting ready to move into my first house. This has been a very defining... View Article
This is it! One year ago I was painting this room getting ready to move into my first house. This has been a very defining... View Article
Freelancing has its ups and downs. The thing I think I miss most is the predictable paycheque. Now depending on the client I often get... View Article
Kristi and I are back from our week of holidays. Swimming, sailing, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, reading, visiting family, vintage gaming, and visiting the Clark Communications... View Article
As a freelancer all of my income comes from client work. So it might be somewhat unorthodox to send away a would-be client. Today I... View Article
On November 2nd 2004 I made a blog post about my G1 expiring. Well have no fears friends, I have my G2 now, at the... View Article
A week that started as a confusing jumble is ending awesomely. This week has seen two excellent client meetings, and has been one of my... View Article
It has been an incredibly busy month for me! So much so that I’ve been shirking my bloggy responsibilities somewhat. In addition to biketrips, visits... View Article
Job titles are a subject that have always made me a bit edgy. They can be either so detrimental as to be insulting or so... View Article
I’m back from a week of lovely vacationing with Kristi. We had many adventures: Cottaging, familying, clarinetting, puzzling, gaming, travelling, shopping, hiking, gardening, and visiting.... View Article
There are a lot of dotcom millionaires out there who had a vision, worked hard, and got rich off of it. I won’t likely ever... View Article
The Canada Day long-weekend has come and gone. We spent time with my wife’s family and I had a tremendous ego boost as I was... View Article
I don’t usually get all activisty on things, but there is a new Copyright law that got proposed on the 12th of June that is... View Article
I have had a long colourful history with PCs, and I have always defended them. Sure they have caused me countless hours of grief, I’ve... View Article
I have been called a Google Fan boy before, but it’s hard not to admire a company whose unofficial motto is “don’t be evil” (seriously).... View Article
Everyday I get a couple hundred spam messages. This is maddening for two reasons: 1. People are sending spam2. Some people must actually be acting... View Article
I don’t know why I haven’t mentioned it until now, but I’m officially in a band called The You Dig It Einsteins. We have about... View Article
For maybe the last five years I have joked with friends about making a Coffin Table: a coffee table that will one day be my... View Article
Despite my crazy fatigue I had a lot of trouble getting to sleep last night. Needless to say I wasn’t happy to hear our alarm... View Article
Our five weeks in Tennessee seemed to take a long ages at the time, it’s so good to be back. Even though we’re such close... View Article
My wife and I just got home from our five week trip to Oak Ridge Tennessee (more on that next time). I have to say... View Article
Last week I was watching a webcam at the Narrows on Eagle Lake in Northern Ontario. I thought to myself ‘huh, I could watch the... View Article
I just met an American named Randy who was very surprised at how old Kristi and I are. Apparently we look a lot younger. My... View Article