December 2004

by alec on December 29, 2004

Tis the season for milestones.  It’s a great feeling when you can finally see a product starting to take shape.  There’s a point in time that you cross the threshold from concept to actuality that’s especially exciting.  Yee haa!  I am flying high.  Awesome stuff! 

by alec on December 28, 2004

Stanton Finley: How to simplify your life – lesson 1

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December 28, 2004

Every so often the Smug Canadian hits the nail right on the head.  This is the third or fourth time in recent weeks I’ve heard about a failure of the health care system leading to someone dying.  It’s criminal. His Smugness calls on the Conservative Party to stop debating the Liberals on their terms.  Hear [...]

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South East Asian Relief

December 28, 2004

The US and Canadian Red Cross organizations have posted appeals for donations to assist in relief in South East Asia. Cash, rather than assistance or small items, is preferred. You can read more about it on the web, and also make a donation from there. Canadian Red Cross American Red Cross

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d’Arenberg “The Laughing Magpie”

December 17, 2004

I picked up a bottle of d’Arenberg’s 2003 "The Laughing Magpie" over the weekend. I was quite excited, actually, because I thought the combination of Shiraz and Viognier held great promise.  However, I was disappointed.  Do not buy this wine unless you have a cellar and lots of patience.  It is undrinkable right now. Although there [...]

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December 16, 2004

ASIMO is cool!  The videos show an unbelievably lifelike mechanical man, walking, running and interacting with human beings. 

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The Number of the Ring

December 14, 2004

Just got my notification from Amazon that they’ve shipped my copy of the Platinum Extended Edition of LOTR: Return of the King.  Yippee!  I’ve been thinking about having a marathon LOTR party for a while.  Get together and serve finger food, and watch all three extended edition DVDs in one day.  Wondered how much material [...]

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December 13, 2004

Word of the day: ratiocinative.  Thank goodness for dictionary.com.

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The Significance of SIP

December 13, 2004

“SIP is to real-time communications what SMTP is to e-mail.” A lot of material here, but it looks like it’s worth a read.

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Awesome Job Randy!

December 12, 2004

Yesterday I wrote a letter to my MP about the same sex marriange debate.  Today, Randy has turned it into a form that you can use to send a letter to your MP.  Awesome stuff!  I’m getting a domain setup — htttp://vote4equality.ca — to host this.  If you feel like Randy and I do, go [...]

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