Yes, I am indeed still alive. I had my site hosted on Amazon Web Services EC2 for a while. Some sort of database problem kept grinding that server to a halt. I’ve since migrated my site elsewhere (not because of that) and sort of patched the issues in the process. I’ve been seriously considering blowing away this …

Well, after a craptacular number of requests via email and youtube, I’ve finally finished tossing together a Windows version to help out all my anonymous totally random friends. I should point out, THIS WORKS on Windows 7 (and quite probably Windows Vista). But I should confess the lame situation with the …

Exhibit A: Exhibit 2: Damn, seriously. Shaw Gigabit Fibre Internet doesn’t bother Transmitting Data, it TELEPORTS it! Here I sit in my bed @ my parent’s place on Christmas Eve. I decided to test out their new internet connection & router by enjoying another kind of “Eve”, Eve Online. The Air is on fire, but in the …

Check out some more photos here. Ding, I just hit “level 27”.. Well, here we’ve yet another year past. You know, when I was about 20, I decided that 25 would be an amazing year for me. I thought I’d be done school and would have torn in to some great work by then. As it turned out, 25 was a good year, but nothing like …

This the little story a weekend project to add more of a soul to my computery-workspace at home. The result has really delighted me and I’m already well in to plotting out a similar project for my office. I’d suggest those who are considering such a project themselves should jump in to it! The Story of the Desktop …

Upon graduating recently, I found the Engineering group had a special treat - a copy of Seymour Schulich’s “Get Smarter” was given to each grad. In an atypical move, I decided to read this non-textbook source of information. Worth Reading I quite enjoyed it, Schulich has arranged the book in to a ton of tiny chapters. …

I’ve recently acquired myself a Kobo eReader. Read on to learn of my initial experiences, thoughts and reactions.. For those who remain unaware of what an ereader is… They are little device designed to replace physical books. The key to success of the major ereaders (of which the ipad is NOT included) is the use of a …

Well, for those that know, it’s been a damned long time in coming, but I have finally fully graduated as of June 7th and 8th 2010. The tale of my 8 year tenor at the University of Calgary is somewhat of a unique animal, there was a lot of pain and a great deal of fun. As I look back after just completing that journey …

I’ve long since loathed the wide range of drinking vessels that I know react with my water. I’m already seriously irritated about the mandatory fluoridation of my drinking water. So I hardly like that drinking from a metal container tends to make my water taste metallic. Then there’s my instinctual concerns about …

My copy of 'The Guild' The Guild has been around for some time now and I’ve enjoyed watching it many times over. It’s about the woes of RL existence for a group of gamer geeks. I first noticed the main drive behind The Guild, Felicia Day, from another similarly awesome project - Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog. Aside …