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On This Day...

• 2012: Breaking down something that’s intimidating to learn — I’d like to learn more about mobile development because there’s so much untapped potential when it comes to these portable [...]
• 2011: Mornings at our house — Neko and Leia have taken to meowing us awake in the morning. When I stumble out of bed and pour [...]
• 2010: Finding opportunities in a big company — DEADLINE: 2010-07-30 Fri 08:00 The Extreme Blue interns are wrapping up and starting their job searches, so Cate [...]
• 2008: Emacs and PHP tutorial: php-mode — php-mode is responsible for syntax highlighting, indentation, and other major PHP-specific modifications to your editing environment. There are a number [...]
• 2008: Emacs and PHP: There’s more than one way to do it, of course — The PhpMode page on EmacsWiki lists five options for developing PHP in Emacs. I’m currently using the php-mode maintained by [...]
• 2007: If I don’t go and do something, I’ll go mad — My thesis draft has been sent to my committee members. I’ve also revised my CASCON paper and outlined my presentation. And [...]
• 2007: Postponing driver’s ed — Driving is a useful skill, and I will definitely look into it. However, I will postpone driving lessons right now because [...]
• 2007: I heart the Toronto Public Library — Did you know that the Toronto Public Library is the largest in North Americ in terms of circulation, with 19 [...]
• 2006: A weekend with a friend — My good deed for the weekend was spending time with Alice. Saturday, I attended the birthday party for her 2-year-old daughter [...]
• 2004: del.icio.us — I’m getting addicted to http://del.icio.us . I think of it as the high-tech equivalent of browsing library cards to see who [...]
• 2003: http://rinkworks.com/stupid — Tech support horror stories