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On This Day...

• 2011: Piano lessons — J- and I have signed up for half-hour piano lessons on Thursdays. The lessons are well-priced and the studio is [...]
• 2010: Weekly review: Week ending July 18, 2010 — Plans from last week: Work [X] Support upcoming workshops: lots of juggling and following up! I’m getting much better at reaching out [...]
• 2009: Just got back from the photowalk in High Park — As part of Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk, W- and I joined more than three dozen photographers in the High Park [...]
• 2008: Emacs Org Google Tech Talk — I’m so envious! Time to get working on that book… Link from minor emacs wizardry
• 2008: Reflecting on time and overtime —   This week gave me an opportunity to think about time, work, and money. I had spent much of Sunday and [...]
• 2006: A Midsummer Night’s Dream — Simon introduced Shane and me to Lois Macauley, an interior designer whom he’s been friends with for four years. She invited [...]
• 2006: Phone sweetness — I _so_ lucked out! =D I picked up a Sony Ericsson Z520a for CAD 50.00 when I got myself a 2-year Fido [...]
• 2005: The quest for the mythical ironing board — It may be the height of summer, but the temperature of the Bahen IT building allows me to wear crisp long-sleeved [...]
• 2005: Not the only one — It’s great to know that I’m not the only one who thinks loving one’s country isn’t passe. From a chat with Jijo: [...]
• 2005: Learning designers — In College Matters… Sometimes, Kathy Sierra writes: Maybe there should be third-party “learning designers” who you pay to plan and choose [...]
• 2005: Breakfast: Twice-baked potatoes — Two potatoes are _far_ too much for breakfast. I feel stuffed. I feel more than stuffed. I feel like skipping lunch, [...]
• 2003: Debian dependencies self-organizing map — http://home.sara.nl/~bram/debchart.png Long live Kohonen self-organizing maps!
• 2003: Social software and the politics of groups — - http://shirky.com/writings/group_politics.html - http://www2.iro.umontreal.ca/~paquetse/cgi-bin/om.cgi?Social_Software