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On This Day...

• 2012: Discovering the MaRS #startupbookclubTO: The $100 Startup — After a great day at work, I bundled up against the cold and squeezed into the rush-hour crowd on my [...]
• 2011: Monthly review: October 2011 — October was an excellent month. My work laptop upgrade meant that I could bring just one laptop to work instead [...]
• 2010: My reading round-up — Books The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology that Fuel Success and Performance [...]
• 2009: Garden plans for 2010 — Here’s how we’re thinking of using the raised beds we built. I might interplant some radishes between the tomatoes [...]
• 2007: Brown-bag — I’m halfway through my fourth week of work, and I’ve packed lunch practically every day. It’s starting to become a comfortable [...]
• 2006: My own portable sun — It really does make such a difference. That’s it, my future place will be decorated in bright, warm colors. Pictures of the [...]
• 2006: Annoyed — I was this close to buying a laptop mouse at the University of Toronto computer shop. I’d picked out an intriguing [...]
• 2006: They sent me the sun… — My parents figured out how to send me the sun. My mom must’ve sent it that first day I saw snow [...]
• 2006: Yay, done with Emacs 22 prerelease review! — All sorts of goodies in the new Emacs 22. I’ve just sent a ZIP of the article and some images off [...]
• 2006: The history of Calc — I’m taking some time off from cramming my KMD2004 project to write a review of Emacs 22 prerelease for Don Marti. [...]
• 2004: w00t! — I can play videos! <grin> apt-get install vlc worked like a charm. I can’t believe this is the first time I’ve actually [...]
• 2004: Things I need to do — I will not have access to a web-based training terminal next week, so I have only today, tomorrow, and next Sunday [...]