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On This Day...

• 2012: Having fun with code — I’ve been learning more about Android development so that I can build apps for my smartphone and tablet. I’m starting [...]
• 2011: Decision: Not getting an Ontario Science Centre family membership — From Sept. 5: We had fun at the Ontario Science Centre. I like science centres. I have lots of great [...]
• 2010: Redoing things — SCHEDULED: 2010-09-07 Tue 08:00 It took me an extra weekend, but I repainted the chair I’ve been working [...]
• 2008: Weekly review – Sept 7, 2008 — Last week: Prepared presentation for new media and new generation panel next week. Non-annotated slides up on Slideshare. Got featured on [...]
• 2008: And just like that, we have a cat — And just like that, we have a cat. Last night, as I was worrying about my paperwork, I heard W- yell, [...]
• 2007: Emacs: sorting contacts by timestamp — Last September, I started automatically tracking my e-mails. Every time I sent a message to someone already in my addressbook, his [...]
• 2007: As me as I could be — Someone asked me last night: If I got a check for $15,000,000, what would I do? I think he expected a [...]
• 2006: Pamana Fund in honor of Doc Mana — In honor of Doc Mana’s wonderful, wonderful service, the computer science department of the Ateneo de Manila University is setting up The [...]
• 2006: Doc Mana is retiring in 2007! — From Didith Rodrigo’s blog: Dr. Pablo Manalastas will be retiring in 2007. Nooooo! Who’s going to bounce up and down and talk [...]
• 2006: Creating opportunities — Okay, you definitely have to get this book. =) Read the chapter on “Opportunity is Everywhere”, too. And “Repeat, repeat, repeat.” [...]
• 2006: Raising life by the power of two — When two people share an incredible experience, that experience is not multiplied by two, but rather raised by the power of [...]
• 2006: Tag team networking — I dropped into the University of Toronto Career Resource Library for a few minutes before my annual health checkup. Seeing [...]
• 2006: The Secret — On the walk back toward Greg’s Ice Cream for post-sushi dessert, Simon received an invitation from Shane to join him [...]
• 2006: Quinn’s birthday party – all-you-can-eat sushi! — Quinn celebrated her 22nd birthday party at Mariko Sushi (851 Bloor St W), which has a decent all-you-can-eat menu for CAD [...]
• 2006: Social networks: Basic, basic feature – multiple e-mail addresses — With the number of e-mail addresses people have, I think that all business networking sites should allow people to have multiple [...]
• 2005: One of the coolest things about publishing your task list — Comment from Randy Park: Hi Sacha! I just happened to Google my name (for research purposes) and your page came up, with [...]
• 2003: Conversations with others — Lessons from Jerome: More pragmatic, more concrete examples. It’s really different. Still trying to figure out what the good thing there is.
• 2003: Nongnu? — http://www.nongnu.org
• 2003: Pizza patties — recipes — Assembling time 8 minutes Cooking time 30 minutes 1 8-ounce can tomato sauce 3/4 teaspoon dried tarragon, crushed 3/4 teaspoon dried basil, crushed 1/8 teaspon garlic powder 1 beaten egg 1/4 cup fine dry bread [...]
• 2003: Quick warm-up cocoa — recipes — Assembling time 13 minutes 2 1/2 cups water 2 cups milk 6 envelopes instant cocoa mix 6 tablespoons rum or brandy (optional)   Pressurized dessert topping 6 cinnamon sticks or peppermint sticks (optional) - [...]
• 2003: Pocket bread appetizers — recipes — Assembling time 5 minutes Cooking time 8 minutes 2 pita bread rounds 3/4 cup shredded caraway cheese or hickory smoke-flavor cheese - Cut pita bread rounds into half [...]
• 2003: Cheese-frank wrap-ups — recipes — - Assembling time: 15 minutes - Cooking time: 15 minutes 4 pita breat rounds   bottlede barbecue sauce 1/4 cup chopped pitted ripe olives 1 1-pound package (8) frankfurters 4 ounces [...]