Another aspect of what I want to do

From netsquared comment:

Although I've studied the material provided here, what I would really like is to be able to hire someone who is 100% comfortable with these technologies to help me get accustomed to them. Like a "new media coach" ;-).

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Social media for social change

This is one of the reasons I love technology.

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Random Japanese sentence: ある日、彼女はペットの猫がほしいと私に知らせました。 One day, she told me that she wanted a pet cat. Aru hi, kanojo wa petto no neko ga hoshii to watashi ni shirasemashita.

Yesterday was a hot chocolate day

The hot chocolate at Linux Caffe (Grace and Harbord Sts.) never fails to perk me up. Yesterday was no exception even though it was a day particularly in need of hot chocolate.

David (the proprietor) received a whole bunch of free books and a number of free T-shirts from Apress. The shirts were adorable! They read "Every time Linux boots, a penguin gets its wings." I batted my eyelashes at David and he very kindly let me have one. =) I'm so hacking it.

Seneca was there, hacking away as always. Mike Fletcher was at the same table. Ian Garmaise had briefly introduced us at the other night's DemoCamp afterparty, but I hadn't really had a chance to talk to him. It was great discovering mutual friends: Chris and Emily, whom I know through tango and renaissance dancing and whom he knows through jazz. He knows a bunch of interesting people, and I'm looking forward to meeting them at a party at his place on Saturday. Whee!

In retrospect, it was good that I ended up over there for hot chocolate. =) Life works out one way or another.

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Random Japanese sentence: その猫の一方は黒で、もう一方は茶だ。 One of the cats is black, the other is brown. Sono neko no ippou wa kuro de, mou ippou wa cha da.

First baseball game

I watched my very first baseball game last night, thanks to Graduate House Council's awesomely discounted $5 field-level seats (face price: $34.50, pre-tax). It was the Boston Red Sox versus the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Red Sox won 8-7.

Interesting stuff. It was great going with a bunch of grad students, as many of us were completely new to the thing. ;)

I found myself unable to boo anyone, though. I clapped and cheered (quietly) for both teams! =)

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Random Japanese sentence: 彼は猫を二匹飼っている。一匹は黒でもう一匹は白だ。 He keeps two cats: one is black, and the other white.

Congrats to Von Totanes!

Von Totanes has just received his Canadian visa, and will be starting his PhD in information studies Really Soon. Hooray for the Filipino Librarian!

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Random Japanese sentence: 小雨のときは、傘は役に立つが、土砂降りのときは、ほとんど役に立たない。 An umbrella is useful in a mild rain, but when it rains cats and dogs an umbrella is of little help.