I slept about 18 hours yesterday, trying to hibernate through the worst of the fifth or sixth cold I’ve had since I moved to Ottawa. I don’t know if there’s something about this place that’s weakening my immune system (Allergies? Deuterium? Just kidding.) or if I just have no defense against local virii, but I [...]

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I probably should have waited longer to review Miracle at St. Anna properly because I feel like I’m still digesting it, it wasn’t at all what I was expecting. From the previews, it looks like a caper film with a military backstory. I think I was expecting something like “The Inside Man”, but instead it [...]

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I discovered yesterday morning that some particularly cold weather and a particularly steamy shower (the water sometimes starts out scaldingly hot until the cold pressure builds up) combined forces to create to some beautiful frost formations on our window.
I like looking for shapes in the frost patterns. See anything remarkable?

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At the bitHeads annual kickoff meeting last week I was surprised and honoured to receive the prestigious “Rookie of the Year” award for 2008. It’s kindof a big deal – there were a lot of deserving new hires this year and it makes me feel really awesome that my managers (I’ve worked for nearly all [...]

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Spring’s not quite here yet, but we’ve been helping it along by making sure there’s lots of flowers around the house. I like giving flowers, Natasha always likes receiving them, and they brighten up the apartment – but I get the side benefit of having some subjects to point my camera at.

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I’ve had my eye on a multimeter for a while – a set of electronic probes is one of those essential bits of kit you need if you’re going to be messing around building circuits. I’m an electronics newb (well, yes and no), but it’s something I’m excited to learn more about. So I was [...]

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