From the “It should be hype” Dept. Going to Ottawa for the weekend. Right now, all I have planned is a one-day white-water rafting trip. Unfortunately we have a 12-person boat—my brother says that it’s not as exciting as the 6-person size. Still, I’m excited. Should be fun. Cheers, Tai

From the “Damn, it is Hot Outside!” Dept. My brother and I went for a 5 km run this evening. Even though it was 10:30 at night, it was still 26°C. However, when you included humidity, it felt like 31°C (88°F for those of you state-side). It made for a really muggy run today. Overall,…

I was on the train and slightly motion sick as I attempted to read about the new Porsche 911 X50. So, I decide to write about an interesting conversation I had with Warren, a new project manager who joined OnX about 3 weeks ago. Warren and I travelled down to Auburn Hills to meet with…

From the “Worse than Microsoft” Dept. Hey Guys, I finally got around moving my stuff off my iBook and onto my server (shameless plug—hosted by Blacksun.ca). You can take a look at my site while I build it. So far, my CSS stylesheet is 100% valid. My XHTML Strict webpage needs a lot of work…

From the “This Just In” Dept I was in the mood for salt, so I went to the vending machine to buy a bag of corn chips (a childhood favourite of mine) for 75-cents. I opened the bag, smelled an acrid odour and took a bite of what turned out to be a stale, rancid…

From the “Weekend Review” Dept. I went to two BBQs this weekend. Both birthdays. One for my friend Thip and another for my friend Ruth. Thip is leaving for a 2 year stint to teach English in Japan. Ruth is currently pursuing her masters degree at UofW. Too much food. I think I ate a…

From the “the Bells are ringing” Dept. Here is a conversation I had recently with Jen. I find it amusing. Cheers, Tai.

From the “Back in the day when I was young…” Dept “…I’m not a kid anymore, but some days I wish was a kid again.” So my friend Janice came back to TO after spending most of the last 8 years in Hong Kong. It’s interesting, how old friends who haven’t seen each other in…

From the “For the first time in my life, I am awake” Dept. The above line is a famous quote from a neuropsychological case study of a retro-anterograde amnesiac known only as “H”. “H” couldn’t remember his past (retrograde), nor can he encode new memories (anterograde). His life was eternally in the present. He could…

From the “I don’t know if I’m smart enough” dept. At work I’ve been confronted by some interesting conceptual problems. The first is centers around XML driven site design for one of the projects that the Creative Team at OnX is undertaking. However, it is my firm belief that it represents a greater problem that…