From the “I’ll Show you Fast!!!” Dept. Hi there. What’s faster, A Dual-1Ghz PowerMac, or a similarly priced x86-based computer? Recently two articles were published by two reputable sources pitting Mac-based and x86-based (AMD/Intel) hardware against one another. The MacNightOwl wrote a rather interesting article using the famous “Photoshop-bake-offs” demonstrated by Steve Jobs, CEO of…

From the “Roxy Blu Blues” Dept. So this Friday, Aneil, Eric, Cris, Flo, Le, Rob, Warren, Rinki, Joyce and I went out to Roxy Blu. It was okay. I wasn’t a fan of the music that they were playing. The DJs were mixing these Retro, 70’s inspired, Fusion Jazz House beats. It wasn’t bad, but…

From the “Psychomotor Repository” Dept.” Hey all, Just wanted to talk about two facts that I found out recently…something that I’ve been wondering for years… Sometimes as I lie in bed, right before I fall asleep—I’ll jerk up awake in a rather violent “twitch”. Now I know that this doesn’t sound to interesting, in fact,…

From the “Mac’s are sooo much more expensive than a PC” Dept. Hi all, Just wanted to rant about how my favourite computer company is doing some very bad things to its loyal supporters. In December 2001 I purchased a top of the line iBook from Apple Computer for just over $3000 CDN. Specs for…

Hey all, I’ve think I’ve vacuumed my house 3 times since I got the Hoover. The floors seem to be bereft of dust (human skin cells now). That’s definitely a good thing. Some things that have happened since I last wrote: I finished my contract at Critical Path; Update: Just got paid (Tuesday) working on…

From the “Eek, my house is filthy” Dept. Hi All, Another untimely update from your friendly, neighborhood Usability Specialist. Last week, I was in the zone, working like a madman to finish my deliverables for Critical Path. Whew…sometimes, I have to admit, I even manage to impress myself. I was really focused, and super productive.…

From the “Canada Day Long Weekend” Dept. Well, it’s 11:30pm Sunday night. It is Day 2 of my 3 day long weekend. I have to admit, it’s very difficult to work when you’re suppose to be on holiday. I’ve managed to complete 1 1/2 reports of the 4 reports that are suppose to be done.…

From the “Infrequent Blogging” Dept. It’s sunny, no humidity—a nice day. It’s a very comfortable 27ºC. I don’t want to work…I don’t think anybody in the office want’s to work. Lots of stuff has happened over the past two-plus weeks that I since wrote in my log. My work at Critical Path has gotten much…

From the “How could we of known” Dept. So I went to the “Barenaked Circus” Concert at the Molson Amphitheatre with Jen, Natasha, Cris, Mae, Jamie, Karim and Sarah. The tickets said 4pm, so we arrived at the gates at 3:10pm, lined up and went in. The concert did start at 4pm, but it wasn’t…

From the “I am 2 times more cool now” Dept. I woke up today and packed my clothes up because I was to spend the night at Jen’s House today. We also promised that we’d go running tonight too. So I packed my shooes and stuff. Today i decided to wear a thumb ring and…