From the “No Power; No Blog” Dept. So Most of Ontario, parts Quebec, and surrounding areas in the US experienced a massive power blackout yesterday at 4:00 pm EST. Wow. It’s funny seeing how people change. The neighborhood is so…

From the “No computer yet” Dept. So all I have right now is a motherboard. My thermal compound and CPU heatsinks were shipped today from Vancouver. Unfortunately my CPUs have been delayed yet again due to the blackout. I’m still…

From the “Hot off the grill” dept. Today my team (IA/Usability) hosted the bi-weekly summer BBQ. It’s a rotating responsibility among the departments with proceeds going to the United Way. Being usability specialists, it was all about the experience for…

From the “Warning: Very Boring” Dept. So I finally received my motherboard today. I had to cancel my order from NCIX.com and go to Infonec Computer Systems (a local store) to acquire it. Sweet. If I have time, I will…

From the “Cold War” Dept. So I used this online Magic 8-ball to tell me if I should buy the Dual CPU computer. It said “Yes” 4 out of 5 times. Granted the coin I was flipping said “No” 6…

From the “More Pressure” Dept. After work on Friday, Jen came and picked me up. We went shopping for a cell phone for Jen’s mother. We came back empty handed. Jen’s mother was really excited that when she came back…

From the “Win98se to Linux and back again” Dept. I’ve been playing around with the ol’ Pentium 200mmx. I’m trying to get it ready to go live again for Family use (probably as Kai’s personal computer). I thought that this…

From the “Announcement 1” Dept. I had a great time in Collingwood this past weekend. It was unfortunate that I had to work on Sunday and Monday. It was a crazy time. I wish I could write more about it,…

From the “Feeling a little off” Dept. It’s 2:00 am. I feel like crap. I am stuck in this spiral of depreciating physical fitness. It’s really starting to get to me. From the “My Kung Fu is better than your…

From the “Interesting Email” Dept. I received a comment today on my weblog regarding The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown; a book that Jen gave me. To recap, here is a quote from a past blog: It’s an interesting…