Tomorrow my Dad’s second book “Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell” is released. If you are interested in Shell Scripts it’s probably a worthwhile buy. Even though I don’t write shell scripts I found his first book “Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach” fascinating to read. I’m looking forward to reading the new book. …
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An Entertaining use of Google Wave
Once again while surfing the internet I’ve come across a video that I thought should be shared.
Hosting Troubles
Over the last few weeks I’ve had some problems with my hosting provider. At first it was intermittent downtime. Then it was the suspension of an account without warning. I’ve been happy with my host up until now, there support has always been quick and helpful. Unfortunately that wasn’t the case with this last issue …
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Turkey Coma
Today our family celebrated Thanksgiving, Melissa and I hosted her family for a dinner of Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Carrots, Sweet Potatoes, gravy, and I can’t for get Stuffing. We also had Pie with whipped cream for desert. It was a great dinner, Melissa did an amazing job making all the food. As a rule we …
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Video of the Week: Orson Welles on Cold Reading
Saw this video on twitter this evening and thought I’d share.
The IPhone is coming… The IPhone is coming…
For months Melissa has been saying she wants an IPhone, for months I have been saying we have to wait till our contract is up before we can switch to Rogers to get you an IPhone. It all started 18 months ago Melissa and I activated a couples plan with TELUS Mobility on a three …
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Google Wave my first impression
When Google first announce wave back in the spring I was intrigued. It looked like it could change the way that things worked on the web. Of course having to wait after the announcement to get access just built the curiosity. I applied for access to the developers sandbox as soon as I could. I …
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Adding a challenge to my blog
The other day I was going through some old sites, reviewing old accounts and I came across my NaBloPoMo account. I looked over the message board and thought maybe it would be fun to do again. My first thought was to keep it slow, try to post every weekday in October then go for the …
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Sunday Night Dinner
Family traditions is something Melissa and I feel strongly about. One we would like to start is the Family dinner. Of course wanting to and doing can sometimes be completely different matter. Though we try to eat together every night, it doesn’t work out as often as we’d like. Between my working and other evening …
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Why Didn’t I think of that!
Searching the Tubes the other night I came across this. Think Violet might be to old for it now. Oh well.