A busy time for the postal people. I guess. Otherwise, I have no explanation for the alarming absence of packages in my mailbox. Stuff that should arrive before a circled date on my calendar, and that hasn’t. Still a week to run, so I’m not going to get frantic about things, but here’s hoping that Monday is a special day.
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Remember all that noise, last spring? The beating of pots and pans? Cue “It’s all coming back to me now”. Anyhow, the student tuition freeze was maintained, on the principle that you could only squeeze the stone so far… or something like that.
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Among the football-inspired headlines from this past weekend, one bears repeating: “Bieber Booed, Lightfoot Lauded”. Or as a co-worker put it, “What were they thinking?” Unless the target audience was “girls under the age of eight”, the choice for a headline act was wrong, on so many levels.
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We’re getting a new Manège Militaire. Let me rephrase that. We’re getting to pay for a new Manège Militaire. A couple of hundred million dollars to rebuild a large empty room where people can practice the ancient skill of marching together and turning on command. Just in case the forces of war need to return to close order drill and muzzle loading.
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A long time ago, I learned that signing up for an evening lecture wasn’t a great idea. I’m referring to my late teen years, and the excitement of a college education. The evening class time tended to distract me from more important (social) endeavours. And by the end of a long day, a longer evening didn’t improve things.
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One more reason that I dislike 64-bit Windows: printer drivers that work, sometimes. Not exactly what a support tech wants in the house. The new “do everything” printer that I installed last week works fine, with a 32-bit driver “at the wheel”. Change to the other possibility, and I get calls. The question is far from solved, and when I get around to calling the manufacturer (and point out that there is a working solution), I know what their carefully measured advice will be.
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Like many of my tribe (geeks), I like to accessorize my technical stuff. No finished packages need apply; the fun is in putting all the little parts together to make something that is greater. Gestalt for geeks.
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For my friends that feel I’m impatient, hear this. My SDR kits have been in the house for several days, and I haven’t tried to begin “building”. Yes, there have been other distractions, but I haven’t rushed headlong into anything. There. For the record.
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The noise level has gone way up at work this week. Those windows that were uncovered recently (hidden behind a wall made the good old way, with lime and asbestos) are now, if you’ll excuse the pun, in the limelight. Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
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We’ve had a busy 24 hours, here in the province. Who would have guessed that we’d change the governance (actually, almost everyone) into a minority led by a woman (almost nobody) who would then survive what may have been an attempted assassination. Following a restless night, the current (until tomorrow) prime minister (who lost his seat in the election) has decided to resign, after two decades of public life (actually, he still has a few more days of good food and a chauffered car ahead). As I said, a busy time.
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