20th
November
2007
Finally, the season change has caught up with the clock. When I left for work this morning, the sunrise reflected off the bottom of solid stratus, harbinger of the weather to come. By the time my first coffee was pouring from the dispenser (inflated recently to 70 cents), the snow was covering all in sight. We’ve made the crossover, and from today until “a long time from now” we should have a consistent blanket.
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posted in Wx |
19th
November
2007
I’ve never been big on birthdays. Except my 18th, but that came at an important moment in my social life. My own interpretation is that we only have one “birth day”, so get on with things. Here in Quebec, the translation is perhaps more appropriate: anniversaire, as in “the anniversary of”. This city is on its way to a big one, the 400th, and finally we’re starting to see some signs of an impending party. An expensive one, but what else is tax money for?
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posted in environment |
18th
November
2007
Students in university will often enroll in what I’ve heard is known as an “inventory”; a chance to study about a selection of authors and genre. Think English literature. What if we used, as a core for study, the impressions left after blipping through the cable channels on a single evening? It could serve as a way of analysis of, well, something. A survey of modern cultural examples, as seen through the eyes of everyman. The common denominator is the blipper, allowing linear or random access. I can feel a grant proposal coming out of this.
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posted in environment, media |
17th
November
2007
For the spectator (that means me), the only important sports game is the one you are currently watching. By the next day, the vicarious pain is gone, and the statistics are of use to someone else. Therefore, I’ll take this one moment to feel sorry for the Rouge et Or football team, who did not win their playoff game today. I admit it; Halifax did not learn how to play ball today. Mea culpa. The season is over. Let the next one begin. With a team as good as this one, we’ll be back in the headlines in less than twelve months.
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posted in technology |
16th
November
2007
The ad ended with a great suggestion: “Don’t leave home without it”. The dog misunderstood, as she is wont to do, and she left home with it, and came home without it. No, not a magic card; rather, a prized bone.
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posted in pets |
15th
November
2007
It’s too easy to fall into the trap of cynicism. After all, “nobody could be that dumb, right?”. Tonight saw me back in front of the Fox, watching the Fifth Grader tests. For a change, a familiar face. And the question.
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posted in Idol |
14th
November
2007
Part of the definition of insanity is to expect a different result while doing the same thing repeatedly. That also fits politics and “fits of optimism”, so there are lots of examples out there. I’m currently exercising my “hoping for a miracle” server scheme.
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posted in computing |
13th
November
2007
Some days are weak on the news front. I still take the time to listen, but like everyone else, I’m just going through the motions. Good news is hard to come by sometimes.
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posted in politics |
12th
November
2007
What’s more fun for the kiddies on a Saturday afternoon than a party, complete with lots of soda pop and candies. Sugar madness! Obviously, science. I’m late to the festival, but back before last summer the people over at eepybird.com caught our attention with the fountains of foam from two litres bottles of cheap pop and handfuls of Mentos. Experiment as you will, wherever (except for PEI where this format of soda has been, until a recent change in the law, an illegal importation). On the Island, there’s better things to do with time and money.
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posted in environment |
11th
November
2007
In spite of my best intentions to avoid purchasing more, new electronic equipment, I’m being dragged into the vortex. For the last couple of weeks, every time I go to use one of our “good old” appliances, things tend to go wrong. I’m replacing stuff far too often for my budget or my best intentions.
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posted in technology |
