Archive for June, 2005

  • Downtime

    I’m back after a few days of downtime. The cable modem at home died, and for some reason my server didn’t manage to recover. I rebooted it remotely by calling my tech support hotline (I usually just call him ‘Dad’).
    Happy Father’s Day to all the dad’s out there.

    Sunday, June 19th, 2005
  • CS rant

    I was looking at some job postings the other day (for the heluvit) and noticed that most of the computer-related ones required an undergraduate degree in computer science or computer engineering. As someone who’s in computer science, I call bullshit on them. CS grads know jack-all about practical applications of computing. (Can’t comment on the [...]

    Thursday, June 16th, 2005
  • Ah, the sweet innocence of youth

    I googled my name today, as I am wont to do. This time was different, though, there was a link I’d never seen before that came up. It’s an email that I wrote for something called Kidlink, whatever that is. Here it is in it’s unedited glory:
    Name/Age/Gender: Aidan Reid Findlater, 10, Boy
    E-Mail Address: rfindlater@cableregina.com
    City: Regina, [...]

    Thursday, June 16th, 2005
  • Finished

    Orgo’s done. Finally. Now I can get back to important things like TV.

    Thursday, June 16th, 2005
  • Music-loving Canadians, unite!

    CBC Radio 3 Podcasts are available! It’s pretty neat. I subscribed right away, and I’m pretty happy so far.

    Tuesday, June 14th, 2005