Shame

I’m ashamed to live in Ontario. Just because we’ve had a warm winter so far, it seems like we’ve forgotten how to cope with snow and ice. I looked out the window and there’s about 2cm of snow on the ground, and some light freezing rain. Now,...

A break for the present

I’ve been writing about the past for the last few entries, and I guess I’ll get back to it later so I can finish telling the story of my San Francisco trip. But there are a few things I wanted to blog about, so I figured I’d write about them now so...

Theory debunked

I tested a friend’s theory that listening to AC/DC whilst playing pinball makes you better at pinball. I’m sorry to report that this is unfortunately untrue. Neither Thunderstruck nor T.N.T. improved my performance in World Cup Soccer ’94 on PinMAME....

Pomegranates and the Internet revolution

You can find anything on the Internet. I know this very consciously, but every day I find new reminders. For example, I bought a pomegranate today. Since it was my first one, I didn’t know how to free its tasty insides from its armored outsides. I thought,...

And the winner is…

I’ve finally decided. I’m going to get the Canon SD630. It’s a nice little camera with a big screen. It was tough to decide for a while. I almost bought a Panasonic DMC-FX3 on account of its generally more sexy appearance. But that would have made me...