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A few days before it was released I found out (saw the trailer) for the Scott Pilgram vs. The World movie based on the graphic novel series by Canadian artist Bryan Lee O’Malley. Someone tweeted a mashup of the graphic novels with the trailer and then I watched the actual trailer. Two days later the [...]

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As I mentioned in my last post, Jess and I are moving to London, Ontario. Moving, of course, is everyone favorite activity. With moving usually comes an attempt to downsize the amount of stuff one has, and we are no different. We are looking to sell various forms of electronics, appliances, and a bit of [...]

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source Jess and I are moving to London, Ontario. Jess will be doing her Masters in Molecular Biology at the University of Western Ontario. I will continue to work for McAfee in Waterloo. Commuting will be tough, but I am planning on some interesting strategies to try to make it work. We are both very [...]

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If you have been following along you know that I have been traveling for the last 4 months, and now I am back in Waterloo, Ontario, and I am looking for a career opportunities for software developers. I have experience developing software in C++, Python, C# and Java which I have gained over the last [...]

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Recently my Father passed away. It was sudden. A cancer which started in his colon moved to his liver. He passed away in his sleep with out discomfort. During his illness I was preparing to cancel my trip. Since his passing I have decided to go. Life is too short no to take the chance [...]

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I am planning a trip around the world during the summer of 2008. The general idea is to head West until I get back home. I will be staying in the Northern Hemisphere; visiting parts of Asia and Europe. Details, as they become clearer, will be added to the Itinerary section, though I intend to [...]

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Pull is better than push. This fundamental piece of wisdom can be applied in many domains. Consider, for the purposes of this entry, education. We currently have a push system. Students (try) to learn what teacher teach. It could be a government curriculum or focusing on certain chapters more because the teacher likes to research [...]

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I just can’t resist. I have mentioned Novillero several times. But I have to do again. In this weeks CBC Radio 3 podcast (87) they announced the 3 winners of their best podcast discovery of 2006. The first winner was a gentleman from Brandon Manitoba who explain how Novillero made him proud to be from [...]

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Behind the scenes we have been going from server to new server. Normally it would be nice if ya’ll didn’t have to notice, but this is a cheap 2 bit operation, so what an you expect. Default C# Parameters C# doesn’t have default parameters. For example this doesn’t not work: void foo(int i, int b [...]

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Yes, the title is needlessly sensational. Nerve, a New York based online entertainment magazine, as near as I can tell, has interesting article on CBC Radio 3, as mentioned in this weeks podcast. I have mentioned the podcast a few times, but I do want to re-emphasize, it is really really really good for discovering [...]

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