Tribute

For anyone over the age of say, 27, we probably all remember the immortal words "Wax on, wax off." We don't just remember the words, but we remember the meaning behind them. The deep, spiritual meaning of these simple words. Also, we also learned that "walk left side: safe, walk right side: safe, walk down middle: sooner or later, get squished" and most importantly "Man who catch fly with chopstick accomplish anything." Ah, the wise teachings of Mr. Miyagi. Yesterday, Pat Morita died at 73 by natural causes. Let us all take a moment of silence for our teacher.

Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow

Yesterday we went to Whistler for a little snowboarding. Like the bumper sticker says, "A bad day on the mountain is still better than a good day at the office." Well, this is still true. Down in the village it was raining, at the top of the Blackcomb gondola it was raining, and at the top of the Excelerator chair it was...not too bad. We tried to stay near the Jersey Cream Express cuz that area has some nice easy blue runs for beginners. It was snowing most of the time we were there and up where we were, the snow wasn't too bad. A little wet and sticky, but not bad. Even with a few falls Celia's getting better and I think I might be able to convince her to come up a few more times, even to the local mountains. When we got home, Celia was stiff and hurting bad. Every muscle was aching. She's not awake yet, but when she wakes up today I think she'll be in a world of hurt. Then tomorrow it'll be worse. My right shoulder is a little sore, but I think its because its the way I was carrying my board when we were walking to the car.

Long Weekend

No, it's not a long weekend here in Canada. Only the US has a long weekend this late in November. Well there's probably some other country with a long weekend but I don't know where. It's a long weekend for me because I took tomorrow off so I could go snowboarding. I don't know how much snow Whistler has but it'll be more than what I've got in my office so it's still better to be in Whistler than in Whalley.

More of the Same

Last year I ran a series called "101 Things About Me". Now, since I don't seem to have anything to say, and because my favourite topic is Me, I'm going to continue this series and call it "More Things You Wished You Didn't Know About Me." I'm not going to limit the list to 101 items, not even 1001. I'm just going to keep on going until you really really get sick of hearing me talk about me. Enjoy.

More Things You Wished You Didn't Know About Me

1. I've gained more weight in the past 2 years than I have in the past 15.
2. I only shave twice/week.
3. My favourite wine is Masi Valpolicella
4. I have 5 different phone numbers and 8 email addresses.
5. I have 4 computer monitors at home but I only use 1 (wanna buy a monitor?).

Geek Squad

There's nothing I like more than a new toy. Especially new toys for my computer. I just bought a new keyboard (Logitech G15 'Gaming' Keyboard) and here's my review:

Pros:

1. nice feel when you're typing
2. cool backlit keys
3. sweet LCD display
4. tonne of programmable macro keys
5. lots of user-made applets

Cons:

1. no scroll wheel
2. wired connection
3. lack of support and documentation

I know what you're thinking: "It's just a keyboard." Well screw that, when you use a good keyboard it's hard to go back to a plain-jane, beige, no-extras, clicky-key keyboard.

Nerd Tip #1:
To make your computer look better than it really is, buy cool peripherals. A hot mouse and keyboard and a sweet monitor make it look like you computer rocks harder than Kiss on crack.

I got Nothing

I still haven't gone up to the mountain. Anyone want to go?

New Digs

Today we move into our new office. We used to have an office right by Guildford mall but all of Information Management will now be in the new tower down by Central City. Its a really nice tower and the new equipment we get will be a million times better than what I've been working with the past year. The movers picked up all our stuff yesterday and today we get to unpack and organize our workspace (ie, cubicle).

In other news, congratulations to Neil and Kelly who had a boy at the beginning of November. Noah Robin, no wait, Noah Todd, oh hang on, Noah Drake, no no that's not right. Noah Grayson was 8 lbs and a few oz. and 20-something cm long. Don't expect me to know this stuff. Newborn babies all look alike to me.

I Hate Cleaning Windows

I hate it when your windows (and mirrors) have fingerprints and are all smudgy. I just hate cleaning them. I also hate when Windows seems to be running really really slow and I can't figure out why. I don't know how to fix this kind of crap so I just ignore it until it either goes away or until I am forced to start all over again (ie, reinstall). I could probably use a fresh reinstall anyway. My biggest pet peeve about Windows is when you are downloading something or transferring large files from one drive to another and you get that stupid, useless progress bar. "Oh look, only 5 minutes remaining. What the... now it says 30 minutes!?" Why does it bother to estimate how much time is remaining when it's highly dependent on what else the computer is doing at the same time? Show the bar, forget the time. Just let me know how much data is left to download/move and leave it at that.

Solitaire's the Only Game in Town

As I was walking through the Extended Care Unit, I looked into what looked like an Activity Room. There was a piano, a few tables, pictures hanging, easels leaning up against the walls, and a couple computers sitting in the corner. There were a few little old ladies sitting in their wheelchairs doing various things around the room, but what really caught my eye was this little old lady sitting in front of a table playing Solitaire. I mean the real game - with cards. But then what really caught my eye was another little old lady sitting at a computer playing Solitaire too! On the computer!! I thought this was hilarious.

Let it Snow!

There's snow on the mountains! Check out Mt. Baker and Whistler-Blackcomb! I can't wait...

Lucky...

So yesterday I finally decided to see what I could do about my broken harddrive. I figured I'd plug it in one more time to see if it'll work and guess what? It's working again. Maybe it just overheated? I know there's not a lot of airflow where that drive is, so maybe it just got too hot? Anyway, the side panel of my case is off and so far the temp has been pretty decent. I backed up my pictures and anything else that was irreplaceable. I decided that if I lost the music, I'd just recollect it all. I have most of it on CD anyway.