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Finishing My Master’s Degree
Well, it's official -- I passed my master's exam with a whopping mark of 84% (A-) -- good enough for me. So, all that's left to do is get a few pieces of paper signed, print off a nice copy of my thesis, and hand it into the library for processing. And then it's done.
The guys from CounterPath took me out for a few free rounds of drinking last night. We started at Nevermind in Kits for a few beers after my defense. Then Des and I went for dinner on Granville Island (Bridges) and ... read more
Four Years In Review
Wow.. Four years doing my master's degree.. Where does the time go? It seems like only yesterday the wheels of the 737 came off the ground at the Ottawa airport, and I was heading back home to Vancouver to pick up my old life, and start a master's degree in EE. And here am I, 11pm, only a few hours to go before it's all over. It's weird looking back on things like this.. I remember starting school again, thinking it would be so much different from my undergrad, only to realize that ... read more
The Seawall
I can't believe how nice it's been over the last few days.. I actually have a slight tan going, which is pretty amazing considering how much time I've spent indoors lately. I think I'm going to pull a steak out of the freezer, sit on the patio and relax for a few hours.. This is going to be a pretty awesome week. If all goes well, this Tuesday will be my last day as a student, and I'll be able to put my whole graduate experience behind me. I'll probably go for a few ... read more
Drinks
I went out with Jason, Hesty, Chris and Shiela tonight for a little while.. We bounced between a few bars and checked out some of the Vancouver nightlife.. It was pretty hard to get into most pubs, so we had to settle for a few lesser known places.. We started laying the groundwork for a wicked Canada day pub crawl on Sat. Should be great!
Also, Dustin show me this crazy ass video from a Norweigen band that uses kitchen appliances for their instruments.. This stuff is pretty messed:
Click here
Oh, Hesty turned the big 3-0 ... read more
Cirque du Soleil
So last night I had a chance to see my first Cirque du Soleil down at Concorde Pacific with a few friends.. It was pretty wild, and I didn't really know what to expect. I have to say that the highlights for the night were the jugglers and the flipping guys.. It was also really cool to hang out with some of the people that I started university with in 1995 (it was our UBC reunion night... )
Today I woke up and headed over to Dustin and Dori's house to hang out for a few hours.. We ... read more
Ok lurkers — time to step up
I check my weblog periodically to see who actually reads my web page.. I mean, if nobody is coming here, there's not much point in putting tons of effort into it (although it gives me something to do). However, I'm averaging a between 200 - 400 unique visitors a month that aren't web crawlers, but only about 2 or 3 of you are commenting. So my question is, who are the rest of you!?
If you stop by here, please sign my guestbook so I can see where you came from and maybe check out your web page ... read more
Hook VoIP up to your phone
Cool article, courtesy of digg.com
Read it here
I think it's cool when people refer to the phone company as "Ma Bell."? This is a very old term that was used by hackers in the old days when they were doing Red Boxes, Blue Boxes and all the other neat things you could do back before everything was digital. read more
London
I may have the opportunity to go to London, UK for a week at the beginning of July. Originally I was going to take a week of holidays next week and go camping in the rockies, but in light of this recent opportunity, I've been thinking of postponing my vacation, and using it up in Europe. I have never been to Europe, so I think it would be pretty cool to have a week there.. The question is, what should I do with a week off in Europe, knowing that I'll be starting in London? I'd ... read more
Tripod
First off -- I hate my tripod.. I'm going to get a new one, just because it's nearly impossible to figure out if mine is level. Anyways, I'm one of those somewhat stubborn people in life. I can be reasoned with, but if I'm in the wrong mood, it's hard to change my mind about some things.. I'd rather do some weird acrobatic maneuver with a pool cue than admit defeat and use the granny. So when it comes to photography, I can probably count the number of times I've used a tripod in my life ... read more
Food & Nutrition
For those of you who don't know me that well, I spend a lot of my spare time reading, mostly engineering (audio, speech, DSP type stuff), but also alot of articles/papers on food & nutrition. Unfortunately, my family is sort of plagued with a lot of bad health problems -- most of my mom's side has high blood pressure and heart problems. So, I'm always trying to figure out the best way to maximize my odds of living to a ripe old age.
What's funny is that most of the stuff I read, that is most of the stuff ... read more