Me, Keira, Rebecca, John, and Amy
Photo “Credit” by Keira Mellis — Attribution by force

For those of you who follow what goes on in the web services part of the internet, this little tidbit may interest you. Amazon has offered relatively cheap cloud computer for the last year or so, but one of the major downsides was that it didn’t have a static IP address. So if [...]

Yesterday, while browsing the Google blog, I stumbled across a recent entry they did regarding the release of their new AJAX language API. While reading it, I had a couple of crazy ideas what it could potentially be used for. One of those ideas was to dynamically translate content on my blog.
So [...]

It’s getting close. In just nine days, I’ll be getting on a plane and heading out to Calgary to attend the 2008 Juno awards. I haven’t really had time to let the whole event soak in yet, and to be honest, probably won’t figure out where I’ll be all weekend until I land [...]

That’s it really. I no longer carry cash for the most part. My paycheck arrives in my bank account electronically. When I pay for things, I use my credit card, debit card, or paypal. My bills are paid via online banking, and except for a birthday card once a year, rarely [...]

I just realized I don’t own any glasses, just mugs
My plants are all dead or dying
My christmas tree is still up
I don’t look at bills before I pay them, I typically just pay a random amount and hope it’s right
I’ve lived in my current apartment for two and a half years, and I still don’t [...]

Can anyone recommend a good accountant to me for doing personal taxes? I’ve typically always done them myself, but due to the odd web and photography gig I’ve had over the last year, they are starting to get a bit complicated in terms of write-offs etc.
If you can let me know, that [...]

The one promise I made myself last year was that I was going to spend more time this summer doing the things I like. Number one on the list is of course my favourite past time, camping.
For the first time in most of my working life, I now get *three* [...]

The official home for the theme will be over on BraveNewCode, so add a link and keep track if you’re interested.

I set up my computer to do backups using Apple’s Time Machine a while ago. The good news is that it appears to be working just fine. The bad news is it seems to fire up my external USB drive far more than I would like, especially during the evenings. Since my [...]