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  • Not Getting a House

    So Annie and I were hoping to be moving into a house around now, but it didn’t work out that way. With my new position at 10up, I’m seen by the banks as running my own business in Canada, so they couldn’t use my income to qualify for a mortgage. Annie’s mom stepped in to Read more

  • Saving For a House

    In the GTA, house prices have been going up by between 3% and 13% per year. An average home in the GTA is now $380,453. Annie and I would love to buy a house, but we don’t currently have any savings, and are actually in a bit of debt. With our income being how it Read more

  • Second Class Supers Kickstarter Success

    So, by now you have all hopefully seen that the Kickstarter that Annie and I ran for Second Class Supers was successful. We were basically (I’ll explain that later) able to raise our $2750 minimum. As such, we will be able to afford the resources needed to complete our novel around this Christmas. We haven’t Read more

  • My New Job: Web Producer at 10up

    So, I recently started a new job, and I wanted to take a moment to talk about it. I am the new web producer at 10up, one of the largest WordPress focused agencies that I know of. I am working for one of the largest teams, and my role is to support the senior web Read more

  • Moving Again

    Before October 1st, Annie and I need to move again. We’ve only been in the house we’ve been renting since March, and feel like we just finished unpacking, only to have to pack again. When we rented the place, we knew there was a possibility this could happen, but we hoped we would be able Read more

  • Second Class Supers Kickstarter Update

    A huge thank you to everyone that has taken the time to support the Second Class Supers Kickstarter. There are 18 days to go as of this post, and we are at 54% of the way to our goal. We need to raise less than $1300 more until we reach our goal of $2750 and Read more

  • Reddit Writing Prompts – Quick Short Stories

    So, recently on Reddit, I responded to some quick prompts and created some short stories. Here they are for your enjoyment/amusement. [WP] The US in the year 2050. Every citizen (except the rich) must serve a mandatory month in prison, in order to recompense for crimes they must’ve committed but that Police failed to discover. Read more

  • Kickstarting Second Class Supers – Day One

    This blog post is being written as things happen. There is definitely a high as we push the button to go live. I’m nervous that no one is going to help back our project. Getting to this point has been crazy. I’ve spent numerous hours building out the project page, having people review it and Read more

  • Protected: What’s Up

    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. Read more

  • Predicting the Tesla Model 3

    Tesla has confirmed that their “low cost” sedan will be named the Model 3. So we will have the Model S, Model X and the Model III (3). Many people are already making comments about the letters and numbers chosen, though it would have been more explicit if it had been called the Model E Read more

  • I Don’t Know Much About Bikes

    I would really like to get set-up with a bike to use during the summer to get around, but I realized that I don’t know much about bikes. I’ve purchased mountain bikes before at Wal-Mart and Canadian Tire, only to be displeased with them after a short period of time thanks to weak components, noisy Read more

  • What Happened to Blog Ranking

    With Google’s PageRank not a hugely touted way of valuing blogs, and now Technorati killing off its ranking system, how are we going to compare and contrast two blogs in an easy to understand way? Are twitter and Facebook followers and fans the new metric by which we evaluate popularity? Do you have to be Read more