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  • Halton Hills Community Energy Plan Rant

    So a little while back, it looked like the city that I live in was interested in the opinions of the people living here and set up an IdeaScale board for submissions relating to a Halton Hills community energy plan. IdeaScale, for those of you that don’t know is like your own private voting area. Read more

  • Kids Can’t Use Computers

    There is an amazing post from a few weeks back on Coding 2 Learn and it is entitled, Kids Can’t Use Computers… And This Is Why It Should Worry You, and it discusses some things I’ve known for a while, but never really put in words. The most important part for me is the following: Read more

  • Wedding Costs: Money and Stress

    They really do add up fast. Annie and I are currently pricing various options for our reception. Our first choice was taken and so was one of our second choices. Then, we finally got a price list for some other places, and they are coming in a few thousand dollars more than we can afford. Read more

  • FanExpo Toronto 2013 – Friday Fun

    Annie and I are going to go to FanExpo Toronto 2013. We are only planning on attending on Friday, the 23rd of August. It should be interesting. Tickets for the single day were $35 per person, which is fairly reasonable. I will, of course, be bringing my fully charged camera. I doubt that I’ll be Read more

  • Working Without My Laptop

    So the last ten days, I’ve been without my laptop, and I’ve had to work from an iPad and my cell phone. I forgot my laptop at my place, all packed up and ready to go, before we went to Annie’s brother’s place. I did the best I could during the time I was there, Read more

  • Second Class Supers – Page 28

    Read Second Class Supers – Page 27 Kya couldn’t stop her mind from racing, though her foot tried to distract her as it throbbed from the kick of the bus shelter followed by the long walk home. Despite lying down in her bed and putting it up on some pillows, the aching was endless. The Read more

  • Where Am I Now?

    I recently did an interview with Jeff Chandler of WPTavern, and had a great time answering some questions about where I’ve been in the last three to four years. I can’t believe it has been so long since I was last working purely online. I have done a year and a half with the government, Read more

  • Second Class Supers – Page 26

    Read Second Class Supers – Page 25 The bus stopped and a loud, manly voice pushed Kya from her persistent worry about Amelia. “Ma’am, this is your stop, isn’t it?” Standing, and shuffling towards the door, Kya nodded slightly at the bus driver. Without a word, she dropped down onto the sidewalk and the bus Read more

  • Second Class Supers – Page 24

    Read Second Class Supers – Page 23 Tuesday night arrived in a blur. Kya sat slouched on the couch in the living room of her apartment with Sam and Mattie, worn down from her day at work. With a few finger foods placed out on trays, and drinks already poured, Kya raced through a rant Read more

  • Motorola X – Not the Cheaper Nexus

    So, I am listening to the Motorola X announcement, and while it looks like a great mid-range phone, I’m sad at the separation that Motorola has said they have between themselves and their owners, Google. I knew the specifications of the phone for a while, and it seemed pretty decent. I was hoping that the Read more

  • Sigma Mount Conversion

    One of the most interesting things that any third party lens developer has ever done was just announced. I didn’t think this was possible, but Sigma has decided to create a program that allows you to send in your lens, and have them change which lens mount it is using. If you are switching from Read more

  • WordPress Products versus Services

    So, there has been a small but substantial swell of frustration at Woo for changing the pricing on their themes and plugins. You can read their post here: A Sustainable WooThemes. The argument most people are making is similar to the following: You can’t increase the price of a product after you sell it. The Read more