Category: General
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Birthday and Christmas Wishlist 2016
So with a month until my thirty-fourth birthday, two and a half months until Christmas, and some upcoming travel plans, I’ve updated my wishlist on Wishlistr to give people ideas of what I most want. Some highlights include: a new belt, preferably a nice reinforced one some books or an…
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Bed Rest for Annie and Anika
So Annie went from being mostly on bed rest to full on bed rest a couple of weeks ago, and it has been very hard for everyone. Watching my wife struggle is never fun. Seeing her frustrated, isolated, and uncomfortable is hard. Trying to be there for her needs as…
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New Acadian.org Website
Over the last couple of months, I’ve been spending some free time working with my sister and brother-in-law to update the website for the business that their father started and they’ve since taken over. The site was just HTML written over the years to present information about Acadians and sell…
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Cell Phone Recommendations – August 2016
I often push my way into conversations with people about their cell phones. I am curious what they think of them and what they are planning on getting next. Sometimes, I even get asked my opinion. I try to keep up with what is happening in the Canadian cell phone…
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A Quick No Man’s Sky Review
If you’ve been waiting for a better version of Spore (don’t get me started on that game… I had such high hopes), or just want to explore an endless feeling universe, then No Man’s Sky might be the game for you. What is No Man’s Sky? No Man’s Sky is…
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Family Tree – It’s Over 3000!
As some of you know, I’ve been working on building out a family tree on My Heritage for a while now, and I’m happy to say that today it has tipped over the 3,000 people mark. Here are some facts for those that are interested. Out of 3002 people: 54%…
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Difficulty Emotionally Attaching
With baby B on the way, I find myself trying to get excited, but I’m having a difficult time. I think I’m trying to keep my distance, not think about the baby much in hopes that if things go wrong, I’ll feel less broken than I did when we lost…
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You Should Draw Project – One Week In
So after launching YouShouldDraw.com, I tried to promote the site a little on DeviantArt and Reddit as well as finding other places where random inspiration tools are listed and I was able to get nearly 300 unique visitors from around the world to the site in the first seven days.…
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You Should Draw Project
Over the last two days, I’ve spent my evenings working on a quick project idea that I had called YouShouldDraw.com. I enjoy watching Draw with Jazza on YouTube, especially his character design sessions where he comes up with random words to base his characters on and allows his audience to…
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Computer Accessibility
Having my mother-in-law live here for the last couple of weeks has definitely highlighted how horrible accessibility is in technology. My mother-in-law has a Blackberry Playbook as well as an Acer Chromebook. Neither device is completely intuitive for her to use, and all she does on the devices is: Listen…
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Childhood Memories: Red Octopus
Later in my high school years, both Barry and Brad, my closest friends, got their driver’s licenses. I would often head to Ottawa with them, around an hour away from home. One time, while Barry and I were at the St. Laurent Shopping Centre, we were approached by a woman…
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Nootropics
I’ve been interested in brain enhancing medication since my first bout of depression as a young teen, and since then I’ve continued to look into it from time to time. The idea that there are substances out there that I can take to improve my concentration, memory, mood, focus, and…
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