If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, And the bus is interrupted as a very last resort, And the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort, Then the socket packet pocket has an error to report! If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash, And [...]

My “birthday party orchestration committee” has made a plan for ringing in this new year of my existence. It is as follows: Thursday, March 24 Go for dinner somewhere on the Osborne strip Enjoy all your company Go to Die Machine for 70s/80s night (period-appropriate dress highly recommended) I’m not typically the type of person [...]

Actually, it’s been going for over 24 hours now — the UMES executive election campaign is in full force. I’m running unopposed, but I still have to put on a good campaign. And no, “Don’t Vote No” won’t work. My vanity domain has now been converted into a soon-to-be information base, complete with graphics from [...]

Two days ago, I rear-ended someone in the yield to the merge lane at St. Mary’s and Bishop Grandin. I had seen the person in front of me go, and the Bishop Grandin traffic was clearing after a light transition, so I had assumed they kept going as I looked over my shoulder. BUMP! Obviously [...]

As reading week comes to a close, my weblog has seen almost a complete overhaul for the better. Even those of you with RSS aggregators will have to step back into the web world, http://www.utools.ca/journal, to see the new design. An upgrade to WordPress 1.5 got the party started. I’d like to send a big [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day, (or VD, or MOSS [Members of the Opposite Sex Suck] day) everyone! The grass is probably just as green on this side of the fence, but the other side looks so much more lush — I really want to jump over. I’ve been scanning some slides I shot back in the summer [...]

Come support The Great Engineering Pi-Throw 2005 by buying Pies in University Centre and sending them to your friends, enemies and even professors! Pies cost just $5 and all proceeds will go to support CARE Canada in their work overseas. Watch out — I’ve got a few people on my list already (and I expect [...]

I decided it was time to read a book after having not appreciated a significant work of fiction for two-and-a-half years or so. It’s not that I stopped reading — I read quite a lot. However, it usually comes in the forms of websites, magazines, MSN windows, textbooks, and various other works of non-fiction. I [...]

William J. Woodrow (1910-2005) You had a good run, Gramps. ETA: Obituary

To avoid further chiding, the time has come to update. First, a shameless plug: (like the graphic?) It’s going to be a good time. I would recommend that you all come out and join in the jungle fun. (More to come later…)