wherein i grudgingly submit to an internet meme

January 27, 2009
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normally i am the last person to propagate an internet meme, especially one of those do this and get _x_ number of people to do this also type memes, but today i will relent. mostly because Sameer is the one asking, but also because my word for 2009 is open and really, if i can’t [...]

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thoughts for the year to come

January 2, 2009
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for most, new years day marks an annual beginning, a time for resolutions and looking ahead. for me, new years day marks the end of a year past, and january second marks the beginning of a new year in my life. as of today, i have successfully completed 31 full levels in this MMRLRPG (massively-multiplayer-real-life-role-playing-game). [...]

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silver linings

December 13, 2008
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today i was supposed to get more work done on my tattoo, unfortunately it’s also flu season. i made it all the way out to the warden station near where Leah Miller runs her tattoo business from her home, only to discover that she, and her whole family, is struck with the seasonal sickness i [...]

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more work done on my tattoo

November 8, 2008
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i had more work done on my tattoo today, i’m very happy with the results. it’s still early days but i’m beginning to get an idea of what the complete picture is going to look like.

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counting coins

October 25, 2008

i’m a bit of a nomad. i think i’ve lived in 15 different apartment since i moved out at 17, and it’s entirely possible i’ve missed one or two places. it should come as no surprise that i’m moving again. this post isn’t about moving. when i get home i always empty my pockets. little [...]

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so i'll never be a professional blogger

October 22, 2008

seriously people talk all about the democratizing potential of easy publishing of your thoughts, but heck, sometimes you just don’t have anything interesting to say. a quick update i guess, got my replacement nano, thinking of buying carbon offsets for the stupid fact that although the apple repair depot is less than 50km’s from my [...]

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sad day – my nano is broken

September 27, 2008

sigh – tomorrow it’s off to the apple store to see if they’ll replace this. i measured, it fell all of 2 feet, a portable device should not suffer catastrophic failure from such a relatively minor fall. i’ll post tomorrow with the results of my beg-a-thon at the apple store d_c UPDATE: i went directly [...]

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just bought yet another domain name

August 27, 2008
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sometimes really great ideas are the result of just little off-hand comments or jokes… well at least that’s the theory. joking around with a friend after dinner tonight i’ve got a great idea for a stupid little site that should get me using my camera again. just got to setup a domain and do a [...]

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all i want for christmas is a geolocating slr

August 12, 2008
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seriously, you can get it on just about every phone, why haven’t they built an slr with gps? i don’t want some clunky doodad you attach to your mount (what if i’ve got a flash eh?), nor do i want a camera that tells me how to find the nearest tim hortons, but i do [...]

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tattoo photo #1

August 11, 2008
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i promised a photo of the tattoo, here it is: it wraps around the arm, but i’m most happy with this little bit right now. line work only, no filling in or colour (still deciding how much/what colour to go for).

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