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Christmas Holiday Geekery 2008

January 5, 2009

This Christmas season I used the downtime supplied by most of my peers taking two weeks off of work (can you say downturn?) to get around to a number of highly geeky personal projects on my residence’s IT network.  Aided by the web (and knowing which instructions to safely ignore) I successfully completed all of [...]

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Mats Sundin: Summer Rental

December 18, 2008

Welcome, Mats Sundin, to Vancouver.  I will enjoy the six months you spend in our fair city, but I won’t expect to see you for much long afterward.  In the meantime, I hope that too many deckchairs aren’t reordered to make room for you, because all of that will be torn down at the end [...]

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Thanks Senators Fans, now Buck Up

June 14, 2007

Okay, so let’s say you’re a big Ottawa Senators fan. No shame in that, really.. the team has been in the top three of their division and made the playoffs in every one of the last five seasons, suffering heartbreaking losses to the Leafs, Sabres, and Devils in each. So for the 2006-2007 season, this [...]

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The Department of Homeland Security Ate My Homework…

July 10, 2003

GMU grad student compiles extensive map of US fiber optic networks, starts people worrying: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23689- 2003Jul7.html?nav=hptop_tb washingtonpost.com Dissertation Could Be Security Threat Student’s Maps Illustrate Concerns About Public Information By Laura Blumenfeld Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 8, 2003; Page A01 Sean Gorman’s professor called his dissertation “tedious and unimportant.” Gorman didn’t talk about [...]

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The Liberator Becomes The Occupier..

July 10, 2003

War-weary troops long for home By Peter Greste BBC correspondent in Baghdad It was a single shot – nothing spectacular – but that split-second act of Iraqi resistance might well be recorded as the point at which America turned from liberator to occupier. The soldier who died was on a foot patrol through the Baghdad [...]

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Happy Easter

March 6, 2003

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0310/baard2.php Retailers Put All Their Grenades in One Basket Full Metal Bonnet by Erik Baard March 4th, 2003 1:00 PM “A lighthearted and fun gift,” says one merchant. While Pentagon war planners may be gunning for an attack on Iraq by mid March, heavily armed soldiers have already quietly seized a strategic position: your Easter [...]

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Christianity, Judaism, and Islam United by Common Threads..

December 24, 2002

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,864994,00.html More a family falling out than a clash of civilisations Many intricate links bind Christianity, Judaism and Islam William Dalrymple Tuesday December 24, 2002 The Guardian In late December, the plains of North India turn suddenly cold and grey. Towards evening, as the sun is beginning to set over the village mosques, smoke from [...]

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Merry Christmas…

December 24, 2002

It just started snowing in Vancouver… Christmas is officially ON. Happy Holidays To All Of You And Your Families… have fun in 2003! -Mr. Sappy. ———–

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Fwd: For FOIB Distribution

December 15, 2002

Ha! Looks like Stewart met my ex-girlfriend. -Ian. Begin forwarded message: > From: Stewart Reid > Date: Sun Dec 15, 2002 12:41:10 PM US/Pacific > To: “Ian Bell (E-mail)” > Subject: For FOIB Distribution > > Today I got the finger, > > I had just turned down a typical narrow Vancouver West Side street, [...]

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New DJ Heavy Smurf CD Released..

December 12, 2002

Merry Christmas! DJHS is at it again… DSL was down yesterday all day, so you benefit from his boredom: DJ Heavy Smurf’s Dirty Mix – 15 Tracks, Length: 72:58 – Mixed on Dec. 11, 2002

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