Of Pixels Past
Popping into YouTube today and this video was recommended: I totally remember it, too. Game graphics were used in lots of ads but especially anything marketed to kids. The summer Continue Reading →
Category Archives: commentary
Podcasts are my sanity-savers
Sometimes my job consists of sitting amongst a bunch of equipment scanning page after page after page. I’m not going to lie, this gets pretty mind-numbing. In order to save Continue Reading →
Where Few Women Venture
Many times in my life, I have found myself in circles with few other women — just one of the guys. The most notable of these situations was the pre-apprenticeship Continue Reading →
Social Aggregating
As you know, I’m all over “social networking” — Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In, Delicious, etc. — but there’s a new(ish) breed of sites trying to put themselves in the same Continue Reading →
Wascally Wabbits
Yes, it is the feral rabbit population at UVic about which I speak. They’ve been in the news quite a bit of late following the announcement in late June of Continue Reading →
Audio-Visual Distractions
I needed some distraction after spending yesterday in rant-mode. Animated music videos fit the bill. Enjoy: From Canada, Said the Whale “Camilo (the Magician)”: From the U.K., Second Person “Days Continue Reading →
Just an Average Canadian
Today, I sent this email (I will also be printing and sending the same as a letter) to three Members of Parliament: Tony Clement (Minister of Industry), Michael Chong (Chair Continue Reading →
Better than Bieber
15 things I’d rather do than go to a Justin Bieber* concert: Watch that Badger Badger video for an hour. (Eeek, a snake!!) Watch Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Continue Reading →
Cheerful? OK.
I got into work and heard a co-worker going desk to desk in the cubicles nearby telling everyone, “Did you see? Cheryl’s in the newspaper!” This is how I found Continue Reading →
Oh, Deer.
Early in the week, Mike noticed that one of our corn stalks was askew; on Thursday, we figured out why: deer. I found hoofprints in the garden beds and noticed that Continue Reading →