It Happened to Me

“Accordion Guy’s” 2008 Stats

Both my blogs hit new readership records in 2008. Global Nerdy got nearly 703,000 pageviews, more than double the previous…

16 years ago

Slice of Life from PDC, Part 3: The Simpsons Ride

On Tuesday night, attendees of the PDC were treated to a night at the Universal Studios Hollywood amusement park, which…

16 years ago

Slice of Life from PDC, Part 2: Channel 9 Guy Meets Accordion Guy

Click the photo to see it on its Flickr page. [This was originally posted on my tech blog, Global Nerdy.]

16 years ago

Ooh! New Accordion! / Ooh! Newly Married!

It's a Silvetta 60-bass piano accordion, which is much smaller and lighter than my other ones. It's perfect for schlepping…

16 years ago

Leaving for L.A.

Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele. I leave for L.A. at a reasonable time this morning and land at 11:00…

16 years ago

Warming Up for PDC2008

I leave for Los Angeles tomorrow to attend Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference (a.k.a. PDC2008). It's typically the conference where Microsoft…

16 years ago

Licence Plate of the Day

I saw this on Queen Street West yesterday. Maybe "GULLIBLE" was already taken:

16 years ago

Hail Satan! (or: Day 1 at Microsoft)

Many cultures have "big players" that form part of their collective demonology, symbols that are reviled, yet envied at the…

16 years ago

And Now, the New Job

An apt metaphor for the new job. As promised, I am announcing my new job today. But not here: you'll…

16 years ago

Changes are Coming

The new look on my tech blog, Global Nerdy, is just the tip of the iceberg. Big changes are in…

16 years ago