It Happened to Me

The Flashiest Costume at Kickass Karaoke…

...was worn by karaoke regular "Johnny O". I shall dub it "Honore de Balzac", but not for literary reasons...

19 years ago

Hallowe’en Costumes 2005

Here's what I wore to Kickass Karaoke on Sunday: "Indigo Girls Fan". Wendy says that if you took away the…

19 years ago

“Totally Dismal and Excellent” / Anarchie

Yesterday's posting of the goth-themed Archie comic got BoingBoing-ed, leading to a spike in visits to this blog. Welcome, folks!…

19 years ago

My Housemate Went to Poland and all I Got Was This "Osama and Friends" Nesting Doll Set

Last weekend, my friend and former housemate Paul gave me a very eastern European gift -- a set of matreshka…

19 years ago

38th Birthday Party Soon

I'm working on the details. Stay tuned... Me at last year's bash.

19 years ago

Slouching Towards the Geeky Mean

Yesterday, Boss Ross sent me a stack of presentations from Evans Data Corporation's 2005 Developer Relations Conference. Seeing as my…

19 years ago

Buzzword Abuse is Cheap Entertainment

(Alternate title: In which our hero shows that he's been reading too many articles about these new-style web applications) The…

19 years ago

Cameo Appearance in “Open Sources 2.0”

My friend and former housemate Paul Baranowski is a developer with Campware, an organization whose purpose is to "develop, distribute,…

19 years ago

Photos from CASCON

On Wednesday afternoon, I participated in a panel discussion group/workshop at IBM's CASCON conference titled "The Business of Blogging". I'll…

19 years ago

Passing the Sniff Test at the CN Tower

One of my favourite bits of dialogue from a "Slappy Squirrel" segment of the old Animaniacs cartoon:Bumpo (a young dog):…

19 years ago