ISSN 1496-3221
October 19, 2002
Gosh, that was almost painless. The server move went flawlessly, at least for the machine which hosts this site, and everything seems to be running the way it should. The Cobalt Qube that handles the Newted Community duties is still chugging through a disk status check, but should be online again this afternoon. While I … More
October 18, 2002
Well, not a beagle exactly. More like a Whippet. In fact, just like a Whippet. A three quarter size version of a greyhound. A type of dog that was apparently bred by crossing a hybrid of a fox-terrier and a full-sized greyhound with one of those fit-in-your-glovebox style Italian greyhounds. Interesting, no? At any rate, … More
October 18, 2002
Just when everything seems to be running smoothly, you may as well change it around. Back in July, I moved the splorp.com and newted.org servers (and all of the web sites accommodated therein) to Webcore Labs while my ADSL connection changed from Cadvision to Nucleus. Well friends, it’s been three glorious months since my Nucleus … More
October 17, 2002
Late afternoon sun on Government House. 7th Street Southwest, Calgary.
October 17, 2002
The available domain name of the week is rejectable.com
October 15, 2002
Ah, what wondrously cryptic dispatches lie just beneath the surface of modern software. Not only is the phrase “Portable Document Format File Format” a fine example of descriptive over-exuberance (not unlike the Beach Boys tune which waxes lyrical on the populous fashion of wearing huarache sandals), but I find the whole idea of having an … More
October 15, 2002
See Veer post two (count ’em two) honest-to-goodness, never before seen press releases the same darn day. Even the peripherally cognisant will notice right off the bat that one of the releases is basically an announcement of the launch of our company six months after the fact. That’s a commonplace practice in this industry, isn’t … More
October 15, 2002
Oh, I’m still here. Don’t you be worrying your pretty little heads about anything. I’ve simply been off the air due to an extended version of the Canadian Thanksgiving Day long weekend. Included in the mix was a multi-day sojourn to the Queen City for my grandma’s 90th birthday, a peruse of a science centre … More
October 9, 2002
Metal salvage yard fence. Ogden Road, Calgary.
October 8, 2002
Just a short note relating the fact that I have added a natty little link pointing to the RSS feed for this here weblog. The aforementioned link currently appears in the upper right hand corner of the page, directly below the ISSN designation. You have no excuse now. Syndicate away.