My last post described some of my reasons for ungeeking. The more I reflected on it, the more reasons I could come up with. Rationalizing? Perhaps, but the ungeeking proceeds nonetheless. One more reason that I did want to add is that when I am asked (or explain without provocation – that happens a lot) [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Master of your own domain
2009/11/13Ungeeking
2009/11/12I’ve been hosting this and many other sites from a reseller web hosting account I have with Varial Technologies, which is (unpaid endorsement) a great web hosting company based in Saskatoon. At some point I think I had a grandiose vision of running a web hosting service to bring in at least enough money to [...]
Remembrances
2009/11/12On Remembrance Day, I think of my grandfather who, having only been 16 at the time, lied about his age in order to get into the Great War (the first one). It seems like a strange thing to do that but after a trip to England in 1990, I think I might have a better [...]
In bygone times
2009/11/09Before twitter, we would actually use our blogs for short messages with links.
Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien
2009/11/04Wise words from Voltaire, which translate as “The best is the enemy of the good”. As I work with some students as they develop their video projects for the semester, I want to have them chant this 20 times at the start of each class. Consider the following scene: ME – Hey, Joe. I’m wondering [...]
Late night thoughts about epilepsy
2009/11/04Strange things occur to me late at night while I am at the school marking (grrrrr – stupid report card marks). The last time (and I hope it was the the last time) I had a seizure I was alone at the school so maybe that’s what started me thinking about it. Having a seizure [...]
