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Anne and I had a nice day up in Midland & Penetanguishine yesterday with my parents. We were celebrating Mum’s birthday with a nice day out cross-country skiing in Awenda park. We covered a lot of ground — about as much as the two days of our previous ski weekend combined. 16km! We then had […]

2003 03 09 tom Comments (0)

The surviving dot com empires are getting bigger: Blogger, who provide the log/posting services for this web site, got bought by Google two weeks ago. Google seems to be on track to take over the world: they’re making some excellent tools, and buying others. Yahoo’s got to be getting nervous…

2003 02 27 tom Comments (0)

A great Washington Post cartoon today…

2003 02 26 tom Comments (0)

This weekend marked the first time I used the Autoshare service I signed up for last month. It’s really convenient: there’s an Autoshare car parked in a lot opposite my apartment. If it’s free, I can book it any time and pay for it by the hour and by the kilometre. It’s much more convenient […]

2003 02 26 tom Comments (0)

After three straight weeks of work, most evenings and both weekends, it was wonderful to get away. Anne and I went up to a beautiful bed & breakfast in Penetanguishine, Canopy of Trees. We had a great and relaxing weekend, cross-country skied in Awenda Provincial Park, and walked around the town’s Winterfest celebrations. On the […]

2003 02 17 tom Comments (0)

“Clarissa said that Albert asked Tina out on a quasi-date to the opera. I said, ‘Quasi-date? To the opera? I could go by myself to the opera, and that would practically count as a date.’” –A guy in the next booth at Triple Rock. inpassing.org I liked this one… Anne and I really enjoyed the […]

2003 02 17 tom Comments (0)

Really, really, REALLY busy. Project work approaching 12-14 hours per day 7 days per week. Should die back to a reasonable amount next week, so look for an update then.

2003 02 03 tom Comments (0)

Well, it’s a disappointing week for content consumers, with the Eldred v. Ashcroft case decision coming down firmly on the side of Disney and the established content industry. The lawyer for Eldred (and the side of good), Lawrence Lessig, is in understandable anguish over having lost probably the most important case of his career, poor […]

2003 01 16 tom Comments (0)

Ug, I’m all tired today. I had the best of intentions — go home, do laundry, cook dinner, relax — but got sucked back into Europa Universalis again. My new campaign’s going much better than the last one. After stomping the Scots, I signed onto a war against Spain which the French were waging. I […]

2003 01 14 tom Comments (0)

“It’s not so much a ‘He’s so sensitive and he understands’ thing, so much as a ‘He happened to be in the room when it happened’ thing.” –One girl talking to another outside Peet’s Coffee. inpassing.org

2003 01 14 tom Comments (0)