Regatta
Mallory entered her first race ever yesterday. The girl's under six flutterboard race. If not for the swimmer's ear I think she could have done the swimming race. But we're…
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Family fun
We're here at my uncle and aunt's cottage in the Muskokas. We don't see each other all that often but the scene is always amazing to me. What tends to…
And speaking of relatively easy
Upgrading to PHP 5.3 has only netted me one significant problem that I am about to investigate. Of course by typing these words I am inviting the discovery of a…
Booking in Killarney was easier than I thought
I have booked me another canoe trip. My friend Martin and I are staking out the second or third weekend in September as our new traditional canoe trip weekend. In…
Crime rates and government spending
So crime rates continue to decline. Not just nuisance crimes and property crimes but also crimes where people get hurt or worse. And it's been going this way for nigh…
I am really hoping Jack Layton is all right
I saw his presser today. He looked very thin and not well. I hope that whatever they have found is at a stage where they can beat it back into…
Getting sentimental about IDE
As I type, OS X is installing on the new hard disk in Irene's Macbook Air. As it happens, I managed to install it. There was a time when the…
Preparing for an upgrade
Back in the days when my server was in my basement, upgrading the OS was a bit of an adventure, but it never felt terribly scary. I mean, the backup…
Replacing a hard drive in a Macbook Air: in over my head
Well that was a drag. I ordered a hard disk to replace the defunct one in Irene's Macbook Air several weeks ago. It finally arrived and I spent much of…
Feeling like much less of a dolt this evening
I figured out a problem with a site I'm meant to be supporting as part of my freelance business. It was a Drupal White Screen of Death which was not…
Carl Wilson Lake trip report
Narrative plus photos, maps, and what not now posted here. A lovely trip although I clearly didn't travel far enough and had too much time to write.
Power back on? Check. Family coming home? Check.
Things are looking good. There is, however the small matter of getting the house ready. Putting away the pizza boxes, hiding the cases of empties, taking down the posters of…
Packed and ready to go
Have I missed anything? Hope not. I'm mostly ready to go. Of course the last thing is computer related. I managed to wipe out the virtual machine I use to…
Great evening talking about bread crusts
And other things too. Really. My evening out with former comrades more than made up for the fact that I was at work nosing the grindstone right up to when…
Talisker and rock and roll
When I lived on my own, it was pretty much a certainty that if I was home, there'd be music playing. Not necessarily loud but it was playing. When first…
Heaps and heaps of laundry
So you need to wash all your bedding if someone in your family gets pinworms and you want to have a chance at getting rid of them. And that's everyone.…
Back in town, on my own recognizance
Having a beer in front of the computer. Who hoo! And the tupperware? Out of which I ate leftovers for dinner? Isn't even washed up yet! Double whoo! Bachelor week…
Field of canola
My dad rents the back 10 to a farmer - one of the last on concession. Don't think there's much money in it, but when it's canola being farmed, you…
Stiff arm
I spent most of today at my dad's place, wielding heavy duty gardening gadgetry. My dad runs a gardening business and lately his place is proof of the saying about…
More screaming. We think pinworms are back
Despite a slight reddening around her vagina, the night time only screaming makes us think it’s pinworms. Again. This is the child we’re talking about, in case that’s not clear.…