So out of all the swirling rumours about how the Jerry Seinfeld/Bill Gates commercials failed miserably and the subsequent denials (I thought the first two ads were both very funny, maybe not supremely clever, but interest-generating to be sure), we now see the second wave. This time a rather poignant claim that “I’m a PC [...]
It’s high time I get off my duff and get the focus back. And that not only means blogging more than once a month here, but in a few other areas as well. I figure the best way to get this thing back on the rails is to plunk down a post that at least [...]
Back on our May long weekend, we decided to opt for conservative parenting and didn’t take our daughter to see the fireworks (too late and too little sleep we figured), but we made the promise that she’d definitely get to see them on Canada Day. So last night we went. While Em, along with hundreds [...]
It was the first night of soccer for my daughter last night. Let me give you the 3 minute rundown: It was cold and damp (about 8C or 46F), moderately gusty and lightly raining. My dad and I were freezing. She was rosy-cheeked but kept warm with all the exercise, activity and good circulation that [...]
Shortly before I went to Las Vegas, I decided I’d like to buy the Flip Video Ultra camcorder while I was down there. If you don’t know what it is, here’s a short description: It’s a handheld, solid state, 2GB capacity video capture device. It captures 640×480 video at 30fps. There is a 1.8″ LCD [...]
We arrived back from our five day sojourn to Vegas last night by way of San Francisco(!). Turns out Air Canada booked the connecting flights with not enough time overlap to satisfy United. So they had to send us back from Vegas via San Fran and then on to Toronto. Originally it was supposed to [...]
As someone with 6 years of successful fatherhood under my belt – what… no award? – I’ve often reminisced about my youth, or more precisely my parents’ handling of my youth. I model a lot of my parenting, as do most I assume, on my own parents. I like the way I was brought up [...]
I recently arrived back from an almost two-week vacation down to Myrtle Beach and Disney World. While not completely “off the grid”, aside from a daily email check and a couple of blog comments, I pretty much unplugged. I gave the camera a decent workout with a few hundred snapshots just downloaded onto the pc [...]
I woke up today somewhat disappointed. My back doesn’t hurt, my joints don’t ache, I don’t own a hairpiece and I’m not particularly grumpy about anything. I’m now 40. Is there some rite of passage before I can experience the pleasures of entering my fifth decade on the planet? I have started going grey (over [...]
Perhaps this is old, and maybe everyone’s seen this one before, but I thought it was funny. The part about Mother-in-Law 1.0 made me almost snort out my coffee… Dear Tech Support, Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance — particularly in [...]