Archive for June, 2005

Kinsella to Harper: Ideas

Monday, June 20th, 2005

In the morning, National Post readers will see this article about Warren Kinsella‘s lack of fear of a Conservative government — even if only short-term — and about the kindness Harper demonstrated to a former adviser of the opposing party. “So, instead, Tories should talk up ideas — the things Conservatives are for — and [...]

Mozilla Thunderbird HTTP Handler

Sunday, June 19th, 2005

This is just a personal note. I’m running an older version of Mandrake Linux on my computer, and I found this information for connecting mailto: links. In case I find this handy in the future, I’m blogging it for future reference and the rest of you can safely ignore it. Mozilla Thunderbird Notes – Waikato [...]

First steps to saying goodbye

Thursday, June 16th, 2005

It’s a sentimental night. Tonight I enjoyed some tea with a friend whose hard work and leadership at the TRU Model UN Club helped make my year in Kamloops a lot more fun. Thanks Ellen!

PNG Transparency

Tuesday, June 14th, 2005

Today is the first time in ages that I’ve looked at my site using Internet Explorer (I’m in the TRU computer lab) and I’m reminded why I dislike that browser. With Firefox, — regardless whether I’m on Windows, Linux, or Apple platforms — the icons for my weather widget on the main-page sidebar blend smoothly [...]

My mine rescue and Steve’s bear encounter

Saturday, June 11th, 2005

Today I volunteered to help with a mine rescue simulation competition here in Kamloops. The even has only increased my respect for these teams who really have to work quickly, intelligently, and cohesively in order to handle quite a range of emergencies. I spend my day hanging 50 feet off the ground (pretending to be [...]

Statscan RSS feeds available

Monday, June 6th, 2005

Since there doesn’t seem like much happening in domestic politics to write about these days (sarcasm intended), I think this is a pretty awesome development at Statscan. Now you can use Firefox live bookmarks, or — my favourite — Thunderbird’s RSS reader to keep up with Statscan’s publication, The Daily. The Government of Canada Newsroom [...]