Growing up on the east coast of Canada, this is how I imagined Toronto to be, like, 24/7.
I’ve been here for nine months or so, and have yet to be invited to any trendy VICE parties. Just so you know, VICE, I am very willing to grow out some stubble and wear vintage clothing or [...]
Please stop Bell from doing crazy stuff. Thanks!
Love,
James
Our boy cat Julius passed away a few weeks ago. It was pretty shocking, as he was quite young and his passing was sudden and unexpected. While we miss him terribly, Cherie and I didn’t want Spook to get too used to being an only cat again.
So this weekend we picked up a new little [...]
Agile Tsar Dmitri Dolguikh pointed out Project Euler yesterday, which is a website containing a series of short programming problems. It reads a bit like bonus questions on a math exam, which is actually quite refreshing compared to the day-to-day problems at work. For added fun, I’m trying to run through the problems in Common [...]
We made a delicious pizza on the weekend with a great thin crust pizza dough recipe found on the tubes. It went well with Old Credit Brewing Co. Ltd.’s Pale Pilsner.
At the end of August, Cherie and I (and the cats) will be moving to Toronto. I’ll still be working with Red Hat on RHN; we just decided it was time to return to our own Country.
It should be good times.
Last Sunday was Canada Day.
Cherie and I celebrated with some homemade poutine and fine Canadian beverages.
While discussing a new software feature, I made the following typo:
17:56 <@jbowes> and then people would use it, and then we’d have to paintain it
17:56 <@jbowes> i meant to type maintain, but that word is awesome
I think paintain aptly describes what many of us do daily.
Today was a good day, TCB-wise:
I finished reading Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman. There are a few really terrible entries in this collection of short stories, but mostly it’s a good read.
Upgraded this blog to the latest Wordpress, and switched to the veryplaintxt theme. I’m enjoying the minimalist theme, but Wordpress appears to have eaten [...]
My newest healthy obsession is coffee. Though I have always been a coffee fan, I had never taken any steps beyond putting dark roast in my Mr. Coffee two-cup. Now, our household has a whole new coffee routine.
We now have a Mr. Coffee bean grinder, airtight ceramic containers for bean storage, and a Bodum French [...]