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Monthly Archives: June 2013
Canada Day Weekend
Well it’s Friday on a long weekend that will include celebrations from coast to coast. When I was wondering about what to write about today, I figured it would be a good time to reflect on what being Canadian means … Continue reading
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Tagged being canadian, canada, canadian customs, canadian freedoms
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Going off grid
There was an article in the paper (The Ottawa Citizen) by a well know local contractor (Mike Holmes) about zero net energy homes. He described how to build the homes to take advantage of passive solar heating, how to make … Continue reading
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Tagged 0 net energy homes, alternative power, home power consumption, off grid, solar power, wind power
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Taekwon Do
I have been involved with Taekwondo for many years (Greater than 15) and it has become something that my wife and I just do. I get the usual comments referring to licensing my hands as weapons and not wanted to … Continue reading
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Tagged conditioning, exercise, hobbies, marshal arts, self defense, taekwon do
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Life Logging
There are a growing number of people who are going out of their way to log every aspect of their daily lives. I first stumbled across this phenomena when I read “Total Recall” by Jim Gemmell and Roger Lueder. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Business Development, data collection, data storage, life logging, software
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Reactive Programming
I don’t know if I would go so far as to call Reactive Programming a design pattern, but there are people who do. Most of us have experienced it but we didn’t know it had a name. The most common … Continue reading
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Tagged android, C++ programming, java, objective-c, Reactive Programming, software development, User Interfaces, UX
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Graphical frustration …
Ever try to learn something and find yourself banging your head against an invisible wall. Well that’s what happens every time I try to understand computer graphics. My oldest son seems to have figured it out, but I just haven’t … Continue reading
“Effective C++” : Part 7
It’s been a while since my last post on C++ and I have been immersed in Java as of late. Some of the points today actually apply to languages other than C++ as Scott presents sound arguments for all objected … Continue reading
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Tagged C++, C++ programming, coding guidelines, Effective C++, Reliable C++
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Keeping expectations plastic
Life has a tendency to throw us curve balls that we don’t see coming. Or to put it another way “the best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray”. Some people believe that any failure when it comes to … Continue reading
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Tagged careers, expectations, hobbies, life, planning, plastic expectations
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Mobile Computing
So what is the right approach to mobile computing as we go forward. So far we have seen the rise and fall of the palm pilot, personal organizers, the pager, the blackberry (Some would argue) all replaced by the smart … Continue reading
Schooling in Canada: A first hand review.
My wife and I are on the tail end of the schooling experience with respect to having children in the system. I wouldn’t rule out either of us taking more post secondary courses but if we put that aside, we … Continue reading
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Tagged canadian schools, community colleges, education, high schools, primary schools, schools, universities
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