I got this gem off WIRED Mag' s website. I'm too lazy to look up the link to Wired, just look up Regina Lynn's latest article.
Suffice to say that the Faceless Invasion will hit Montreal on March 31. If I didn't have something more important to do, like the ORSF, I'd day-trip it to Montreal just to watch the circus.
Hilarious!
Friday, March 23, 2007
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
At last...
Finally, my competitions are over! All that's left to do is to finish up the paperwork: Letters to winners and losers... erm, unsuccessful applicants. What with fighting this cold, it's been a biatch...
I'm hoping to spend a week off in early April, to get out of the house and away from sources of stress and screw my head back on straight. I plan to travel to Montreal to visit my sister, then on to Waterloo to see Mark and Ena, and then to Londo to visit my Dad-in-law, then travel back. I may make a side trip to visit the Pearces at Shabomeka Lake. Depends on my mood... :-)
I'm going to try to find some geocaches along the way.
I look back over the last year and a half or so, and see how much things have changed in my life. Maybe I'll talk about it in another post.
I'm hoping to spend a week off in early April, to get out of the house and away from sources of stress and screw my head back on straight. I plan to travel to Montreal to visit my sister, then on to Waterloo to see Mark and Ena, and then to Londo to visit my Dad-in-law, then travel back. I may make a side trip to visit the Pearces at Shabomeka Lake. Depends on my mood... :-)
I'm going to try to find some geocaches along the way.
I look back over the last year and a half or so, and see how much things have changed in my life. Maybe I'll talk about it in another post.
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Dazed & confused...
Lots going on in my life, I SOOOO desperately need to take a break, but I don't have time...
It all started off with the February competitions. I thought I was "on top" of everything, but with the Lindau selection process, the finish up of the Doctoral Prizes, and the selection of the AH-HAs (not to mention calls from students who needed help filling forms on the Lindau website - let's just say that the English version of the website could have used a more rigorous English edit), it pretty much filled my cup to the brim. Add to that ORSF fundraising and certain family issues means I'm pretty much emotionally exhausted at the end of the day. So I worked on some ORSF stuff this morning, and will take the dog for a walk with Cheryl later this afternoon.
Oh, and the kid's comp went on the blink, to much of their exasperation and gnashing of teeth. After intermittently trying to solve the problem, I figure that IT MUST BE the power supply going on the blink... just about everything else except the case has been replaced!
Add to that, the cherry on my sundae: because of a particularly-worded work-related e-mail, I thought that this past Sunday (today) was when we were to go on Daylight Savings. Because Marc was feeling sick, I drove him in to work. I drove him in at what I thought was 7:00 AM, but was in fact 6:00 AM... let's just say he wasn't pleased with the Old Man for getting him up an hour earlier than needed.
Boy, I hope this week gets better!
(On re-reading this, it doesn't make much sense - but you know, I really don't care at this point...)
It all started off with the February competitions. I thought I was "on top" of everything, but with the Lindau selection process, the finish up of the Doctoral Prizes, and the selection of the AH-HAs (not to mention calls from students who needed help filling forms on the Lindau website - let's just say that the English version of the website could have used a more rigorous English edit), it pretty much filled my cup to the brim. Add to that ORSF fundraising and certain family issues means I'm pretty much emotionally exhausted at the end of the day. So I worked on some ORSF stuff this morning, and will take the dog for a walk with Cheryl later this afternoon.
Oh, and the kid's comp went on the blink, to much of their exasperation and gnashing of teeth. After intermittently trying to solve the problem, I figure that IT MUST BE the power supply going on the blink... just about everything else except the case has been replaced!
Add to that, the cherry on my sundae: because of a particularly-worded work-related e-mail, I thought that this past Sunday (today) was when we were to go on Daylight Savings. Because Marc was feeling sick, I drove him in to work. I drove him in at what I thought was 7:00 AM, but was in fact 6:00 AM... let's just say he wasn't pleased with the Old Man for getting him up an hour earlier than needed.
Boy, I hope this week gets better!
(On re-reading this, it doesn't make much sense - but you know, I really don't care at this point...)
Friday, February 09, 2007
End of first competition
Taking a few minutes to reflect on the past week of competition at work.
I'm tired - not from the competition, but from late nights trying to make ends meet for the family. I just seem to spend so much time COOKING - that and working out. That, and maybe an hour of gaming or chatting with da rabid hedgehog is enough to call it a night. I hope that when Cheryl's conference is out of the way we can get down to more balance, but the next week it'll be hunker down and get the job done.
This past week, I got an appreciation for the work put in by program officers. Lotsa dedication there, as well as the committe members who put in a massive amount of work for no pay. I feel honored to work with such a community of people.
It's amaaaazing what our young Canadian scientists are up to. Some of the research is really cutting-edge, I just wish that it were better known. Too bad I can't talk about it.
Having seen the talent that exists in our universities, it's easy to see the continuum of science education from high-school, to undergraduate, to graduate and beyond. I know this is not a profound conclusion and I'm not the first to make it. It just suprises me how little attention is paid to science/math at the HS level considering that the next generation of scientists and engineers (and innovators) can be grown locally.
All this has motivated me to take Monday off, and make it an ORSF day where I'll try to do some fundraising and some writing. And cooking, of course...
I'm tired - not from the competition, but from late nights trying to make ends meet for the family. I just seem to spend so much time COOKING - that and working out. That, and maybe an hour of gaming or chatting with da rabid hedgehog is enough to call it a night. I hope that when Cheryl's conference is out of the way we can get down to more balance, but the next week it'll be hunker down and get the job done.
This past week, I got an appreciation for the work put in by program officers. Lotsa dedication there, as well as the committe members who put in a massive amount of work for no pay. I feel honored to work with such a community of people.
It's amaaaazing what our young Canadian scientists are up to. Some of the research is really cutting-edge, I just wish that it were better known. Too bad I can't talk about it.
Having seen the talent that exists in our universities, it's easy to see the continuum of science education from high-school, to undergraduate, to graduate and beyond. I know this is not a profound conclusion and I'm not the first to make it. It just suprises me how little attention is paid to science/math at the HS level considering that the next generation of scientists and engineers (and innovators) can be grown locally.
All this has motivated me to take Monday off, and make it an ORSF day where I'll try to do some fundraising and some writing. And cooking, of course...
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Wired News: Bush Ripped on Global Warming
Damn. HELLO AMERICA!!! GET WITH IT, WOULD YA??
Why does this NOT surprise me. Could this be the Watergate that will bring down Bush?
I wish!
See Wired News: Bush Ripped on Global Warming
Why does this NOT surprise me. Could this be the Watergate that will bring down Bush?
I wish!
See Wired News: Bush Ripped on Global Warming
Computer crash blues
Well, I found out the hard way that you don’t mix a pre-Service Pack 2 edition of Windows XP with a SATA hard drive….
You see, the original edition of Windows XP (of which I have a copy) does not recognize large-capacity SATA hard drive on first installation. However I subsequently worked out the install of the SATA with the help of MS customer service, but I kept getting intermittent crashes to desktop. Odd.
That lasted until this past Monday, when I was in the process of "backing up" a DVD onto my hard drive, and then, WHOOPS… the Blue Screen of Death appeared. ARGH.
I was unable to boot the comp until late last night when I installed my old IDE hard drive.
So far, things look fine, but who knows?
You see, the original edition of Windows XP (of which I have a copy) does not recognize large-capacity SATA hard drive on first installation. However I subsequently worked out the install of the SATA with the help of MS customer service, but I kept getting intermittent crashes to desktop. Odd.
That lasted until this past Monday, when I was in the process of "backing up" a DVD onto my hard drive, and then, WHOOPS… the Blue Screen of Death appeared. ARGH.
I was unable to boot the comp until late last night when I installed my old IDE hard drive.
So far, things look fine, but who knows?
Monday, February 05, 2007
An unexpected e-mail
Ah, j'ai reçu un courriel de Louise (Louise M., pas Louise K!) Le petit courriel qu'elle m'a envoyé m'a fait sourire, et m'a inspiré à reconstruire mon "blogue."
Éventuellement, j'espère consolider toutes les petites informations dispersées que j'ai publié au courant des années, et les avoir en une seule place. P'tit train ira loin!
Éventuellement, j'espère consolider toutes les petites informations dispersées que j'ai publié au courant des années, et les avoir en une seule place. P'tit train ira loin!
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