Moosecamp ’07 – Post #3
This blogging conference is being held in the Foresty Building at UBC. And despite what the signs would have you believe, it is not a logging conference.
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This blogging conference is being held in the Foresty Building at UBC. And despite what the signs would have you believe, it is not a logging conference.
Omg, this is so cool. I put my photos up on Flickr, using the offical NorthernVoice tags of “nv07” and “northern voice” so that I could post them in my last posting. And I just saw that a guy in the row ahead of me was looking at them already… I just looked up and […]
I’m blogging in a blogging conference! How friggin’ cool is that?? The session I’m in now is called “Mashups for Non-programmers“… I’m learning how to use Yahoo Pipes. But the Yahoo Pipes site just went down… probably because everyone in this room has a laptop and everyone is on Yahoo Pipes. Also, being a volunteer, […]
I’m sitting at Calhoun’s right now, drinking coffee and availing myself of the free wifi*. I’m sitting on the patio. In the sunshine. Wearing sunglasses. No jacket. In FEBRUARY!! I was lured out of my dark dank basement suite by the sounds of birds singing! I’m not making that up. Friggin‘ birds were friggin‘ singing […]
E: I’m meeting UBC‘s president and getting interviewed by City TV tomorrow…a tad nerve racking! I guess I better actually brush my hair tomorrow, eh? Me: Are you being interviewed and meeting the prez for Reading Week stuff*? E: yup! Me: Cool. Try not to drop any F-bombs** in front of him 😉 E: I’ll […]
I have a thing for funny t-shirts. In addition to my fan favourite blogging it shirt (from ThinkGeek.com), I also have this one that my sister gave me for my graduation (from Jinx.com): and this one that my neice gave me for Christmas (not sure where she got it from): If I ever get a […]
Jorge tagged me, in my first ever blog tagging, with this question: “What are five of your reasons for blogging?” This is very reminiscent of Darren‘s “Why Do You Blog?” Survey (perhaps he, or one of his readers started this meme*?). So, while I did fill out Darren‘s survey, I never shared with you, gentle […]
As a wannabe member of the O.O.T.S.S.O.E.R.A.A.A.P.*, I feel it is my duty to prove that I meet their criterion of being: “mostly in agreement with the “truth.”” The truth, as stated on their aptly titled page, the Truth, (and for those of you too lazy to click on the many, many links to the […]
As you may recall, 2006 was not my favourite year. And as you may also recall, I predicted that 2007 was going to be the best. year. ever. Well, I’m still unemployed and first month and a half of 2007 have been filled with further illnesses and deaths. So my hypothesis has been revised*… it’s […]
Got an email from Jody yesterday: I hereby award you the “I blog about science” badge. Congratulations.http://scq.ubc.ca/sciencescouts/index.html these scouts sound fun. Thanks Jody!! Man, I’m sooo special! Check out the shiny badge I get:So, being the internet junkie that I am, I needed to further investigate this organization from which Jody had bestowed me this […]