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So, I logged into my blog just now, with no idea in particular about what to blog about today, hoping that staring at the blank screen would inspire me. Or that I’d discover 7/8ths of a blog posting already written which I’d forgotten about1. And, in an effort to further procrastinate on writing, I decided […] →Read more
Hey, so remember how I won a romantic fondue & snowshoe tour? So that tour was yesterday. And since Tod was out of town, I took my friend and half marathon training buddy, Alicia, in his place. Also, it turned out that the tickets weren’t just for the three hour chocolate fondue + snowshoeing tour […] →Read more
When I first heard about the Decor Hell contest over on Monica’s blog, I knew that I *had* to enter. The contest involves sending in a photo of your fugly furniture, something that I have in no short supply! When I moved into my current place (which was meant to be a summer sublet but […] →Read more
I received my voter card for the Vancity Board of Directors election in the mail today! I’m a big fan of Vancity – I do almost all my banking with them (except for my student loans, which I can’t take out of the RBC without them losing their “student loan” status1 and some savings with […] →Read more
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My dad is a big time Leafs fan. Big time. Despite growing up in Montreal, where it would have made a lot of sense to be a Habs fan (you know, given that the Habs win once in a while), he’s always been a fan of the Leafs. He moved to the Toronto area in […] →Read more
In addition to a dating site for finding someone to have an affair with (which, apparently, is actually just a front for a prostitution site), you can also use science to find your perfect match: My favourite part of the site is this: Only $995 for a lifetime membership. Why would you need a lifetime […] →Read more
So, yesterday I went to that talk by Dr. El-So-hottie1 that I mentioned the other day. His research in in the area of nutrigenomics – the field that applies genomics (i.e., studying the genome (i.e., all the genes in an individual)) to nutrients. What I really like about his lecture was that he talks about […] →Read more
An online dating site for extra-martial affairs. Their tagline, and I’m not even making this up, is “LIFE IS SHORT. HAVE AN AFFAIR.™” That’s right – that’s trademarked! From their own filthy, filthy mouths: Are you Married but Looking? Ashley Madison is the place for Married Dating. Feeling neglected and in need of some excitement? […] →Read more
More Educamp stuff… Topic: Testing Voice-to-Text & Other Methods (Qualitative Data Transcription) Facilitator: Morgan Reid qualitative research results in a lot of audio files of interviews is there a way to get all that transcribed using technology? there are some good transcription tools – e.g. Express Scribe = free tool, Transcriptions – Mac tools (he […] →Read more