So this happened…
I got married! Well really we had a ceremony and reception since we were already married but it was nice to have a proper wedding day. There is a flickr set put together: http://www.flickr.com/photos/daavq13/sets/72157630402490652/
Category: Life
Anything that is to do with my life that doesn’t fall into work or play
Record industry charges for dancing and Canada allows it
The Copyright board of Canada has certified new tariffs that apply to music at events; like weddings. It is called “Re:Sound” Now I am getting married soon so I am keenly aware of the rubbish that SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) already pull. Apparently though …
Wedding table number idea
So I was struggling with the whole table numbers idea. Carmen, our wedding planner had sent some ideas, little chalk boards but I thought they looked chintzy and didn’t really appeal to me. But she was trying to tie it into a large black board we were using for the …
The Mary Ellen Carter
This song was sung at my uncle Sandy’s funeral. It still sends shivers up my spine. Rise again, rise again – though your heart it be brokenAnd life about to endNo matter what you’ve lost, be it a home, a love, a friend.Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.
The right to die
I am a big fan of Terry Pratchett, he is a brilliant author and unfortunately ill with alzheimer’s. Mr. Pratchett is fighting for the right to die at a time of his own choosing. Before his mind has deteriorated to the point where he can no longer think for himself, he …
Another Butcher’s update
It’s been a year or so since this whole Butcher’s fiasco started. I was one of the lucky ones, getting my money back. It was probably because I work for the CBC (which I made a point of mentioning) and CBC had already done an expose on the whole online-coupon …
Top Posts of 2011
It’s always fun to look at the site after awhile and review the analytics to see what posts were popular. This blog is really just a collection of random thoughts and things I collect so there isn’t much in the way of a cohesive theme. This randomness is detrimental to the popularity …
Adventures in Unlocking: Why I hate everything mobile
READ THIS BEFORE BUYING A NEW PHONE IN TORONTO So my iPhone 3G was dying, it could only hold a charge for an hour and according to the nice folks at iRepair, the power control chip was shot. If short the phone was pooched and needed to be replaced. While …
The biggest scam
You know what the biggest scam is? Cell phone screen films. Seriously. I just bought a Samsung Galaxy 4G infuse, which is a very impressive phone. (Just having something with a battery life longer than an hour is impressive after my ageing iPhone.) However, the stupid thing came with a screen protector. …