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Well, it’s official. Pluto is no longer a planet. It is now a dwarf planet. While this is probably a reasonable result in and of itself, the new definitions have a few problems. I won’t bother duplicating the definitions nor … Continue reading →

Over the past few years, there has been an explosion in sites using Captchas as a means of controlling automated abuse. Of course, the bad guys are also putting a lot of effort into automated ways of solving captchas. Even … Continue reading →

Today, we had a brownout condition in Calgary and the news says the same was true in Edmonton. Of course, that wrought havoc with rush hour traffic since a lot of important traffic signals were down and the average idiot … Continue reading →

Today I decided I would set out for a stroll downtown. I was expecting to have aches and pains by time I got there but the only thing that was bothering me when I got downtown was my feet. I’m … Continue reading →

Well, I actually got motivated and headed off to see the Columbia Icefield among other things. I’ve been saying I was going to do that for something like four years now. I can tick something off my list of "someday … Continue reading →

Well, I haven’t written anything for a while. As I said last time, it was too hot to think any more in my place. In any event, I spent much of the time between my last entry and Tuesday morning … Continue reading →

Well, I’m back home after the excursion to Thunder Bay. Now I just need to prepare everything for my camping trip. Turns out that will be a trifle more complex than it might otherwise have been but, hey, that’s life. … Continue reading →

Well, we arrived in Thunder Bay without too much incident. There was once case where an asshole trucker came up and parked on the read bumper. We were doing the speed limit so I saw no reason to do anything … Continue reading →

Well, I’m off on my 2006 vacation. I’m writing this from the hotel in Brandon which is the stopover point for the trip to Thunder Bay. The drive from Calgary has so far been uneventful unless you count the guy … Continue reading →

On Thursday, I went to A Prairie Home Companion. After all, I won the pass the other morning so why not. It’s not a movie I would have picked for myself out of a list of movies. It turns out, … Continue reading →