Category Archives: Riot Nrrd

Critically important aeronautical distinction

Posted on 31 January, 2012 by Mike

I’m late to the Memetrain, as usual, but I couldn’t leave this one alone: So there, Peppy. Pedantry: winning!

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Did you know about this? (the CBC radio edition)

Posted on 12 January, 2012 by Mike

So I was driving home this afternoon, after today’s aeronautical adventures (check-out in a new-to-me airplane), listening as one does to CBC Radio out of Vancouver. There was something weirdly familiar about the voices on the radio, and I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Currently reading

Posted on 18 September, 2011 by Mike

Or, my tabdump for 18 September 2011, potentially of interest to some people I know read this blog: Don’t Come to the Dark Side: Acquisition Lessons from a Galaxy Far Far Away Fighting a Nuclear Armed Regional Opponent: Is Victory … Continue reading →

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Transition Notes

Posted on 16 August, 2011 by Mike

I took possession of the a new machine today, the first really new machine I’ve bought in donkey’s years. I say “really new” because this is the first time I’ve had any protracted exposure to Windows 7 — the Vista … Continue reading →

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Dear application developers

Posted on 8 August, 2011 by Mike

Continually popping up dialog boxes informing me the system is going down in 31 minutes, and that I should clean up and log off, every time I send data to the server does not, in fact, help me clean up … Continue reading →

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Quick hits

Posted on 8 July, 2011 by Mike

In no particular order: Of the many, many things that irritate me about the Harmonized Sales Tax, nothing is more irritating right now than the fact that the referendum isn’t a debate so much on the merits of the tax … Continue reading →

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Back to the future

Posted on 23 June, 2011 by Mike

Imagine a computing technology where your data is instantly available from anywhere on the network: no matter where you are, there are your files — just as you left them. You work with relatively simple tools, with a consistent user … Continue reading →

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Statistics Rantlet

Posted on 14 June, 2011 by Mike

A woman on CTV Vancouver earlier this evening described the “probability” of the Canucks winning tomorrow’s Stanley Cup Final as “50-50.” NO. JUST… NO. I see this all the time and it drives me up the wall. (I may need … Continue reading →

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WE R ALL XPRTS NOW

Posted on 20 September, 2010 by Mike

CBC: Don’t text 911 RCMP in British Columbia are warning people not to text message 911 in emergencies. Sandy Vogstad, with the RCMP’s communication centre, said the province’s 911 system can’t deliver text messages. “It is the system in general … Continue reading →

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Kara Thrace as "El Capitan"

Posted on 10 March, 2010 by Mike

This is just incredibly awesome: Don’t believe me? Watch it and the original side by side.

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