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In: Life
1 May 2008Well, back to dreaming.
It (very briefly) looked like I might be able to get my MacBook Pro (a constant whining theme here). But, again, it fell through. Reality kicked in and the money went to where it was really needed.
Maybe I’ll score a consulting gig or something to help with this…
Leads on cheap MacBook Pros [...]
In: Canada| Immigration| Life| RANTING
13 Jul 2007As many readers know, I am going through the process — if you call filing a bunch of paperwork and not hearing anything for 2 years a process — of obtaining Permanent Residency in the United States, often referred to as the Green Card.
This morning, on NPR, there was a story about a foul-up in [...]
In: RANTING
28 Feb 2006Steve, what the hell is this?
Problems with the iPod WiFi
big
cumbersome
clumsy
not environmentally friendly (no rechargeable batteries?)
And it’s been done. There must be a dozen docks that let people plug iPods into their stereos
The iPod WIFI would have been a more interesting product announcement.
This one won’t sell many, except to the MacAddicts, or to the Apple museum [...]
In: RANTING
5 Dec 2004Bush scoffed at opposition to missile defence during private meeting with Martin
Frankly, the thought of leaving Canada unprotected is not the issue. It is the absolute arrogance of Bush to think that he even has a hope to get this through a minority parliament — hell, any parliament.
Even if the freaks in the [...]
In: Life
4 Dec 2004Spent all day in bed.
Now before you go off the deep-end and start saying how decadent, you have to realize that I spent most of the time unconscious, sweating, and having very unusual vivid dreams. It was actually kind of nice to have vivid dream again; I don’t have them very often, as a result [...]
In: RANTING
14 Nov 2004So, the Al Gonzales nightmare begins. The Bush Cabal have tried to play him as a good ol’ boy, someone who has worked hard and risen to the top of his field.
Did we mention that he finds the Geneva Conventions "quaint"? And that he helped re-define torture for the administration?
Al Gonzales will make Ashcroft look [...]
In: RANTING
7 Nov 2004Link: No Longer a Christian.
Read this. Understand.
I was told in Sunday school the word “Christian” means to be Christ-like, but the message I hear daily on the airwaves from the christian media are words of war, violence, and aggression. Throughout this article I will spell christian with a small c rather than a [...]
Stephen Pierzchala is one of a cadre of crazy Canucks living in the United States. A 10-year veteran of the Web performance field, Stephen also writes on topics as diverse as branding and reputation, bipolar, and Web technologies.