Like Mr. Burns and his trillion dollar bill (Thanks Tom)

Putin pockets Patriots owner's Super Bowl ring

I think I ate too much salt & pepper squid

I didn't even know there's such a thing as too much s&p s. It's from Golden Inn, best in town. We're all at work late tonight setting the Wolf free. And Lime Coke goes very well with westernized (deep fried, greasy) Chinese food. Is there anything it can't do?

Just took the MIT blog survey

Rick Mercer has a blog

And it's pretty good so far. Canadian politics are funny in a sort of "pathetic" way, but I'll gladly take that over the US politics that are funny in a sort of "four horsemen of the apocalypse" way.

New Top 500 is out

The 500 fastest computers. CNET's article on the list has a great fact re: progress:

The top performer is faster than the collective performance of the entire list of November 2001

Saw Batman Begins on Saturday

And it's just what I was hoping for (but not quite perfect). Nice to see it's already climbing its way up the Internet Move Database Top 250. Now all that remains is for Christopher Nolan to knockout Joel Schumacher on the red carpet and bring balance to the force.

Canada's new copyright bill

Yesterday as expected Canada got some new copyright legislation. The bill has some good and some bad, but overall is more on the side of record labels and less on the side of individuals. Law professor Michael Geist provides a nice summary of the reactions and his more detailed first reaction. My biggest complaint is we still have that tax on blank media. Even if I buy a blank CD to store some photos, a chunk of what I paid goes to some musician. Are you unhappy about that too? The Canadian Coalition for Fair Digital Access has info on the ministers to contact

Did you know that the music industry already charges you a levy on most recordable media that you buy, like blank CDs, minidisks, and audio-cassettes? Plus GST and PST!

LG 125

I just upgraded to a new phone yesterday, a white LG 125. It just came out in Canada and is so far available only from Telus. It doesn't have a camera or MP3 player or anything, it just does a good job at being the only thing I need it to be: a phone. So far I like it a lot. It's small, light, has a nice screen, good buttons, and the software improvements I was looking for over my old LG TM520. Here's the CNET Review.

Satellite radio

The CRTC authorizes Canada 's first three subscription radio services Finally. The application was only made when, 2003? Oh well, better late than never. Of course there are Canadian content rules, but if they have to be there then they seem reasonable to me. The best part, though, was that the CRTC smartly rejected the Canadian recording industry request for copy protection. The CRIA is as scared and confused as their American counterparts.

Triumph, my second favorite dog

Triumph vs the Michael Jackson Supporters. Oh man that's funny.

Drinking Coca-Cola with Lime™ and watching Family Guy

Both great

Here's the finished product. 

Today we made delicious strudla with my grandma Hilda. 

PHP turns 10

If you held me down and forced me to pick a favorite programming language, I guess I'd have to say PHP. Well it was 10 years ago today that Rasmus Lerdorf posted PHP tools version 1.0. I've been using PHP seriously since 1999, and it's been a vital part of professional career. Thank you everyone who's played a part in its development.

New CocaCola with Lime

I gotta say, this stuff is pretty good

Nice week

• Apple announces they're switching to Intel processors - About time.
• At work Wolf (latest RPM version) is done development and in testing.
• Also at work, the previously wimpy flush of the men's toilet is now a mighty vortex of doom.

Good times (Other than the non-stop rain. What is this, Vancouver?)

One more picture of Jenka, I can't resist. This is back just after fence construction. 

With all the brushing and now her first bath today, Jenka is looking more like a sleek German Shepherd. That may have been the first bath she's had in her life. 

We're partying like it's 1997

AJAX is the new web development craze. But why is it popular now when it's based on technology from 1997? Adam Bosworth has some ideas. Never one to be out of hi-tech fashion, we're using AJAX functionality in RPM now.