Computer Stuff

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Office progress and other tidbits

Well folks, let me tell you, my office has been coming along quite well. I haven’t posted any photos since I haven’t completed it yet and odds are I won’t be for awhile, but let me tell you, there’s a few nice things about this place. First off, now that I have my own TV, … Continue reading »

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The destruction of 107 Brydges St

Well folks, the demolition of our cottage began yesterday and the fun stuff started on Wednesday. We knew that the demolition folks would be coming on Friday so we had to get everything out of the cottage that we wanted to keep and anything that was left would get destroyed in the tear down. Me … Continue reading »

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Social networks and employment

I read an article on Slashdot today which led me to two other articles. The articles were all about how employers are now starting to use the web and social networking sites like Facebook & Twitter to learn more about their employees and more specifically, people they are looking at hiring. There’s an opinion piece … Continue reading »

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Bobsroom is now mobile friendly

So this morning I was looking for a new theme for this site. Just looking at maybe taking some of the darkness out of the site and making it a bit more bright. Well, I didn’t find anything that I overly liked, but in looking at a few different themes, I found a plugin which … Continue reading »

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Top 10 Failed Apple Products

Folks, here’s a list of products that never got out of Apple’s research and development labs. I wrote this list myself. Top 10 Failed Apple Products iTouch MySelf – Apple’s new revolutionary self-pleasure tool. This new electronic device featured state of the art “touch” functionality. With no knobs, buttons, or switches, you could control all … Continue reading »

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Please make it stop!

Ever feel like no matter what it is you read, listen to, or watch, you are constantly be bombarded by advertisement? I mean, we listen to the radio and hear commercials for mortgage companies, auto shops, concerts, whatever. It gets old fast. In the world of television, we’ve gotten used to commercials between programs but … Continue reading »

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A little bit of a panic

Well, let me tell you about the interesting events that transpired this weekend. Some of this really should go on Dylan’s blog but I’m going to post it here anyway. As you know, we are expecting another baby in our household. In fact, she’s due to arrive in early-mid May. Well, that having been said, … Continue reading »

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Photo -> Sound, revisited

Saw a couple of comments on this so I thought I’d expand a little further on what I want to do. All forms of audio can be represented by a waveform that gets displayed in something like Cooledit/Audition. When you open the MP3/Wav, it shows up as a sine wave of sorts with peaks and … Continue reading »

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How do you retain your digital world?

I was reading an article on Slashdot today which really got me to thinking. Until about 10 years ago, everything you did to “record” events in your life was stored either on cassette, videotape, or good old fashion film cameras. As far as film was considered, all you did was develop the photograph and you … Continue reading »

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Vancouver, gone already, and Edmonton here I am

I spent 3 nights in Vancouver and I did not get a chance to see very much. I did however see enough of the city to know that it is quite a nice looking city. Took some photos, wandered the streets a bit, but with my head and my throat acting all weird, it was … Continue reading »

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