The Alberta WorkerSomething I have prided myself on over the last few years has been my non-partisan involvement in politics. I don”t adhere to a specific political party in provincial or federal politics, and I don’t put all my eggs in one municipal basket. Per se. Well, I ruined that. Sort of. This year, against my best […]
One of the great things about living in Lethbridge is the variable weather. A common saying in Southern Alberta is, “If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutesâ€. While that may be hyperbolic, it does aptly illustrate our very volatile weather pattern. What this means is that we get a variety of weather; it […]
Above is my cultural heritage: paternal on the left and maternal on the right. Cr = Cree Cz = Czech D = Dutch E = English F = French G = German Sc = Scottish I have a little Spanish in there that goes way back, and I may have Danish but have been unable […]
I put in 650 metres today. I thought for this post I would report my swimming in sets rather than totals. 1. 4 x 25 m front crawl 2. 4 x 25 m breast stroke 3. 4 x 25 m front crawl 4. 4 x 25 m breast stroke 5. 4 x 25 m front […]
I discovered a new shortcut in Firefox 1.5 today. In the previous version of Firefox, I used the SuperDragAndGo extension to open links in new tabs. It turns out that in Firefox 1.5, you can drag a link onto the tab toolbar and a new link will open automatically. I love it when Firefox integrates […]
I have finally joined the 21st century. My new (and first) iPod arrived yesterday. My beautiful wife picked it up at the post office for me. The iPod is pretty cool, and I used it in my transit commute this morning. I am still trying to get the controls down pat. I keep trying to […]
RSS is rapidly becoming a popular format for providing content. It allows users to subscribe to bits of information, so they can be notified when new information has been posted. I’ve been tossing around the idea of implementing RSS at work lately, and wanted to do it with ColdFusion. I finally buckled down and put […]
Some of my readers are familiar with my post on GMail Folders that shows a workaround for the seemingly absent email folders that abound in other software. I thought I would also post on how to create mailing lists (or mailing groups) in GMail. A mailing list is handy because you can specify a list […]
Aisling Elisabeth Winter Siever was born today at 17:23 (MDT). Labour went well (about 6.5 hours) and Mama and baby are nursing contently. More details to be posted on our family website.
I keep receiving visitiors coming to my sites looking for information on hot peppers. They look to see what makes hot pepper hot, which of the peppers are the hottest, and so forth. I thought I should make at least one post on the information. If I ever get around to it, maybe I’ll dedicate […]