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Look at Me, posting on the Internets whynot
Last night I got to see someone in concert that I'd been wanting to see for 19 years. Back in 1993, I was over at my Grandparents' house in Selby St, playing with my Powerbook 145, having the windows open and listening to Paul McCartney playing at Subiaco oval, and wishing I was there. I said to myself that if I ever had the chance to see him in ( Read more... ) -
A flying visit to a former home..
So in a rather interesting turn of events, I got a new job a few weeks ago, and one of the first things they did was send me to London Ontario... for 48 hours of meetings and other work stuff.
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Travel/events
Just to keep track of them all.. events may change at a probability based on inverse proximity
- June - jphoenix visiting Vancouver June 25th (noon) and depart on July 4th (6pm)
- July - Dad visiting us, might do a weekend in Washington state
- August - greteldragon in US, we might head down to Washington State for a visit, also bug ilumiari?
- September - unfoldedreality visiting Canada, ( Read more... ) -
Gub'mint woes
So I have lots of numbers from the Canadian government. But notably these three.- SIN - Social Insurance Number (Tax)
- UCI - Unique Client ID (Immigration)
- T-Number - Visa Document number
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Oh Perth..
We just spent the last two weeks in Perth.
While there, I saw alias_sqbr,alkland,ataxi,auntpol,azhure,bookbuster,carywin,distantcam,dr_jekyl,drayke_,ducts,e_bee,elaran,evilspyn,flyingblogspot,frenchiephish,frostlight1,grahame,greteldragon,hipikat,kadeton,lathiat,maelkann,miss_kittylix,mkj,nightmancyr,oliverm,originalnilson,paperishcup,reaps,stepham,tevriel,the_riviera_kid,tommmo,torque_635,unfoldedreality,utopos, and it was awesome.
On the way back, we got this stamp - which means we can stay in Canada as long as we want, which is also pretty awesome:
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Steven Page and Craig Northey, North Vancouver, 2012-03-09
Tonight we got to see Steven Page in concert! He is an incredibly complex guy.. and his voice is out of this world. I just love his music ( Read more... ) -
I R Sysadmin
Today I also had some fun installing an HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure. It's about 40 x 40 x 100cm, and weighs about 150kgs, and is worth about $250k (in fairness, as configured, the one I installed today is only $120k). We have 8 of them already, most of them at the bottom of racks. Those are easy to put in - we have a cart, which can be jacked up ( Read more... ) -
narf..
lizbyrd's parents + brother and sister are coming to visit over Christmas, and we're going to Tofino, on Vancouver Island with them. Should be fun. But the question comes, how do we get there ( Read more... )
