I’ve been playing. I like to play from time to time. I asked myself, a while back, “What if David Lowe had a chance to arrange the Doctor Who theme?” David Lowe is, by the way, the guy who composed the iconic music, “countdown”, for BBC News, and has kept updating it ever since. It’s…
Read moreAsk me About My Weekend
Funny you should ask… I swear to you that what you are about to read is true. As you read it, you may think I’m making this up, or embellishing the story. Please believe me when I say that I am not. Last Saturday, upon consultation with my wife and another family, we elected to…
Read moreThe Dark Side of Calgary Expo
The Calgary Expo, in removing the Honeybadgers Brigade, shows a pattern of behaviour extended towards people who hold ideological viewpoints different than those of their leadership. How do I know? Simple: They did the same thing to me.
Read moreExcel and WPF
I do a lot of programming. It’s what I do for a living, and it’s also what I do to relax. I know, for many of you, that probably sounds really weird; but I discovered a few years ago that I was dreading waking up in the morning. That was also the time that I…
Read moreWhy I’m Supporting Naheed Nenshi.
Naheed Nenshi is far from perfect. Just like everyone else. He gets tired like you and me, he gets grumpy at times, just like you and me, and, just like you, he makes mistakes. He is also, as far as I can tell, quite, shall we say, “Liberal” on may of his personal beliefs. He hasn’t confirmed this to me, but I’m making that assessment of his ideological slant based on some of the things I’ve heard him say.
Read moreExcel and Sharepoint – Revisited
A few months ago, I wrote this blog entry here where I talk about logging into SharePoint, verifying a particular file exists, checking for a lock on the file, and informing the user of the result. Well, after much ado, I finished it. With a lot of swearing, cursing, and hating of SharePoint in general. What…
Read moreThe Office Christmas Party
Steven Britton Deep Stuff, Favourite Stuff, Fun Stuff, Home Stuff, Interest, My Stuff, Opinion, Play Stuff
First things first: Let’s call them what they are. Christmas Parties. Not “Winter Celebrations”, or “Holiday Parties”, or “Early Winter Festive Occasions”, but Christmas Parties. One year, my wife’s employer sent out a broadcast email which stated, “this year, our annual winter celebration will be held…” I refused to go. When I was asked why,…
Read moreThe End
Columbia stood at the side of the bed. The beep, beep of the heart monitor pulsed quietly in the background. It was nearly time. The nurse sat back quietly, giving Columbia space and privacy so she could she could give her uncle her undivided attention. The attending physician ducked into the room to check on…
Read morePutting God in a Box
Being a geek, I tend to watch a lot of The Discovery Channel. I enjoy shows about science (Mythbusters rocks!), the origins of the universe, and history. Recently, Discovery aired a show called Curiosity: Did God Create the Universe? Presented by Prof. Stephen Hawking, the show dealt with the origins of the universe from a…
Read moreDo’s and Don’ts When Meeting A Celebrity
Steven Britton Deep Stuff, Favourite Stuff, Fun Stuff, Home Stuff, Interest, My Stuff, Opinion, Play Stuff
This has been a few weeks in coming. Now I have finished my chronicle of my time volunteering at Calgary Expo, I can focus some time on other stuff – like how to not look like a fool when meeting a celebrity. These rules apply almost universally – except when the celebrity is David Suzuki….
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