Monthly Archives: February 2007

“Gokigenyou” pushed out into Eclipse CVS…

Yesterday night, I committed the code for my MSN protocol implementation named “Gokigenyou” (WWWJDIC definition: ご機嫌よう; 御機嫌よう 【ごきげんよう】 (int) How do you do?; Nice to meet you; adieu; farewell) and its ECF implementation code into CVS. The two projects in … Continue reading

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Choosing between IE7 and Deer Park…

I’ve always known that the MFCF computers has been using Deer Park (1.5.0.6) for a while, but I came to an intriguing revelation today whilst printing out my ACTSCI 221 assignment. I noticed that the logo for Internet Explorer has … Continue reading

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Bad fansubs or worst fansubs?

Come now, when someone’s name is サラ, just how hard is it to figure out that it just has to be Sarah, given the fact that the show takes place in the United States and that it’s written right on … Continue reading

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Whoops, a little late there, Microsoft…

My name is [...] and I am a recruiting representative with Microsoft Corporation. One of our recruiters recently came across your resume and is very interested in speaking with you about the Software Design Engineer Co-op Position when Microsoft comes … Continue reading

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If you’re in UW, don’t forget to vote…

I voted back in 2005 and didn’t back in 2006 (primarily because “I forgot” because of the work term thingamajig). Voting for the senate and the president/vp stuff will be going on at vote.feds.ca from February 13-15, so don’t forget … Continue reading

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Greatest speaker or greatest speaker?

I had the privilege of attending a talk by Larry Smith about software entrepreneurial start-ups in the MC and a lecture with him in ECON 102, it doesn’t get any better than this, two talks in one day. The midterm … Continue reading

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Extreme Blue offer received…

Well, I just got a verbal offer for the internship program via a phone call from Marcellus Mindel, the Extreme Blue program coordinator for IBM Ottawa. So it seems I’ll be in that area from May to August, so if … Continue reading

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Eclipse Forms looking good…

Since I actually have a paper to write, I have not indulged myself in reading the entire thing but have instead merely read the first couple of paragraphs and glanced at all of the screenshots. No matter, really, because eye … Continue reading

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It’s cold, real cold…

It’s cold. Yes, it is. It’s one of those days where you think to yourself “they should’ve closed school today instead of that one other time”. Yes, they definitely should’ve because it was a joke last time.

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Well, that was scary…

My computer just shut itself down a little while ago without notice. This actually happens a lot more often than you’d think because my fan doesn’t work and the chip prefers powering down instead of running itself to death into … Continue reading

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