tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56860642694852598202011-11-27T15:53:11.910-08:00ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.comBlogger511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-21994300706820537762011-09-24T19:11:00.000-07:002011-09-24T19:30:19.278-07:00

I recently got this error in a crash report from the android market for my app.The problem was that I was trying to load many bitmaps into a gridview (thus causing the app to run out of memory). The problem became quite noticeable at around 20 bitmaps and over.I was trying to fix the problem with all kinds of silly band-aid solutions (eg calling the garbage collector in getView of the adapter,

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-62667713148914027352011-08-30T20:41:00.000-07:002011-08-30T20:43:08.953-07:00

Today I published my first Android app! Check it out and send me bug reports! https://market.android.com/details?id=remember.me supports version 2.1+ Tested on HTC Magic with Sense UI

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War Profiteering 101:Step 1: Find shady Middle Eastern dudeStep 2: Give shady Middle Eastern dude weaponsStep 3: Use shady Middle Eastern dude as scapegoatStep 4: Bomb Middle EastStep 5: Profit!Step 6: Declare victoryStep 7: Kill shady Middle Eastern dude. He is no longer needed.Step 8: Repeat step 1

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-18267402990028567002011-04-09T17:23:00.000-07:002011-04-09T17:29:42.683-07:00

This will be my last post for cmpt 376 and I want to reflect on the last 25 posts in this blog. Initially I had hoped to write some intelligent and worthwhile posts, but my laziness got the better of me. I'm not saying that I didn't put any thought into it, but the well thought out posts were not as frequent as I had hoped. even so, I'm still happy that this blog actually had a legitimate purpose

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-61707737156486544102011-03-31T16:25:00.000-07:002011-03-31T16:32:43.649-07:00

Next week is the last week of class, and there is one assignment due for each class. At this point, I'm honestly just looking to get it over with.On a completely unrelated not, Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 1 was released today. Once I stop being lazy, I will read up about it and maybe post my opinion here. I am looking forward to this version of Ubuntu because it will be running on the 2.6.38 kernel and

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-12469800617869371032011-03-20T00:15:00.000-07:002011-03-20T00:20:04.340-07:00

With this whole UBB debate still raging on (not in the news), you may be curious to find out how much bandwidth you are using. If you are a Shaw customer, head over to secure.shaw.ca and sign up for an account. From there, you can see your monthly bill as well as a nice bar graph of your monthly usage. I am currently at 59.xxGB for March, with 12 days until April 1st. Let's hope I don't get any

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-58837554152068862312011-03-12T20:57:00.000-08:002011-03-12T21:01:57.567-08:00

There are 30 days left in the spring 2011 semester and I seriously need to stop slacking. This week I have three assignments due. I really should start doing them, but the force of procrastination is strong. I also need to look into doing more job applications for summer co-op, but I feel quite lazy. I think I might have burned myself out last semester. It will e a shame if my GPA drops after

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-26482064851799972942011-03-10T23:35:00.000-08:002011-03-10T23:45:59.698-08:00

The original bassist of Alice In Chains was found dead on March 8. He was 44. I'm guessing people who aren't fans of the band don't know who he was. Starr played bass on AIC's first two studio records. He contributed to the most "well known" Alice In Chains songs. His work can be heard on the song "Would?", "Man In The Box" and all the other songs from Facelift and Dirt. It's a shame that he

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-79422968185065211582011-03-08T16:02:00.000-08:002011-03-08T16:05:49.009-08:00

Today I had an allergy test done. As I suspected, I am allergic to grass. I guess I'm just the typical hay fever sufferer, and that's fine by me, but it turn out I am also allergic to alder, birch and oak. That was totally new to me. There goes a career in trail building and forestry...

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-47259801938369918582011-03-06T23:31:00.000-08:002011-03-06T23:36:38.575-08:00

For the first time in about a month, the Vancouver Canucks managed to win two games in a row. For the last month, they have been a .500 team. Imagine that, a .500 team was #1 in the NHL for the previous month! Of course, this was seen as a problem by the sports writers in Vancouver, but consider how many teams in the NHL would love for their .500 play to be a serious problem. Think of Edmonton,

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-63551371309155561522011-03-03T17:12:00.000-08:002011-03-03T17:19:07.247-08:00

I just watched a couple of video reviews for Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha 3, and I am impressed! When Alpha 2 was released, it was very unstable and of low quality in general. I thought for sure Canonical would ship a buggy OS in April, but wow, it turned out better than expected. I am still not a fan of Unity (Gnome Panel guy here), but it looks better than before. I also like how Firefox 4 looks. I have

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-14457198572631449252011-03-01T18:17:00.001-08:002011-03-01T18:24:27.099-08:00

I am impressed by what mike Gillis managed to do this year at the trade deadline. He made the #1 team even more complete. for many years now, Canucks GMs past and present have been criticised for doing nothing (or not doing enough) at the trade deadline. Most years this was a fair criticism, as Canucks teams of seasons past have needed a lot of improvement at the deadline.This year was different.

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-89812822158447733932011-02-26T17:00:00.000-08:002011-02-26T17:05:44.446-08:00

Just posting to point out that there are 44 days left in the semester. personally, I still feel like the semester just started. I've been slacking off way too much. I probably should get back on the horse, but I do feel good just slacking off. I have two more midterms coming up, so I should start studying. Judging by the course content, the algorithms midterm will be quite hard.This blog post

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-86807563333048171352011-02-18T20:17:00.000-08:002011-02-18T20:25:48.385-08:00

I came to this realisation after a recent interview I had. The interview involved some programming questions in the language of my choice. Now, this job would involve Objective-C and Java, so clearly they didn't care how well I knew the syntax of those languages. They wanted to test my knowledge of core CS principles as well as my problem solving skills. I didn't get the job, by the way.What I

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-58247652264747160182011-02-16T17:44:00.000-08:002011-02-16T17:50:27.856-08:00

I had a very technical interview at a local startup today. I can't say that I completely bombed it, but I did far from well. The lesson here is that if you are a software engineer, prepare for an interview as if it were a final exam.I did try to study for this interview, but I made the mistake of focusing too much on learning a language instead of the computing science fundamentals (see previous

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-80050930578369683282011-02-15T18:23:00.000-08:002011-02-15T18:28:42.343-08:00

As I'm sitting here preparing for my interview tomorrow, it hit me: I'm starting to like Python. The job I'll be interviewing for tomorrow will involve some Python, and I haven't done any in almost two years, so I decided to implement merge sort, quick sort and a few other things for practice. Man, the syntax is so straightforward, and it reads like pseudocode! Obviously Python isn't ideal for

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-67857220337221319052011-02-13T23:53:00.000-08:002011-02-13T23:57:34.193-08:00

This is SFU's first ever reading break. In general, it is pretty cool to get a week off to sleep in, but I don't really feel like I need it this semester. For me, this semester has been so slack, that week 6 felt like week 2. It will probably pick up though, I still have to do 5 papers, 1 project and 3 midterms. On top of that, I have my co-op stuff to do. Perhaps its not that slack, maybe I'm

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-68665925803337245942011-02-13T00:57:00.000-08:002011-02-13T01:04:13.669-08:00

I was at the Foggy Dew tonight and before leaving, I decided to split a plate of nachos with a friend. Why, oh why? Now, we all know that pub food is cheap and greasy, but come on. There actually weren't that many chips in there, it was just a pile of cheese, grease and jalapenos. If we assume that pubs pile on more of the cheap ingredients than the expensive ones, from tonight I can conclude

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-82683123509603555152011-02-11T18:28:00.000-08:002011-02-11T18:33:15.285-08:00

I was scheduled for an interview at a certain multinational software company for Monday. I get home today, check my email and see that my interview has been cancelled. I don't know why, but I'm guessing that my interviewer has some more urgent issues to deal with. If this is the case, then I hope those issues get resolved ASAP and that everything works out. It could also be that they found their

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-76285958577269336922011-02-07T19:49:00.000-08:002011-02-07T19:53:52.385-08:00

Today I turned down an offer to come back to my old job at a certain well known video game company. Why? The people were nice, the office was nice, I did well last time. So why not come back? Because I decided to risk the safe option for a possibly better opportunity. At a different job, I might end up working with total dicks, but I want to try something new. Hopefully it won't bite me in the

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-36949789170233539832011-02-03T19:49:00.000-08:002011-02-03T20:08:35.622-08:00

Usage Based Billing is the talk of the internet nowadays (sorry Egypt) so I might as well put my two cents in. Here it is: the idea is absurd! Doing some reading online, I found out that bandwidth costs at most a dime or two to provide a gigabyte of bandwidth but Bell and Shaw want to charge around $2 per gigabyte over a 25GB cap. Does that sound fair?I see many problems with this whole thing.

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-51732290154793157522011-02-01T00:32:00.000-08:002011-02-01T00:37:01.933-08:00

I'm almost done the second page of my 3 page (minimum) paper which is due on Wednesday. As I was struggling to put the concepts into prose, I came up with a really interesting analogy. When I'm writing a paper, I'm like the fat kid doing the 400m sprint. Its slow and very, very painful. One more page to go. Run, fatty, run.

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-34771318768300463452011-01-30T19:24:00.000-08:002011-02-01T00:32:05.674-08:00

I have to write a three page (single spaced) paper on a CS subject of my choice. I am having problems filling up the pages. I chose heapsort as my topic. I understand the algorithm, an know some basic facts about it, but I'm still having trouble filling up the pages. I guess this doesn't qualify as writer's block, there is plenty to write about, it is more a lack of motivation and will. This

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-29976695727150426972011-01-25T20:38:00.000-08:002011-01-25T20:44:06.125-08:00

Last Friday was the last episode of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbemann. Word on the Internet is that he was released (read: fired) from his contract. I see two problems with this. First, there is now one less voice in the American news (HA!) media to speak out against the nutjobs at Fox news. Second, although I do not agree with all of his views, Olbermann was a good host hosting a good show.

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-79066751887253726142011-01-22T15:13:00.000-08:002011-01-22T15:21:01.747-08:00

I have way too much reading and writing to do this semester. Maybe it isn't too much, but it sure feels like it. Being a computing science student, I'm used to writing code, not prose. This semester I will have eight (I think) writing assignments in one course plus another two reports (at least) in another. Fortunately, the Algorithms and Data Structures course is keeping things interesting for

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-4522636462577501182011-01-19T20:09:00.000-08:002011-01-19T20:27:56.223-08:00

I'm not sure whether they've already done it or not, but word on the interweb is that Facebook wants to offer an email service a la Gmail.Allegedly this service will unite your Facebook messages, IMs, SMSs and emails all into one service. I like this idea, this is a very good idea for sure. It will probably have a slick implementation, too.The problem I have with it is that Facebook is doing it.

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-87955292115989750172011-01-17T23:00:00.000-08:002011-01-17T23:25:45.308-08:00

So it looks like today was the global roll out day for yet another Facebook profile layout. After having it for 5 hours, I already want the old one back. Personally, I don't like (ha!) The top section of the profile. I don't want photos of me showing across the top. Not because of privacy concerns, but because I really don't have any photos of me up there that are worthy of being at the top of my

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-67770366368787780622011-01-13T17:37:00.000-08:002011-01-13T17:45:52.333-08:00

So I'm 22 now, time to start thinking about graduation. The last few years have been so great, that I really don't wish to fundamentally change anything. I just wish for a "more of the same, but better" kind of year. By this time next year, I hope to have completed another two Co-op terms and maybe 15 credits. That would get me to within 21 credits of the 120 required to graduate.Cheers to

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-40339842266108950322011-01-10T16:49:00.000-08:002011-01-13T17:46:18.565-08:00

This semester I'm taking a writing course. Five percent of the total grade will be based on 26 blog posts (this counts as one). The requirements are pretty slack, but I do intend to put a bit of thought into it. I'll also try to not make it "tl;dr." As before, I'll be sticking to the Rules of this blog, no matter how desperate I get for content. One down, twenty five to go.

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-59912604387351353102010-12-31T19:05:00.000-08:002010-12-31T19:25:13.125-08:00

Happy New Year!I hope to do what i did in 2010 but more and better.on to the other stuff:Do you like the Mac OS X interface but don't want to join the Steve Jobs fanboy club?Then check out Macbuntu.Right now I'm running a mixture of that and the default Ubuntu Gnome UI:Looks like GnomeGlobal menus (I think that's what they are called)DockCubeThat Mac thing where if you drag the mouse to the

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-70123904554415105032010-12-22T22:04:00.000-08:002010-12-23T00:07:49.854-08:00

If you are running Windows Vista or Windows 7 and you get a Blue Screen of Death on boot with the error "STOP 0x0000C1F5" this guy's blog post will help you out:http://stop0x0000c1f5vistahelp.blogspot.com/Credit goes to Vijay Gupta for that post.He recommends SystemRescueCD, but really any Linux live CD distro will work (I used Ubuntu 10.04). The fix does not require any fancy commands as far as

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-51176863919756759822010-01-01T04:07:00.000-08:002010-01-01T04:08:47.098-08:00

Woot! Finally 2010. '09 was a good year, so I'm happy to let it go.Cheers

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-23115370730066073372009-07-03T00:08:00.000-07:002009-07-03T00:40:00.143-07:00

Long story short, Missouri has some kind of state funded program going that feeds poor children and some Republican wants it shut down because government spending and higher taxes rah rah rah...As you have probably noticed by now, one of the major topics of this blog is pointing out stupidity.Now you are probably asking, "Igor, you live in Canada, why do you care? Its just another thing Olbermann

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-90997162220271197712009-04-20T21:38:00.000-07:002009-04-20T21:55:08.293-07:00

Oh wow...political ignorance reaches a new low:eerrrr no actually not a new low. Let's ignore the obvious faux-Russian "change" under Lenin. Let me get straight to te point:This is the kind of crap that contributed to Nazi persecution of Jews getting the blind eye.Let me explain:Anyone with a shred of common sense knows that Herr Hitler on the left and Uncle Lenin on the right held totally

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-82365554495163040152009-04-10T14:19:00.000-07:002009-04-10T14:35:55.506-07:00

So on the day of remembrance of the crucifixion of the Lord, this stupid quote popped in my head..."Because my attitude is that if we capture an enemy combatant in the battlefield -- or we can use Osama bin Laden -- who may have information about a pending attack. You know what, I don't have any problem taking his head sticking it underwater and scaring the living daylights out of him and making

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-31413072327774694302009-01-17T12:53:00.000-08:002009-01-17T13:08:37.862-08:00

Ok here's a bit of background to the post:The old SFU email system had such an ugly interface, I didn't want to put up with it and had all my emails forwarder from my SFU account to my hotmail inbox. Then a while ago SFU got a new, much prettier, email system.Fastforward to today:I was supposed to receive an email from one of my professors about a homework assignment. I didn't get the email. I

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-15500860727626571512009-01-13T16:50:00.000-08:002009-01-13T17:04:08.107-08:00

So you are trying to tell me that I'm a single, unemployed student.Well no shit. I noticed.To get to the point:No, I do not want to meet Hot Canadian singles (through Facebook)No, I do not want to attend Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Kwantlen? Are you kidding me? Check my education info you stalkers.)No, I do not want to attend Daniel Packard's FlirtFest (what in the fuck?)No, I do not need a

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-35094911659467910832009-01-13T16:40:00.000-08:002009-01-13T16:48:28.200-08:00

Yeah that's how long I've been around.Accomplishments so far53(?) credits towards a BSc. in Computing Sciencea web site that gets a steady amount of traffic (www.gpaboosters.com)Overweight and underachieving since 1989.But on a serious note, the next 20 years will be way better than the last 20. This is is pretty much guaranteed.In the next year, i am looking forward to:getting through 2 more

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-26567508195955298452008-11-11T03:42:00.000-08:002008-11-11T03:54:13.307-08:00

First of all: Congratulations to Barack Obama for making history.Now on to the subject of this post. I was watching the news while eating dinner tonight, and of course one of the major stories of the day involved Mr. Obama somehow. Then some reporter goes on and proclaims that she has discovered the secret code names the Secret Service uses to refer to Mr. & Mrs. Obama. Then she proceeds to

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-51564394496196702642008-10-29T22:59:00.000-07:002008-10-30T00:07:27.575-07:00

I would vote for Barack Obama. Why? Because he is not John McCain. I'm sure McCain is a decent human being, but in my humble opinion, he would make a terrible President, especially after the last one...So here are some random ramblings and a few points on why you should not vote for Sen. McCain.1) To me, he represents everything that is wrong with America. By wrong, I don't mean the last 8 years,

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-77772510808591498482008-10-22T23:29:00.000-07:002008-10-23T00:04:36.724-07:00

Oh boy...where do I start on this one? Just watch the clip first:Ok...this "Pastor" or "Reverend" or whatever thinks that God's reputation is riding on this election. As a Christian, I am offended by this and I have to call him out on his bullshit.1. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.No I didn't just

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-43672083621404483702008-10-19T01:18:00.000-07:002008-10-19T01:26:33.637-07:00

I have been noticing a really strange phenomenon take place whenever I chat on MSN or post on forums. I stick words into sentences that shouldn't be there. Eg from a MSN conversation I had just now:"today i learned for to make a user log in/log out thing"and"OR as a last result, "borrow" code from tutorials"What are "for" and "result" doing in there? Seriously, this is creeping me out.Could this

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-91717667016428768572008-10-16T01:49:00.000-07:002008-10-16T01:56:32.933-07:00

As I'm sitting here killing time thinking about the US Presidential election that's coming up in 3 weeks something hit me:The party whose first elected President emancipated the slaves is now running a smear campaign against a black opponent and trying to make him look like a terrorist.The party that was once supported/influenced by the Ku Klux Klan has a black candidate running in the

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-84835814103836340552008-10-15T01:15:00.000-07:002008-10-15T01:35:35.304-07:00

More fail from Sen. McFailDays after rebuking a woman for calling Obama an "Arab" at one of his rallies, McCain has switched back to the negativity campaign.This time somebody at his rally shouted "Kill him!" in reference to Obama and............Nothing! No rebuke from McFail what so ever. The campaign's excuse is that people shouting hateful things at McCain rallies are just "a few nuts"...Uh

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I'll be honest, I expected this to taste like piss water. I was wrong. I'm not saying that this is a good beer, but this is not utter crap either. The label says "Glacier beer" I say, "Does it matter?" You know, this is an ok beer. At first it tastes pretty smooth but then the hops kick in, and quite suddenly too. The thing I like most about this beer is that it leaves a very slight hint of

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-26214711327927719972008-10-12T17:12:00.000-07:002008-10-12T17:23:43.381-07:00

I am 2/3 of the way through my first bottle of Stella Artois as I'm writing this. Understand, I am a beer snob. I believe that a man must be picky about at least two of these: women and beer. Now, Stella Artois was recommended to me by some friends so I was pretty stoked when I got my hands on some. Stella Artois is supposed to be really good. It is Belgian after all.My first impression:

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-20433360702292413892008-10-12T01:13:00.000-07:002008-10-12T01:25:20.375-07:00

More Fail from Sen. McFail.This whole week, McCain & Palin accused Obama of hanging with terrorists and implying that he is a terrorist himself. but now that his hick supporters have caught up to the message and are going over the line, McCain is trying to pull back the negativity in his campaign.The problem for McCain is that he is stuck between a rock and a hard place:1) He doesn't want to seem

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-87420897523875138122008-10-09T23:47:00.000-07:002008-10-10T00:31:27.985-07:00

Soo...D-Day is quickly approaching. On November 4th, we will get to see whether Americans are a people who desire change or a nation of neo-con fools.Lately I've been watching clips of the MSNBC show Countdown with Keith Olbermann. I have to say, I find it entertaining and informative. I have also read this article: Make-Believe Maverick. It is a bit long, but you really should read it. From

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-2333366131096747132008-10-06T11:51:00.000-07:002008-10-06T17:44:56.248-07:00

I found out recently that a lack of chemistry between two people is a big problem. Chemistry is the intangible thing in a relationship that ultimately leads to love. Without chemistry, a relationship can't last very long.So, what is chemistry?To me, chemistry is having something in common with that other person. A hobby, an interest or something you both enjoyed doing before you met each other.

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-59132994778437982062008-10-04T22:25:00.000-07:002008-10-04T23:11:57.849-07:00

I own 3 live albums (Our Lady Peace: Live, Metallica: S&M, Korn: Live & Rare)I think that awesome songs sound even more awesome live. I think it is due to the imperfection and the "largeness" of the sound. Seriously, after listening to "Falling Away From Me" from Live & Rare the recorded version sounded downright weak. Same goes for "Right Now". Another example of a good song that sounds better

ivthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157934927285753041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686064269485259820.post-71633625317364640472008-10-04T17:10:00.000-07:002008-10-04T22:14:25.051-07:00

So I finally did it, I made my own blog. For the one or two of you who will be reading this more or less regularly and for those of you who found me by accident let me go over what this blog is and what it is not.What this blog is:My thoughts about lifeMy thoughts about what I think is awesomeMy thoughts on what I think is lameMy thoughts on what I think is downright stupidMy favourite music,

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