OK, so I’ve gone a little YouTube crazy and love making videos. So far it doesn’t even bother me that I really really suck at taking video and that I can’t seem to find any editing software that will run on my computer. It’s just fun and it’s a great outlet for [...]
Entries from October 29th, 2009
Google Wave: First Impressions
October 21st, 2009 No Comments
I finally received an invite to Google Wave and am very impressed on how far they have stretched HTML and JavaScript. There are two factors which are affecting my ability to fully get a feel for the service.
Not enough people I know are on it. This means that for most planning, deciding, or [...]
Tags: Google Wave · Wave · xmpp
Trying out Google Wave Embedding
October 15th, 2009 No Comments
I finally got an invite to Google Wave. Sorry, I don’t have any others at the moment. I’m interested not only in Wave as a standalone product, but in its eventual integration into all manner of web technologies. In that vein, I’m trying out embedding a wave using Wavr. Here goes:
Tags: Google Wave · plugins · wordpress
The Sun Came Out
October 11th, 2009 No Comments
I had the honour and privelege of officiating my younger sister’s marriage this past Saturday, October 10, 2009. She married her highschool sweetheart Brad at our family homestead in the absolutely stunning Laurentian mountains on the Rouge River. The wedding took place on the farmland that has been in the Downing family for many generations [...]
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Employment Insurance Statistics July 2009
October 6th, 2009 No Comments
Canada has seen a large increase over the past eleven months in the number of initial and renewal claims under Employment Insurance. In July 2009, this number decreased for the first time in almost a year.
In July, 787,700 people received regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, down by 31,500, or 3.8%, from a month earlier, the first decrease in 11 months. The [...]
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What I want to be when I grow up
October 3rd, 2009 No Comments
I often think about other careers I could see myself in and am continuously evaluating my current career-satisfaction against these other possibilities.
First, careers I dreamt of as a child:
Actuary – still follow this field and love risk management.
Doctor- I do not the think I am suited for the intensity of nmost fields, although I [...]
Dealing with Mental Illness
October 1st, 2009 4 Comments
The intense explosion of brilliant-seeming ideas, the ability to pursue wildly divergent ideas at blazing speeds and the sublime self-confidence that accompanies mania can often seem worth the depression which inevitably follows. But, I can tell you, without hesitation, that no amount of creativity and wonderful self-empowerment is worth the years you spend on the [...]
Tags: bipolar disorder · borderline personality disorder · mental illness