I diligently enter all my purchases (at least those that have receipts) into GnuCash. I’ve been keeping track of my purchases since 1994, which means that I can, at a glance, see that I have paid, for example, at least $6,367.08 in GST since then. (Ouch.) In doing this, I’ve begun to notice how certain [...]
It’s pretty clear from my journal entries that I’m not a big fan of all these so-called "Web 2.0" websites (and I really have to use the air quotes every time I say that, because I can’t say it with a straight face). Part of that stems from me being a system administrator who really [...]
Just saw another tzdata update get pushed down the Fedora Core YUM channel; this one changes a couple of zone files, one of which is to implement standard time year round for Mongolia. That’s right, the Mongolians have abandoned Daylight Savings Time! I think they’re onto something here…
As most North Americans know, Daylight Saving Time came earlier this year due to the changes introduced by the US Energy Policy Act of 2005. My colleague Gabriel and I have probably cumulatively spent 80-100 hours on patching CBC.ca systems to handle this change, and so far (keep your fingers crossed!) nobody’s noticed a thing. [...]
My girlfriend and I are converting to a completely IP-based telephony setup in our new house, so it was time for me to get more IP phones, or to convert existing analog phones to IP using ATAs. I decided to go cheap and buy a Linksys PAP2 from Best Buy and see if I could [...]
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