// archives

Personal

This category contains 6 posts

Out of Isolation

It looks like my story in the Edmonton Journal has come out of isolation as well and has been syndicated across the Canwest/Global/canada.com system. So I’ve seen it in papers from Vancouver to Montreal often with people asking questions about either the Nike system or motivation along the way. I guess I can now think [...]

Up in the Air

Well it seems that things are still up in the air. I’m still disrupted, but I’ve got a short term contract in the VPIT’s office doing some really interesting work. I haven’t been sitting still over this involuntary break, I’ve been working on a PhD application as well as my running. I’ve managed three long [...]

Topcase Repaired

This weekend, my 3 year old Macbook got a new lease on life. The topcase was cracking all around and it seems that it is a known issue. The repair was quick and easy and all I needed to do was make an appointment with the Genius Bar and in less than half an hour, [...]

CCIS – A new home for work in 2011

On Friday, I finally got to see inside the new CCIS building and after watching it come up for the last three years, it was quite something to see it as something other than a blueprint. We are still waiting to find out where we (the IT guys and my team) will be in the [...]

Timeraiser 09 in the bag

Well it’s in the bag. It was fun to get out there and meet all sorts of people. I might have also lined up some more volunteer photo gigs with some of the charities in the city. You can check out the gallery here.

First Day of Class

I spent the last two days driving VIPs and regular staff around for week of welcome – certain a fun way to spend 2 days – 30C each day, helping people out and putting smiles on faces. Images courtesy of clonedmilkmen.