Author: Zen Render

Looks like OWS is boiling over tonight with a security/police rush, so I’m sure we’ll start seeing video and stuff tomorrow, but in lighter news, here’s part of what I spent today at work doing. Me: Hi, I just brought you back from being in a drawer to get some old tape archives running. OS:…

This weekend is over. Good one. Was three days long, and felt like it, y’know? Like, can’t really remember what we ended up doing on Friday, ’cause I don’t think it was much, which meant some relaxing time. Fired up the turntables today and Riplay/Tate got a chance to beatmatch and play with plugins on…

Relaxed day. Did a sniper-like run into CostCo today to pick up a thing. It’s alarming how big those places are. Can’t buy less than $8 of anything. TicTacs? Only if you buy a dozen boxes. Don’t think I wasn’t tempted. I love me some tacs, I tell you what. Oh man, we did some…

Today was 11/11/11 11:11 and we watched the Rememberance Day stuff on CBC, like good little Canadians. It was nicely done, gotta say. I don’t know much about my grandparents’ involvement in WWII. Not that they weren’t involved, and not that my mom hasn’t researched this down to the minute, but mostly that I don’t…

Today happened, and I’m trying to solve a technical issue at work that’s going to prove to be an issue because someone once made a decision that didn’t include the previous incarnation of the service. Which would be all fine and good BUT there’s backup tapes involved. Backup wouldn’t matter any more after a couple…

Half-day at work today. Good meeting with a guy I helped place. I think there’s a bit of a shift happening, and it’s good. I think he’ll get a chance to do what he does best: balance people skills against technical skills. That’s when good stuff happens. Like they say: Properly executed technology is indistinguishable…

I should really learn to play Rainbow Connection on my flying-V ukulele. I can’t generally sing, but I’m told I can imitate Kermit the Frog quite well, and can sorta-kinda remember how to play uke. I played the uke when I was in elementary school, thanks to a truly gifted, talented, and passionate teacher. I…

Played with my turntables today, and that was pretty good, but what was more fun was when the kids got home, and I got to listen to a six year old scratching with Fluke’s Tosh and something by Edit (Laundry, I think it was.) Good times. As the afternoon moved on, the kids and I…

(In which our hero enjoys a duty-free finger of scotch while watching a scary movie, so SPOILER ALERT) Okay, so maybe I forgot what I was writing about back in May. Been a long time. Oh wait, was that May of last year, or this year? Maybe it’s been longer than I thought. I’m watching…