the flying squirrel

Kwartzlab is a club, a collective, a shared idea, and a place. The idea sprang up when Mike Hiemstra put out the call on his blog back in March. Since then, folks got together, had lots and lots of meetings, incorporated, leased some space and have been spending the last few weeks turning a little [...]

I was doing pretty well up until the last week too… Ah well, maybe next year. Actually, I kinda want to try WriMo again next year. We’ll see what’s going on with stuff, I guess. What it came down to, basically, was the stuff I was spending most of my time thinking about is stuff [...]

I haven’t been having much luck convincing myself to get to the gym. I’ve gone a few times, but I’ve never managed to work it into a routine, or get over the feeling of anxiety and dread every time I think about going in there. So it hasn’t worked out so well. I’ve been thinking [...]

I don’t want to fall any more behind, so I’d better post… Today is (or was, I suppose) Doctor Who’s 44th anniversary. In my plan for how this whole NaBloPoMo thing was going to work, I had it set out that I’d write a wonderfully reminiscent post about Doctor Who in my life and why [...]

Deep-fried squash chips are surprisingly good. A little bit of salt and it’s wonderful. Even with a bit of the stringy inside bits… That stuff crisps up really nicely. I’ve never been a big fan of squash, but I probably didn’t have the right sort of experiences. Not like a squash-tasting party. I really liked [...]

Well, I’m two posts behind and don’t feel much like writing today. This sort of thing is probably normal. I was home most of the night last night and couldn’t bring myself to update then either. At least today I’m writing a post about not wanting to write a post. That has to count for [...]

I came this close (holds up two fingers really close together) to making an impulse LCD TV purchase today. This close! I actually still might go ahead with it. My TV situation is kinda crappy. And I’ve got people coming over this coming weekend to watch Doctor Who. It’s the 44th anniversary, after all. Currently, [...]

I’m getting urges to take a Conestoga College course again. The continuing education calendar came in the mail this week, and I ended up flipping through it this morning. The biggest thing holding me back is booking up a weekday evening for some number of weeks. But I’ve decided I’m not going to make a [...]

Previously on Computer and Me: Apple Macintosh Amiga It’s probably inevitable that I’d have to go over Windows, but for a while, thinking about what I’d write next, I was starting to think I should skip it. Even though the Twenty Sided post on the history of Windows is what got me started on this, [...]

We went to Toronto last night on a bit of a whim to see The True Tragedie of Richard III (“wherein is showne the death of Edward the fourth, with the smothering of the two yoong princes in the Tower: with a lamentable ende of Shores wife, an example for all wicked women. And lastly, [...]