Recently I gave you my top 28 movies. By popular demand (one person, and she’s popular), here is the next group. It’s getting harder to rank them. I’m not sure why I keep it up, but here goes.
50. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - More fun than the second and …
Lately, I have been a big supporter of test-driven software design. I can no longer imagine myself writing code that is not exercised by a test harness. It feels like leaving the house naked, or driving without a seatbelt.
Yet in spite of this, I still feel like testing should not be relied on so heavily. …
My understanding of socio-political systems is limited to what I learned in school, which isn’t much. I have a vague comprehension of free market economics, socialism, fascism and communism. I have a mnemonic in my head for what they mean in terms of wage controls. Clearly I need to do some more reading. Here’s what I …
I don’t believe in hocus pocus. That said, something interesting happened the other day that I found quite poetic and it could probably form the basis of a little story.
It was November 11th, and I was sitting at my desk at work, not having the day off. (It was an optional holiday, and I had taken …
Recently over lunch I regaled my colleagues with tales of my favourite tales. They were surprised to hear I had a list of favourite movies written down. I couldn’t recall the whole list, so I had to go look them up. But no, that wasn’t good enough for these snooty bastards. They wanted the list …
The 2008 awards are coming up in the next couple of months, but in the meantime, I thought I’d do up a list of the 3rd place finishers for the past… I dunno, bunch of years.
2007. Tegan & Sara - The Con
2006. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
2005. Rihanna - Pon de Replay
2004. Hilary …
This is the fourth and final (for now) installment of my A Summer Driver series, showcasing my favourite cars in several different categories. So far we’ve looked at my contemporary faves and second-faves, and my favourite cars that are near or greater than six figures in price. Jub-Jub will be really ticked off that I …