Dickson's Blogathon

August 2005 - Posts

• In the paper - with eyes open!

  I did an interview with the Edmonton Journal a while back for their Alberta Centennial Special Edition Report where they profile 100 people around Alberta and the complimentary issue has been released today! The article is pretty well written and even Read More posted 28-08-2005 04:07 by dicksonw | 4 Comments Filed Under: General

• When do the needs of one outweigh the many?

  I was browsing CBC earlier today and came across an article about a ten-year old Afghan boy named Djamshid Popal who you might recall came to Canada last year after an international effort was mounted to get him here for open heart surgery. The world Read More posted 28-08-2005 02:46 by dicksonw | 0 Comments

• "You say rape, I say date!" - NightHawk rules

  Last night, Sharon, Mack and I went to the Fringe to see the 11:45 pm showing of "Nighthawk Rules". This play received spectacular reviews in the paper and I can certainly see why. The comedy was absolutely hilarious and the actors played their parts Read More posted 26-08-2005 06:15 by dicksonw | 1 Comments Filed Under: General

• World's first Human Zoo

  I'm not kidding. London Zoo unveiled the world's first human zoo where "scantily-clad volunteers will be treated as animals and kept amused at the zoo with games and music". The volunteers were selected from an internet competition to participate in Read More posted 25-08-2005 06:02 by dicksonw | 1 Comments Filed Under: General

• Forget Google Talk! Get JIM

  Over the past year, Google has built up quite a reputation from its software labs and with the recent release of Google Talk, an instant messaging client, I had high hopes for the software. Talk about disappointment. Even for a beta, I think this software Read More posted 24-08-2005 11:43 by dicksonw | 0 Comments Filed Under: General, Computer/Technology

• Create your own magazine cover!

  Check out this new Flickr toy from John Watson that allows you to create a magazine cover using Flickr photos. Just give it a url and pass it some text and you're done! I soooo couldn't resist: He also made some other cool toys like a mosaic Read More posted 20-08-2005 10:17 by dicksonw | 3 Comments Filed Under: Computer/Technology

• The Prying Eye of China

  If you know anything about China, chances are its probably on its tight free speech policy. From my many experiences of being in China and chats with my cousin, I know how serious these laws can be. On the streets of China, you don't talk about democracy Read More posted 17-08-2005 11:27 by dicksonw | 0 Comments Filed Under: General

• Its a sad day when....

  ...its cheaper to eat out than to waste gas driving home and back just for supper. Read More posted 16-08-2005 08:20 by dicksonw | 0 Comments Filed Under: General

• Winspear Concert - Music Video

  I mentioned in one of my earlier posts that I would post some video from my recent performance at the Winspear Center with the Taiwan University Alumni Association Chorus and I finally gotten around to capturing it from tape. I have tons of video but Read More posted 14-08-2005 09:51 by dicksonw | 0 Comments Filed Under: General

• Happy 101st Birthday

  This morning, I drove my mom to the airport who is on her way to China to celebrate my grandmother's 101th Birthday! Definitely quite an impressive age and she's still quite healthy and active! Although I'm not going to China I was fortunate enough Read More posted 14-08-2005 09:25 by dicksonw | 2 Comments Filed Under: General

• Coffeemate Madness

  I got back to Wizard Lake yesterday early afternoon and although I left around 10:30 pm, I was there long enough to join in on burning 4 cans of coffeemate and I got it all on tape! I've compiled some of the highlights into a video so enjoy! Download Read More posted 14-08-2005 09:05 by dicksonw | 0 Comments Filed Under: General

• Back from camping....OR AM I?

  Yesterday, I went to Wizard Lake with Mack, Andrew, Yili, and Warren for a four day camping trip. Although I came back to Edmonton tonight, I'll be heading out again sometime in the afternoon tomorrow. We spent most of our first night just setting up Read More posted 13-08-2005 01:11 by dicksonw | 0 Comments Filed Under: General

• Wal-Mart has a dating program?

  It didn't make the news until the program was cancelled but apparently the Roanoke Walmart store had a singles shopping program where customers could place a red bow on their carts as an invitation to other singles. Pretty innovative for a grocery store! Read More posted 10-08-2005 12:47 by dicksonw | 0 Comments Filed Under: General

• The Battle against the weeds

  I was leaving the house early yesterday and saw my mom outside trying unsucessfully to pull out what looked like flowers to me. Upon a closer look, it turned out to be weeds and boy was it massive. Quite funny really! Read More posted 07-08-2005 01:19 by dicksonw | 0 Comments Filed Under: General

• Moving the servers

  This was a picture taken a few weeks ago when we were moving the servers to the office. Take note of our IKEA cart and the new Walmart cart we acquired. And as another blatant effort to promote my Echo Hatchback (see previous post), all that Read More posted 07-08-2005 12:51 by dicksonw | 0 Comments Filed Under: General, Computer/Technology

• Why I bought an Echo Hatchback

  After getting many comments regarding my purchase of the Echo Hatchback, I've decided to make a formal rebuttal. So here are the reasons why I bought the Echo Hatchback: Nothing is better on reliability than a Toyota - especially important to me Read More posted 06-08-2005 08:33 by dicksonw | 5 Comments Filed Under: General

• I can't believe some people...

  I use to think chinese people were among the most polite people out there but somehow along the road of age, they (I don't consider myself among them) seem to have lost all their manners. Have you noticed that chinese people always leave their cell Read More posted 06-08-2005 08:04 by dicksonw | 1 Comments Filed Under: General

• It hurts...

  "I thought she was a virign. It hurts to be lied to." -Jeremy [Wedding Crashers] That was how I felt yesterday at Sharon's house. I haven't been to Sharon's house for a very long time (since her renovations) and when Mack, Annie and I dropped by Read More posted 05-08-2005 11:28 by dicksonw | 0 Comments Filed Under: General

• Servers Back up!

  By now you probably realized that many sites including mine have been down a long time. Well, one of our most important hard drives died and unfortunately, our back ups (which were untested) did not restore properly. We did have additional back ups Read More posted 03-08-2005 07:03 by dicksonw | 0 Comments Filed Under: Computer/Technology