Dickson's Blogathon

February 2007 - Posts

• Northern Voice Update

  Originally, we were planning to post each session minutes after it was recorded but yesterday's MooseCamp turned out to be a little too rushed. Nevertheless, we have gotten most of the sessions posted now except for a few where we recorded in Read More posted 24-02-2007 04:55 by dicksonw | 1 Comments Filed Under: General, Computer/Technology, Blogosphere, Podcasting

• MooseCamp: Mashups for non-programmers

  Today is day one of the NorthernVoice blogging conference and we're kicking off with MooseCamp where session topics are made up, presented and organized by attendees. There are 3 simultaneous tracks so with 4 of us here, we should be able to record all Read More posted 23-02-2007 12:30 by dicksonw | 0 Comments

• Podcast Spot @ Northern Voice

  The Northern Voice Conference is back again and not only are we going to be there, we're going to be podcasting every session (with the help of Megan and Sharon)! This means if you weren't able to attend a session or even the conference, you can now see Read More posted 23-02-2007 12:13 by dicksonw | 0 Comments

• NHL 2K7 Humor

  I have been playing NHL 2K7 on the Xbox 360 for a few weeks now and I absolutely love the game. The game play is pretty realistic and it is challenging enough to provide hours of entertainment. I'm playing the franchise mode and as part of regular season Read More posted 20-02-2007 12:05 by dicksonw | 2 Comments

• Free Windows Vista for ECE Students

  If you're a Electrical/Computer Engineering student at the University of Alberta, you are entitled to a free copy of Windows Vista Business DVD. For more info, click here. I assume the Computing Science department has a similar offering. Read More posted 14-02-2007 02:54 by dicksonw | 1 Comments

• Piracy Powered by Qihoo.com

  Okay so the title might be a little exaggerated but Qihoo sure did its job. The other day my mother asked me to find a particular Chinese song for an upcoming performance. This song was in no way considered current pop culture thus unlikely to be Read More posted 09-02-2007 02:22 by dicksonw | 2 Comments Filed Under: Computer/Technology

• An Experiment of Sort...

  Lately, I've been having trouble sleeping (that's why I'm still up) which has made much of my week a dazed state. Some days I can barely wake up and on other days, I feel completely fine despite not getting much sleep. What I did notice was that for the Read More posted 08-02-2007 04:18 by dicksonw | 9 Comments