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As good coin continues to be sunk into this website, it probably is good form (in the spirit of fiscal responsibility) to actually use it, lest it become yet another cobweb .  As previously noted, I have yet to really pull together any real purpose although I believe it might lean more toward the local, [...]

This blog is on life support, and I am not entirely clear on what direction I plan on taking it.  Social media is certainly a more efficient method with which to share items, thoughts and comments to a wide range of friends, family and associates.  On a macro level, it’s been argued by some that [...]

As of two weeks in I can see that reconciling my issues with the oil and gas industry is proving to be more frustrating than I originally predicted. A major gas player dragged out the BC Public service last week for a fam-tour of their South Peace operations.  Members of the Oil and Gas Commission [...]

Some stuff from last week. Technorati Tags: azu, photography, powder, powder king, rocky mountains, skiing

Just when you thought I couldn’t become any more of a map geek, I go pull something like this.  Openpistemap.org is another open source, wiki style mapping project out to usher the world of skiing into convenient online map format.  It operates using OSM data, but adds a few more rendering options in the side [...]

I have probably watched more television since returning home then I have in the past ten years.  My years of television absence was largely the product of laziness in the sense that I was too much of a couch potato to actually go out and buy a television set, opting instead to watch downloaded films, [...]

I missed the exclusive college Facebook launch in 2004 and was relegated into the sparse hinterlands of Hi-Five , Multiply and even Friendster before being offered land in Facebook circa 2007ish.  Taking a look at the 2010 map , I see that I still have properties in Skype, the blog islands, Youtube, a vacant condo [...]

A revised entry, with much appreciated input from my SURP friends.  Modified slightly from what will be sent to the relevant planning associations. I spent much of November 2010 discussing with a number of my planning school colleagues the miserable job situation many of us have been dealing with for most of 2010. The discussions [...]

I’ve been having discussions with a number of my colleagues from planning school regarding the shitty job situation the majority of us seem to find ourselves in.  The discussions range from job search strategies, to networking to water-cooler tips to life as an unskilled worker to “wtf am I going to do when my loans [...]

My great-grandfather served in the Second Boer War (Crosby).  That is pretty much all I know. I found a letter when clearing my Aunt’s apartment (she recently passed at 99).    I also found a recruitment pamphlet that was sent to my great-grandfather in Manchester, dated November 1900. The letter doesn’t have a date, it doesn’t [...]