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…in:
1640: Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule.
1783: Charles and M.N. Roberts ascend 2,000′ in a hydrogen balloon.
1821: Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain.
1822: Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil.
1887: Sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugal’s control of Macao.
1913: Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford (1 car every 2.5 minutes).
1918: Iceland becomes [...]

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For those still following my online ramblings and unsure about my recent whereabouts, I’ll shed some light. Rest assured, I’m still vertical and breathing. I’m in the midst of finally wrapping up a freelance gig that’s gone in every direction but forward, more often than not. Thankfully, I finally see the light [...]

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Today was my last day with Desire2Learn. The past year and a half was a good experience, but I was presented with a stellar opportunity that I couldn’t overlook. Starting this coming Tuesday (Monday’s the August Civic Holiday), I will be working for McAfee as a Software Engineer in their Waterloo office. [...]

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Here’s another excuse for a lack of posting - a GI bug that left my innards on the outside. That was a gross description wasn’t it?
I’m feeling better (thanks for asking) and once I clear up a few side gigs, I’ll return with more wonderful insights about the technical world and how [...]

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Today’s the day that Hallmark, florists and jewellers inform you that if you do not give them money in exchange for goods to give to your significant other, then you are a horrible person. Should you happen to not have a significant other, then you are made to feel left out of the “fun”. [...]

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Happy 2007, people!
I celebrated it by falling asleep shortly after 10PM. When you spend the holidays alone, all the holiday hoopla seems boring.
I’ll remember 2006 as the year:

I got a new job.
My mom died.
Dena and I bought a house.
I started to play hockey again.

I don’t have any vices that are bad for my health [...]

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Today is the last day that Dena and I will be renters. As of this morning, we’ll be home owners, and should be totally moved into our house by day’s end tomorrow.
Since the age of 18, I’ve lived in dorms, a student townhouse and our current apartment. Will I miss our apartment which [...]

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Congratulations to this guy:

And this gal:

Pat proposed to Jen and she said “yes”. Jen, you brave brave soul This all happened a few months ago, but neither have blogged about it. Jen was the first to announce it all Internet-like, several days after the fact. Pat let the Web know [...]

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As of 6:36PM Eastern Time, I’ll have existed for:
3/10 of a century or
3 decades or
30 years or
360 months or
1,565 weeks or
10,957 days or
15,778,463 minutes or
946,707,779 seconds or
946,707,779,241 milliseconds or
9.46707779 × 1017 nanoseconds.
Some people greet the day that their life odometer rolls over to 30 years with anguish, depression, joy, borderline alcoholism or a combination of [...]

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Dena and I are now home owners

After a couple months of MLS searches, walk-throughs, meetings and general running around, we’ve finally found a new place to hang our hats. We checked out places in other areas of Kitchener and didn’t find anything that suited us, even though we liked the area that [...]

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Another Friday the 13th is upon us. Be affraid. Stay at home. Wear bubble wrap.
Bah, it’s just a day, and I hope I didn’t offend anyone afflicted with paraskavedekatriaphobia or even plain ol’ triskaidekaphobia. One thing special about this Friday the 13th is that if you sum the digits that compose today’s [...]

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It turns out that lonelygirl15 is a fraud, like I suspected. The LA Times printed a follow-up story, and it seems that the goal was to exploit the Web as a new distribution method for entertainment. And why not? There aren’t a whole lot of interesting things happening on traditional TV. [...]

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