Happy 20th Mac

On this day, 20 year ago, during the Superbowl a revolutionary

Gung Hei Fat Choi

Happy Lunar New Year to all that celebrate the new year today. I saw a piece about the true multiculturalism of Canada, the mix of Chinese and Scottish culture in BC. Learn more about the Chinese New Year, and Gung Haggis Fat Choi (that’s right haggis) here.

My Future as an SE?

Why there should be a clear division between Professional Software Engineers and Professional Software Developers. And as a result SEs cannot be outsourced. Is this past, present, or future?

State of the Onion

So what did W. have to say in the State of the Union last night? Be afraid, very very afraid, nasty do bad terrorists are everywhere, they are invading countries, deposing internationally recognised leaders, and colonising…. errr, they are out there waiting to get you, so go spend money. And regarding the huge […]

XtremeStreetScene going netional

StoikNa has created an extensive forum for automotive discussions, you name it there is a forum for it. If you are into cars, looking for a car, or want to learn about cars browse and contribute. Good work Paul.
Visit XtremeStreetScene.com.

Rick Mercer’s Monday Report

I just saw Monday Report for the first time. Rick Mercer is great, more than funny. I think the satirical view of Canadian news is more informative than the serious one. I’ll be a regular viewer, Monday nights at 8pm on CBC. I laughed for the entire 30 minutes, my stomach […]

CUSEC Pics

I have put some CUSEC pictures up here. I’ll try to get more discussion of the Day 2 and 3 talks up asap, but I’m way behind in course work now.
Email me if you want the high resolution copy of the pictures.

CUSEC Day 2

Michel Dagenais, a professor from Polytechnique began the day with an informative session discussing Free Software. For some it the crowd this was new information, but it is always good for new people to see the light. Some insightful points made were about the future of Free/Open Source software. There were […]

CUSEC Day 1

Day one began with an early wake up call, a very cold walk to Nickels for a $3.33 early bird big breakfast. Then my first ride on Montreal’s Metro (what is with the tires on the subway cars?) to Centre Mont-Royal for a full day of talks on Software Quality.
Dr. Pierre Robillard […]

CUSEC Begins

After eight hours on the road, with some bad weather in Toronto then smooth sailing along Hwy 401 / 20, in to Montreal. The week has started well with WiFi access at the hotel. It is very, very cold here, so we will be taking the Metro. Thankfully there is a […]

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