M.A.Sc. Thesis Defence

2 years of blood, sweat, and tears comes to a close on Friday, @13:00. For those interested, ITB/201. For abstract etc. see, mhp’s musings >> M.A.Sc. Research Seminar.
At which point I’ll be officially unemployed, Sheridan teaching ends Thursday. So if you have an interesting problem to solve in the area of real-time […]

Some investing tips

How come the obvious is always so hard for people to understand, especially with investing. Here are some tips that you should know from WSJ.com - Getting Going - Four Mental Mistakes to Avoid Now

mysql upgrade to 4.1 fix

I recently did an emerge on this gentoo box that upgraded mysql to version 4.1. In turn, it broke mysql. If you are getting errors such as this in /var/log/mysqld.err:

Version: ‘4.1.19-log’ socket: ‘/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock’ port: 3306 Gentoo Linux mysql-4.1.19
060821 23:57:36 [Warning] ‘./mysql/user’ had no or invalid character set, and default character […]

MSM is our Ministry of Truth

azerbic - Antonia Zerbisias - Toronto Star Blog: Crossed out promotion
Yet another example why mergers in the MainStream Media is bad news. Seems like today’s MSM is becoming an Orwellian Ministry of Truth, especially those with “embedded” reporters in the US, or ties to Christian fundamentalists in both Canada and the US.
Good thing […]

If you call me again…

So the $42 Milllon Lotto 6/49 draw last night was won by 4 tickets… It seems that everyone in the country thinks they won and are calling to check their numbers. My mobile line is similar to the number you can call in the Toronto area to check lottery number, but it is off […]

Perseids peak tonight

CBC News: Meteor shower peaks this weekend
Hopefully it will be a clear sky where you are tonight. If so, look up to the north-east between 20:30-22:00 EDT and enjoy the show.

A nation’s war with?

CBC News: Alleged plot reminder of nation’s ‘war with Islamic fascists’: Bush
An alleged?plot to bomb commercial aircraft flying from Britain to the United States is a “stark reminder” that the U.S. is “at war with Islamic fascists,” U.S. President George W. Bush said Thursday….. (And that the plot) is “suggestive of an al-Qaeda plot.”
OK, I […]

Summer is almost over

As I prune from my own sweat in 35*C (47* Humidex), I just saw the first sign that the summer is almost over… a back to school commercial. Where does the time go?

Not just high temps

cbc.ca - Ontario hits record high for power use
Today’s record breaking heat brought with it record breaking power use, peaking at 26,854 megawatts. Tomorrow is expected to break 27,000 MW, so do what you can to conserve during the peak hours, 12-2000h. This includes keeping lights off and not doing your laundry, […]

Don’t comment on what you don’t know…

globeandmail.com : Only 32% back PM on Mideast
This is the Globes above the fold story…
It doesn’t surprise me that the numbers a low, in fact I expected lower. But it seems that many of the respondents do have a clue about what is really going on in the Middle East, despite their responces. […]