Pride Toronto is hands-down the best party of the year in this city and one of the biggest Pride festivals in the world. This year I started off the weekend by dragging myself out of bed bright and early on Saturday for the 5km Pride and Remembrance run with the University of Toronto Pacer [...] Read More…
You may be aware that U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain was in Ottawa today speaking to the Economic Club of Canada. Canada has been coming up in the presidential campaign relatively frequently as of late, what with the so-called NAFTA-gate controversy and the Democrats' continuing promises to renegotiate NAFTA if they win the [...] Read More…
I went to a nice talk last night by Greg Wilson, my graduate studies advisor, where the subject was his recent publication Beautiful Code. In case you're not familiar with the book, it's a collection of essays by leading programmers that examine a piece of code and explain why it exhibits some kind of [...] Read More…
My friend and housemate Jodie Lightfoot is running outdoor boot camps this summer in central Toronto. She's an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist -- she knows her stuff -- and she will KICK YOUR BUTT into shape. She's running free Saturday classes in June to whet your appetite for a full-on assault in July. [...] Read More…
I'm slightly freaked out that I have only seven months to wrap up my thesis work, so I've been really trying to nail down the specifics of my research in the last few weeks. The biggest challenge has been in finding a balance between doing interesting work and finishing my degree quickly. For a while [...] Read More…