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• Giftmas Results

  December 29th, 2004 at 2:06am | 1 Comment

  Giftmas was an overall success! Everyone I gifted seems to be pleased with their loot and I am most definitely pleased with the gifts I received. I received most of the things on my wish list which I posted earlier in “Whoohoo! Exams Done! The Giftmas Season is Upon Us.” The poker set and the ... read more »

• All Grades are In and I Passed Algorithms

  December 29th, 2004 at 1:14am | 3 Comments

  I have received all my grades and it turns out that I’ve done quite well this term, despite the Algorithms scare (described also by Bojan). I ended up with the following: B- Algorithms (CS 3913) B  Organizational Behavior (ADM 2513) A  Professional Practice (CS 3997) A+ Multimedia Design (CS 3703) A+ Computer Security (CS 4503) ... read more »

• Whoohoo! Exams Done! The Giftmas Season is Upon Us

  December 17th, 2004 at 4:57pm | 1 Comment

  Well, after a cruel two weeks of nearly constant studying, last night I finished my fourth and final exam for this term. Although the exam was by far the hardest of my University career and I definitely failed (so did mostly everyone else), I was still extemely happy to be done. I was like a ... read more »

• Movie Industry Deserves What’s Coming

  December 11th, 2004 at 11:45pm | 2 Comments

  For at least six years they have been watching as MP3 rips the music industry a new one and they watched the RIAA struggle to contain the hemorrhaging. They watched the RIAA attempt to deter the public from downloading copyright protected music by suing university students, young children, and their grandmothers. They felt the public ... read more »

  Tags: Movies

• Microsoft First to Converge Blogs and Instant Messenging

  December 11th, 2004 at 9:23pm | No Comments

  It appears that MSN Messenger will be the first IM application to integrate the blogging features I mentionned in November (read Blogging’s Eventual Convergence with Instant Messaging). On December 2nd, Microsoft launched their new blogging service termed “MSN Spaces” and at the same time they released a beta version of MSN Messenger 7 with many ... read more »

• Impressive U.S. Media Coverage of Bush’s Visit to Atlantic Canada

  December 1st, 2004 at 6:35pm | 1 Comment

  I am surprised by the overwhelming coverage of George W. Bush’s visit to Halifax by the American media. At this very moment, most major U.S. news network web sites are headlining the story including: CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX. I haven’t read any of the U.S. media articles, but I am sure there are ... read more »

  Tags: Politics

• Blogging’s Eventual Convergence with Instant Messaging

  November 27th, 2004 at 5:37pm | 1 Comment

  When I finished setting-up this blog, one of the first things I did was change my IM nickname to “bradt.ca” hoping that my friends, family, colleagues, and acquaintainces would visit this site when they saw me in their IM contact list. And it worked. But what happens when I don’t post anything for a while? ... read more »

• Thesis Topic Chosen

  November 27th, 2004 at 3:13am | No Comments

  I met with Professor Andrew McAllister a couple of weeks ago and confirmed my honors thesis topic with him. Although unofficial, the title will be something like “Design and Implementation of a Universal Web Application Installer.” The idea for this application came to me as I was adding yet another web application to the Zenutech ... read more »

• Update: Parliament Forms Trans Fats Task Force

  November 27th, 2004 at 2:04am | No Comments

  Update to my previous post “Trans Fats May be Banned in Canada“. Well, the NDP got the ball rolling as they said they would by introducing a motion in the House of Commons on November 18th to outlaw trans fats. After only a day of debating, parliament announced the formation of a task force that ... read more »

  Tags: Politics

• Trans Fats May be Banned in Canada

  November 12th, 2004 at 11:04pm | 3 Comments

  As a follow up to my previous post “Super Size Me and China’s Superiority“, Canoe.ca is reporting that the NDP of Canada “…will introduce a motion in the House of Commons on Nov. 18 to outlaw the unhealthy fats found in everything from fast food to peanut butter. Canadians eat an average of 10 grams ... read more »

  Tags: Politics