by James McNally on February 27, 2006
in Blogging
I’ve switched to the Feedblitz RSS subscription service. If you have been reading this site in an RSS reader, and can no longer read this except by visiting the site, please resubscribe using the form in the sidebar. Thanks! You can now go back to ignoring the lack of a redesign! Perhaps when I get back from Austin…
UPDATE: Ok, I realized that Feedblitz allows people to subscribe to email updates and that you can still use FeedBurner to subscribe to the actual RSS feed. Sort of confusing, but if you were subscribed before, there is now a choice of regular RSS for your reader (click the FeedBurner box in the sidebar) or updates by email (click the FeedBlitz box or enter your email address in the Subscribe box in the sidebar). Thanks for your understanding!
James Invites You! (image by Kristin)
I can’t believe how fast SXSW has crept up on me. In less than two weeks, I’ll be in sunny Austin for the sixth year in a row. I remember how excited I was back in the fall of 2000 when I had already decided to attend my first time. I blogged for months and months and Nikolai joked that he’d have to create a new Bloggie Award for “Most Blogging About SXSW”. I’m older and more jaded now, not the hot up-and-comer that I was back in the pioneer days, but I’m still crazy excited to be going. Meeting up with old friends and making new ones, staying out very very late and talking geek talk. It’s going to be a much-needed shot of warmth, both meteorological and sociological. For a second year, I’ll be rooming with my buddy Neil Lee, even though he told me I snored last year.
by James McNally on February 13, 2006
in Internet
I love the Wikipedia. I’ve spent a lot of time recently copyediting and making minor edits to articles in many different areas. But I have to wonder about the sanity of certain people when the Talk page for an extreme right-wing Belgian political party stretches to many times the length of the article itself. I mean, how many people will even read this article?
No disrespect meant to the Belgian fascists, of course.
by James McNally on February 13, 2006
in Personal
Oh, thank you thank you, Dan! I’ve been tagged and will finally get to fill this space with something:
Four jobs I’ve had:
- Door-to-door magazine subscription salesman (1980)
- Substitute teacher (1 day in 1993)
- Welfare caseworker (1994-1998)
- Macintosh computer salesman (1998-2000 and 2001-2003)
Four movies I can watch over and over:
- The Big Lebowski
- Withnail and I
- Tokyo Olympiad
- Cinema Paradiso
Four places I’ve lived:
- Dublin, Ireland (1965-1967)
- Toronto, Ontario (1967-present, with exceptions below)
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (1992-1993)
- Waterloo, Ontario (19 days in 1997)
Four TV shows I love:
- Survivor
- The Amazing Race
- English Premier League Soccer
- NBA Basketball
Four places I’ve vacationed:
- Uruguay
- Croatia
- St. John’s, Newfoundland
- Poland
Four of my favourite dishes:
- Chicken Vindaloo
- Steak Frites
- Sage and Garlic Stuffed Pork Roast
- Apple and Caraway Stuffed Chicken Breast
Four sites I visit daily:
- New York Times
- Wikipedia
- BoingBoing
- Soccernet
Four places I would rather be right now:
- Austin, Texas (soon!)
- San Francisco, California
- Turin, Italy
- Havana, Cuba
Four schleps I’m tagging:
- Neil
- Gord
- Paul
- Jay
by James McNally on February 6, 2006
in Personal
It started with a work excursion to see the Toronto Marlies on Friday night, which I really enjoyed (somewhat surprising when you consider how much I generally ignore hockey). Then on Saturday afternoon, Brooke and I went to Cinematheque Ontario to see The 400 Blows, which unbelievably, I hadn’t seen yet. An absolutely wonderful film. And then, on Sunday, we invited my Dad over for chili and to watch the Super Bowl, which was actually competitive (plus, my team won!).
The only black spot on the weekend? Chelsea beating Liverpool.
How was your weekend?
