Last night my wife's brother was over for dinner.  After we'd finished he put in a DVD he said we had to see: Riding Giants.  It's a documentary about big wave surfing, from the beginnings in the 1950s through to today.  The film progresses through various phases of surfing, ending-up…

Over on Slashdot there is a nice review of Chris Tyler's new book X Power Tools.  It's a good read, nice to see other people recognizing Chris' great work.  I don't know where he finds the time to do it all.  Well done!…

Today is the fifth birthday of my eldest daughter, and the anniversary of the beginning of my time as an adult.  I was reflecting today that she has accomplished more in the past five years than I will in any of my subsequent half-decades.  I'm humbled by her presence in…

Bruce Perens, creator of the Open Source Definition, published his State of Open Source Message: A New Decade for Open Source.  It's worth reading, but not inspiring.  I work within the open source community every day, and while I agree with much of what he writes, I didn't get to…

If you don't live where there is snow in winter, you can't imagine the magic. Sure, it's a hassle (I couldn't get into work today because the driving was impossible), but if you put on your gear and head out with your kids to play in it, it's a whole…

For Christmas Laura bought me a cooking class with Arvinda, and last night we went. Normally the classes are held downtown in a cooking studio, but the group was small enough last night that we met in her house. I love Indian food, and while I've made it a few…

In case you aren't following current copyright trends in Canada, let me throw a few links on the table.  While Microsoft's left hand has been busy waving cash in an effort to buy Yahoo! as a way to gain an ounce of credibility on the web, its right hand has…

In the last two weeks I've had the chance to listen to and contemplate two very different sermons, two very different preachers. Two weeks ago we were checking out a new church not far from where we live. The sermon was on prophecy and the modern day prophet, and whether…

I've spent the past few days trying to get my Frankenstein-MXR working locally.  I'll blog about the project in more detail when I have more time, and update the wiki page.  But I had to share a small victory. My goal has been to get a minimal--I mean small with…

Cyril mailed me this morning to let me know about an article that was run in the Sun today on his WeloBike project. It got me wondering if there was any potential for an OLPC tie-in...I'm going to find out. Check-out this flick of Cyril rocking the welo!…