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After the previously posted of “thieving gits” in 2009, I now encrypt my laptop, and was prepared to take a performance hit for it, and this is just fine. For the OCZ Agility 4 I just got (AGT4-25SAT3-512G) – this is the “411″, as they say here. Without encrypting, blackmagic speed test was 208MB/sec write, [...]

I sort of regard replacing hard drives like changing oil in a car – something you need to do to keep things working. It might last, but it probably won’t. So along those lines, I’ve just replaced the hard drive in my MacBook Pro with a new SSD – my local computer store had two [...]

Eagle, a photo by theducks on Flickr. Damn fine bird

Artists Point / Mount Baker, Washington State, a photo by theducks on Flickr. Went to Mount Baker today – beautiful place. Also set up theducks.org to only have comments via Facebook. Sorry.

It occurs to me that it’s been almost 10 months since I updated this! So what has happened since then.. We went to NYC and Washington DC. Was very awesome. Went to Comic Con in NYC, Smithsonians in DC. Had Elizabeth’s family visit over Christmas. Spent time over on Tofino with them, also a few [...]

RIP Steve Jobs, a photo by theducks on Flickr. I could write a lot about Steve Job’s death, but a lot of it has been said by others, and said well. I’ll take the anonymous proverb, sometimes mis-attributed to Dr Seuss – “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” And what happened was [...]

.. and all I got was this stupid t-shirt. Actually, I didn’t get a t-shirt. Despite long layovers getting there, the TSA and lots of humidity, we had a great time. Day 0: Left Vancouver in the afternoon, flew to LAX. Yay pre-clearance of US customs and immigration in Canada. LAX is.. almost indescribable. You [...]

Over the last few months, I’ve really become a big fan of Perth boy Tim Minchin. Of all the ways I could have really looked into his music, I was reminded of my desire to look into it by a co-worker of mine here in Vancouver. Being relevant to my interests, I found out he [...]

Part the first – des vacances – We’re going to Seattle on the weekend, and seeing Panic at the disco and fun on friday night, and Tim Minchin on saturday night. Awes. May also see Ebbie, for the first time since 1999.   – In mid July, we’re going to Costa Rica, to meet up with Elizabeth’s sister, [...]

As I write this, I see many people on the twitters and facebooks posting a quote supposedly from Martin Luther King Jr, which posits: “I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper [...]