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Good morning Vancouver Originally uploaded by theducks Sure, I could avoid 3 hours of commuting per day (and transfer that task to elizabeth..) but we wouldn’t have these spectacular views. What a country.

Working at a University, as I for some reason continue to do so, you are exposed to a large amount of political material from various student (and staff) groups. I also know some people who are pretty interested in Canadian politics. I remember that at one point, I’d see this political speech and think “wow, [...]

Some of you may have noticed I like to make stuff. Or at least talk about making stuff. Regardless, the ideas are there. Being a sharing person, let me show you the sites of some people I admire for their skills and abilities, and why I admire them: Mike Harrison – http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/ Kenneth Maxon – [...]

We went to Ontario about 9 days ago for a week. It was great to see everyone again. The day we flew was pretty busy, as we both started it with interviews. Elizabeth got offered her job, accepted it, and will be starting on August 20th or so. Mine went well too, and I’ve been [...]

Before we left for Canada our plans were thrown into more than a bit of disarray by theiving gits who broke into my mum’s house and stole a bunch of our stuff, including laptops and most of my coin and banknote collection, which I had been collecting since I was 7.

For the benefits of the internet and google, this is a rundown of what was stolen. If you happen to come across these, please let me know, and I will pass details onto the Police. Or just call the Western Australian Police yourself.

So since I last posted some weeks ago, we’re on our way to getting drivers licences sorted out, and we have somewhere to live through end of July, and into August if we want, which we’ll probably take up. Still searching for work, building Social Networks, etc. Went to Tsawwassen on the weekend for a [...]

I think my tastebuds are maturing or something. Many things I once loved now no longer appeal to me. Like Quiznos Black Angus subs, Creamsicle Extremes, in fact I find I can’t abide by HFCS flavoured Coke. All things being equal, this is probably for the best. But I find it curious. I used to [...]

Some time ago (October), I saw Philips Livingcolour lamps and thought they were awesome and I should make one. I did some thinking, and decided not to re-invent the wheel, and make some changes.

Well, marathon effort, but everything got moved out on time, carpets, windows, bathrooms cleaned. New tenant happy. Also sat on 11 interviews at UWA and did a budget submission for a university unit. Talk about a week of burning the candle at both ends and then starting in the middle.. Now things are quieter. Staying [...]

After a while being concerned with the state of theducks.org and how hard it was to update canada.theducks.org, I’ve migrated them both into a single install of WordPress on http://theducks.org, including a new site design, cross posting, twitter feed syndication, and eventually flickr and facebook integration. Most of the old content from theducks.org is still [...]