September 2003
Hurricane Juan Photos
Posted by on Monday, September 29, 2003 - 29 comments
Photos of Hurricane Juan from last night here in Charlottetown: • My Own Photos • Stephen DesRoches’ Photos • Andrea Vail’s Photos • Chris Wilkinson’s Photos • Isaac Grant’s Photos • Mike Gauthier’s Photos • I’ll update this post if I find more. • Update: The list at newrecruit.org …
Weblogging the P.E.I. Election
Posted by on Sunday, September 28, 2003 - 1 comment
Friends of Acts of Volition and speakers at the Zap Your PRAM Conference Robert Patterson and Will Pate have been running the Election Watch weblog to blog the Prince Edward Island provincial election. • They’ve done a fine job. I was hoping to participate myself, but it didn’t pan out (too much …
Luna Blue Theme for Mozilla Thunderbird - Development Version
Posted by on Saturday, September 20, 2003 in - 28 comments
I’ve put together a version of Chris Cook’s Luna Blue Firebird theme for Mozilla Thunderbird, the new Mozilla email client application. • Luna Blue for Mozilla Thunderbird Preview Image • We’ve borrowed heavily from Chris’ Firebird themes, so he deserves much of the credit. • This is a rough …
Update on the Zap Your PRAM Conference
Posted by on Saturday, September 20, 2003 in
Planning for our Zap Your PRAM conference is coming along well. We have a great line-up of speakers. We’ve posted a tentative schedule including most of the speakers and some of their topics. Keep an eye on the conference weblog for updates. • We still have room for more, so let us know if you …
Vacation Beta 0.9
Posted by on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 5 comments
Since my day-to-day life is already quite a bit like what most people would consider a vacation, taking an actual vacation isn’t something I do very often. This year, I decided to take a week, pack up some book, and take to my parent’s cottage in Stanhope, Prince Edward Island. • My parents …
Zap Your PRAM Conference Weblog
Posted by on Monday, September 15, 2003 in
The Zap Your PRAM Conference previously discussed now has a weblog of its own.
Come Zap Your PRAM on P.E.I.
Posted by on Monday, September 8, 2003 in - 3 comments
We (we being myself, Dan James of CEOBlues.com, Daniel Burka of silverorange, and Peter Rukavina of Reinvented) are organizing the first ever Zap Your PRAM Conference in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada - October 24-26, 2003. • The idea is get a small group (max of 40) of interesting …
Steven on CBC Radio on Weblogs in Politics
Posted by on Monday, September 8, 2003 - 2 comments
Pat Martael from CBC Radio PEI did a quick interview with me today for the morning show tommorrow (Tuesday, Sept 9). I’m not sure what time it will be on - probably between 6AM and 8AM - before I get up. • We spoke about how weblogs are being used, or could be used, by polititians. I understand …
Can I put your picture on the web?
Posted by on Sunday, September 7, 2003 - 66 comments
After resisting for months, I finally gave into peer-pressure at work and bought a digital camera. I couldn’t justify spending the better part of $1,000 (Canadian, that is) since I really just use the camera as a toy. I opted for a refurbished 2-megapixel Canon Digital Elph PowerShot S330 from a …
silverorange Frisbee Golf Tournament 2003 - Update
Posted by on Sunday, September 7, 2003 - 2 comments
Daniel Burka’s first annual silverorange Frisbee Golf Tournament for Charity was a great success. Over 50 people on 9 teams played 18 “holes” (poles?) of Frisbee golf and raised over $1,000 for Habitat for Humany on Prince Edward Island. • Daniel did a fine job of organizing, and I was pleased …
A Series of Stolen Quotes from Douglas Coupland
Posted by on Thursday, September 4, 2003 in - 6 comments
The Morning News is running an interview with Douglas Coupland. He designed the cover of his latest book, Hey Nostradamus!, himself (and did a fine job). I recently read All Families Are Psychotic (an apt title that is both timely for me and absolutely true). Microserfs is one of my all-time …