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Well, it’s official – my photography is going into a gallery in BC called Beechtree Art and Glass Studio. I’ll have more details in the upcoming weeks… If you want prints let me know!
You can see some of my photos in my portfolio
YAY!
It’s almost 10 years since I had my photography has [...]

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Categories: Rants
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Well, it was bound to happen eventually. The first snowfall that left snow on the ground.
You know what really bugs me about the winter? Drivers who slow down to a crawl to stare and gawk at something that happened in the other lane. I mean c’mon… is it really necessary to drive 5km/hr just to [...]

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Categories: News
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I bought my fiancee an ibook in Sept. 2004. She wanted it for school. Now that she’s working (in a PC environment) she wants a PC laptop – so that she can familiarize herself with it.
View photos at: http://pisarek.com/ibook
Here are the specs:

iBook (M9418LL/A)
14.1″
1GHz
768MB RAM
40GB
Combo drive
Apple Protection Plan – just under 2 years left
All power cables, [...]

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Categories: Play, Sports
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So, I’ve been talking to a lot of people, and mentioning to them that I’m looking for donations to help me get to the hockey tournament. Anyways, a co-worker of mine decided that he’d donate. It’s very nice of him to do so! His name is Steven…
THANKS BRO!

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I’ve upgraded the software package

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Categories: News, Sports
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I’m definitely part of the team. My problem right now is the cost. The flight alone is over $1500CAD! Plus the tournament is $350CAD, plus the hotel for the days of the tournament is approx $70CAD/night. Not to mention food, travel inside Israel, etc.
So, what is David doing?
I’m working on getting donations.
Those people who donate [...]

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Jay Collier has posted his notes online too! His are all fancy and done up as a web-version, where mine are just measly PDF’s…
Jay’s notes
To get the ‘official’ handouts and presentations, please visit the HighEdWebDev 2005 website. You’ll also find a link to the shared bookmarks from del.icio.us stuff too!
If anyone [...]

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We just got home from our engagement party.
Rosalee and I want to send a thank you to everyone who came, and thanks for all the great gifts! It was really great seeing everyone – it’s been a while since I’ve seen some of you.
The food at King Solomon’s was great – especially the baked goods! [...]

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I really wanted to go to the CSS workshop, however it was full when I signed up for the conference. Instead, I ended up attending the Web Accessibility workshop.
Anyways, if you’re looking for my notes you can get them right here:
Web Accessibility HighEdWebDev 2005 Post-conference workshop
Enjoy!

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Today’s 2 sessions from the HighEdWebDev 2005 conference were quite good. Over the past 2 days, I attended 10 sessions. Two of those were session winners for those tracks. There were 2 tracks that I was not able to attend on the other days, so i attended them today.
Onwards and upwards – Here are the [...]

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Well, it’s nearing the end of the sessions of day 2, and I’ve created PDF files of my notes from the sessions that I’ve been to.
Some words of caution

Mind the spelling – I’ll be updating the spelling problems soon
I’m not responsible for any of the content, however if you want to discuss it with me, [...]

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So, I’m at the HighEdWebDev 2005 conference at the RIT Inn and Conference Center. At the momemnt I’m gleaning some information about RSS, Blogs, Podcasting, Wikis, etc.
Here are a few sites that are of interest for those wanting to find feeds, etc.

blogsearch.google.com
www.pubsub.com
www.technorati.com

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