Jim Roepcke's weblog have browser, will travel (est. 1999)

Gretzky gives Canada winning edge

CBC Sports: Gretzky gives Canada winning edge

It will be a war tomorrow.

Kenya split over Bush abortion policy

BBC News: Kenya split over Bush abortion policy

Ahh... freedom. Freedom the burden of birth control, thanks to the anti-abortion lobbyists who helped pay for Bush's laywers that got him into DC via Florida.

Xavier is growing!

Xavier was weighed on Thursday. He's up to 11 pounds, 14 ounces, from 10 pounds at birth and 9 pounds, 8 ounces when he left the hospital. And he really isn't that chubby of a baby either, not like Cyan was. He's just BIG.

He doesn't fit into newborn clothes, we're having to put clothes for babies 3 months old on him.

Jail the politicians

There's a candidate for leader of the Tory party in Ontario that wants to make homelessness a crime, and the homeless forcibly removed from the street. Like Michael Cohen, I think that position is absolutely disgusting. Nowhere does it say you don't have the right to choose to not live in a house. If you want to live outside, then in a free country I believe you should be free to do that.

However, if someone begs for money (often in the middle of a street with moving traffic) or pees on the sidewalks like many homeless people in San Francisco, then I think that should be considered breaking some sort of bylaw, and something should be done. If there isn't a bylaw prohibiting that in SF, they should make one! I'm scared of running over the homeless there, and damn it stinks downtown!

Sun Media Columnist Michael Coren: Are there no prisons?
Forget the homeless, let's jail the politicans

drug amnesty for ice dancers

Ice Dream Night 14 reader feedback

The reader had an idea for making the ice dancing routines more interesting for 2006:

Aussie tv show a hit

CANOE 2002 Games: Aussie tv show a hit - except with Canadians

Hey there! He doesn't speak for me... from the sounds of it that show would be hilarious to watch!

I love this quote:

(In case you didn't get the joke, the Germans aren't particular great at Curling)

Direct link to the show's site

What a doofus

CANOE 2002 Games: USA coach: Canada's hockey style "stupid"

Uhh... Herb Brooks is a jackass. Last week he made a dumb-as-fuck comment before they played Germany in the quarter-finals, something about "that's why they lost WWII". He's a throwback to 1980, only there as a figurehead. It's a good thing the USA team is so good they don't need a smart coach.

SMB Browser for OS X

Thanks to Mr. Barrett for linking to SMB Browse, a Windows Networking Neighbourhood-type browser for OS X.

I don't think I need it here at work but it's great to know such a thing exists.

Okay, I’m only ’sort of’ back, and other info.

A few people have commented that I must either love, or be sick of moving by now. I should mention that at this point, I have no intention of moving anywhere. Victoria is my home. The plan is for me to be down here for 2-3 months and then work from home (in Victoria).

So that means I'm going to be away from my family (again). Again? Yes, again.

One of the number of personal things I didn't share on this site is that I was actually living alone in SF since autumn. The reasons for that include but are not limited to: wanting to be able to send Cyan to pre-school (we couldn't even afford it in SF), wanting Cheryl to have support from our families during and after her pregnancy, and that they were much happier living in Canada close to family, friends, and familiar things.

It's been a rough time for me, living alone. I'd never done it before. I may have almost gotten used to it, but I've never accepted it. Family life is the way for me.

Boingo and cheap WAPs

On Feb 13th, I read (on Glenn Fleishman's 802.11b Networking News weblog) that Boingo was giving away free WiFi cards to new Boingo subscribers at gate B4 in SeaTac airport.

I just so happened to have a flight from SeaTac to San Jose yesterday, leaving from gate B8, so of course I stopped by the Boingo kiosk and chatted with the nice folks there. The card they're giving away is a Lucent Orinoco Silver. 40/64-bit encryption. You have to sign up for 3 months of Boingo-Pro at $24.95 a month to get it. A darn good deal I'd say. Unfortunately, with no locations near Laguna Hills, CA or Victoria, BC right now, it just didn't make sense for me to sign up.

Boingo is still officially Windows-only, but if you're willing to be "creative" (trust me, it's still dead-easy) you can get on their network with a Mac. I talked on the phone with Jon Rietmuld, their Sr. VP of operations, who gave me all the info I'd need to get hooked up.

I kind of wish I had signed up anyway, just to get the card, since I wanted one for my dad's PowerBook, but, it's too late now. No rainchecks (I asked).

BTW, Glenn's site also pointed me to this wicked deal on Linksys WAPs. Sorry for not posting this link earlier, I'm not sure if the deal is still on, but if it is, check it out. I picked up a Linksys WAP/4port Cable/DSL router for about $132 with free shipping.