Tour de Sudbury

Posted on Thu 15 June 2006 in misc • Tagged with Personal

On the cold, grey, windy morning of Saturday, June 10th, Lynn kicked my butt out of bed for the 26 km Tour de Sudbury. Over the past years I've built up a tradition of long-ish June bike rides, from the Ride for Heart in Toronto with Mike, David, et al …


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In-depth _and_ official DB2 and PHP documentation

Posted on Tue 13 June 2006 in Databases • Tagged with DB2, PHP

I should have mentioned this before, but now that I noticed Chris Jones' post on the Underground PHP and Oracle Manual, I felt obliged to point out that one of the final fruits of my labours at IBM is now visible in the DB2 "Viper" Information Center -- a set of …


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More Amber photo goodness

Posted on Wed 24 May 2006 in Family • Tagged with Amber

Well, it's been over two weeks, surely it's time for more Amber photos! Read on below...

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Grandma Sanderson looks into Amber's wee eyes (2006-05-07)

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Blue hats aren't just for boys (2006-05-11)

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Grandma Scott takes a turn with Amber (2006-05-11)

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Grandpa Scott shows off his granddaughter (2006-05-11)

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Grandma Parsons teaches Amber …


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Live-blogging WWdN: godard invitational

Posted on Wed 24 May 2006 in Gaming • Tagged with Poker

Had a baby 2.1777 weeks ago, have a cold, had visitors tonight, joined 20 minutes late with my stack blinded down to T1410, jumped into the action, bounced up to T2100 pretty quickly, hung out and watched Wil's JJ fall to CJ's KK, followed shortly by NHL 200X's …


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Emergency cabbage: Amber Colleen has arrived

Posted on Wed 10 May 2006 in Family • Tagged with Amber

Amber Colleen was born on May 6, 2006, just 54 minutes past midnight. Due to overwhelming demand, here are some photos of our beautiful little girl:

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Recuperating from a very long day.

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Dad has learned how to swaddle me. I've learned how nice it is to be cuddled. I've also …


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No baby tonight (in my coffee), no baby tonight (in my tea)

Posted on Thu 04 May 2006 in Family • Tagged with Amber

Ah yeah, a little malformed quote from The Guess Who for you there.

The baby watch continues; we had a little flurry of activity last night, but things tapered off with the morning sun, strongly suggesting a baby of vampiric origin. Given my looks, I'm thinking Nosferatu, but Toreador or …


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We prefer our baby well-done, thanks

Posted on Wed 03 May 2006 in Family • Tagged with Amber

As of this morning, our family still consists of Dan, Lynn, and our cat Spook. Baby seems to be pretty comfortable where s/he is right now, but of course things could change at any moment. I'm still schlepping into work every day, although it's pretty hard to concentrate. The …


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Live-blogging WWdN IlliniFan Invitational

Posted on Wed 03 May 2006 in Gaming • Tagged with Poker

As Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers liked to sing:

I'm all hopped up on cough syrup now

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It seems it's pollen season, and up here in Sudbury the birch trees have these massively well-hung pollen dispensers:

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Well-hung pollen unit

And yours truly has a backyard that's filled with birch …


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I shall have my revenge!

Posted on Tue 02 May 2006 in Gaming • Tagged with Poker

Hmm... perhaps I played this one (45-player SNG) just a bit too tight:

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 58 hands and saw flop: - 2 out of 7 times while in big blind (28%) - 1 out of 9 times while in small blind (11%) - 4 out of 42 times …

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Until tomorrow, I'll just keep movin' on

Posted on Mon 01 May 2006 in misc • Tagged with Amber

No baby today, although Lynn and I both had a bit of insomnia last night.

Note to sleep-coordinating self: Not being able to sleep from 4:00 - 6:00, but being able to sleep just fine from 6:00-8:20, is not good for keeping one's job where one has …


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