Acts of VolitionRecent PostsOverheard at Canadian Tire, a one-act play- April 29, 2008 Setting: Waiting in line at the cash at a Canadian Tire hardware store. Man (to woman): Wanna go to WalMart Woman shrugs. Man picks up laser-pointer from display, shines light in womans eyes. Man: Cool light.http://www.actsofvolition.com/archive/2008/april/overheardat Zap Your PRAM 2008: The Legend of Curly's Gold- April 14, 2008 Back in 2003, when dial-up was still common and many keyboards didn&8217;t have a &8220;Windows&8221; key, a few good friends and I put on a conference. The Zap Your PRAM conference was better than we could have hoped. We&8217;re still in touch with friends made that fall. We&8217;re doing it again! This time we&8217;ve got the entire Dalvay-by-the-Sea hotel booked for a long weekend in October. For those unaware, Dalvay-by-the-Sea is a hotel in the National Park on the North Shore of...http://www.actsofvolition.com/archive/2008/april/zapyourpram2008 Juno Songwriters Circle for a Saturday Afternoon- April 12, 2008 Last week&8217;s Juno awards festivities (think: Grammy&8217;s for Canada) in Calgary produced a few great performances. A few of these took place at the Songwriters Circle and were captured by CBC&8217;s Radio 2 Podcast. The two parts in include performances by Joel Plaskett, Serena Ryder, Jeremy Fisher, Jay Malinowski of the Bedouin Soundclash and others. Both Plaskett and Ryder play new songs and some crowd singing-along may cause goose-bumps. The recordings can be downloaded via the..http://www.actsofvolition.com/archive/2008/april/junosongwriters There have been an average of 2.83 changes per- April 5, 2008 There have been an average of 2.83 changes per hour to the Linux kernel over the last 3 years.http://www.actsofvolition.com/archive/2008/april/therehavebeenan |