10 Semi-Random Thoughts
1. I’ve got the freelance bug, badly. I don’t know how I’m going to make it work, yet, but I will be freelancing full time within the next five years. If I can get my act together financially, I will try to advance that to two years.
2. I wish my bank were open late more [...]
Comment Gatekeeper
Due to an unusually high number of spam comments getting past the filters, and having no desire to moderate 100 comments a day, I’ve installed the WP-Gatekeeper plugin. What this means is that, in order to leave a comment, you will have to answer a question to which the answer is obvious (example: What colour [...]
Sunday Link Dump - 17-06-07
Chad Vader - Day Shift Manager: My father and my youngest brother introduced me to this surprisingly funny comedy series chronicling the life of Darth Vader’s younger, less charismatic brother, Chad.
London 2012 Logo Still Evolving, Designers Say: By now you’ve probably seen and heard all the stink surrounding London’s 2012 Olympics logo. Personally, I [...]
Simple Saturday: Where Can I Get a Typewriter?
I don’t usually post on Saturdays but, since I’ve discovered the wonders of future posting, I’m going to try and have a post on this blog 7 days a week (even though I won’t actually be writing every day).
Because a lot of you take a break from the computer on the weekend, I’ll try and [...]
Edmonton’s Live Theatre Scene
I had originally intended to write a review of One, the play I saw last night, but I’m honestly not sure what I thought of it[1]. I’ll give it a bit more time to sink in, and then I’ll try to give you a proper review of it (hopefully, before it’s finished it’s run at [...]
Cigars and Other Tobacco Products
I recently found out that one of my favourite cigars is no longer available in Canada. The Honduran Excaliber Perfecto has been “discontinued” by the Canadian distributor. I assume this means that the cigar is still being made, just not imported to Canada. It’s a shame, because it was a very nice, mild cigar. Great [...]
Slow News Day
You know it’s a slow news day when there is a front page story in the Journal about a British race car driver claiming that a beaver ruined his chances of winning the Canadian Gran Prix in Montreal. But, silly Englishman, it was actually a groundhog!
But, in no way does this indicate that editorial standards [...]
A Case of the Mondays
I sincerely hope that yesterday was not a harbinger of things to come. I woke up late, because I forgot to set my alarm the night before. As a result I showered while still half asleep, and then drove to work without eating breakfast. I was hungry and ate my lunch early, which meant that [...]
Reader Reponse: What Do You Want to See on Ink Slinger?
I feel like this blog has lost it’s focus lately. It’s never had laser-like focus, and I like it that way. I enjoy being able to talk about a variety of topics. Despite that, there has always been a fairly general focus on Edmonton’s arts and culture scene, as told through my personal experiences. I [...]
Micro-Blogging with Twitter
You may have notice that I’ve added a “Recent Twitters” section the side bar. Twitter is a (relatively) new web application that is used for answering the question: “What are you doing?” Like most people, I don’t quite use it for this purpose.
A lot of people are using it as a sort of public instant [...]