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This time a year ago I was deciding what to do with my next few years of life. I knew I didn’t want to go to the “real world” and do a menial job just for the money, so I opted to come to Vancouver and start my masters at Simon Fraser University. Now, after [...]
I’ve thrown my name into the ring for SFU’s student-newspaper The Peak, Opinions Editor job. Elections are over this next week and final electronic ballots will be counted next Wednesday afternoon. I’m running against incumbent editor Graham Templeton. If you’ve been published in two or more of the past five issues (or want to campaign any [...]
First, the good parts of today. I just finished about 3 hours of volunteering with SFU Physics’ outreach program “Girls Exploring Physics” which had about 40 grade 8-10 girls come in and do a couple projects, have some pizza, and see some demos. These kids are on spring break but were enthusiastic and seemed to [...]
So I’m in Toronto for a CFI conference, and was out late last night conferencing it up, so what better way to wake up early on a Saturday than with a Tim Horton’s coffee. I walk in, place my order and the cashier informs me that they have neither hot chocolate nor french vanilla coffee, [...]
Way to go Vancouver. Way to go Canada. Going into the Olympics 17 (very) odd days ago, I, and many others, were sceptical almost cynical about the prospect of the Games being either a success or fun. Well, I’m willing to admit I was wrong, and had one hell of a great time. So in no [...]
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