Average Adam
The personal blog of a happily mediocre “adult”

Archive for April, 2008

Monday, April 28th, 2008

For some reason I had an inspiration to make a stripe-y wallpaper in blues to go with the XP Media Center theme. I started off with vertical stripes and a lot of light/shadow work which worked out pretty well but wasn’t quite what I was after. The second attempt switched to 45 degree angled [...]

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

I’ve been sorting through folders of old files lately and I came across this short story I wrote. It is dated July 29, 2001 so don’t judge it too harshly my writing has improved quite a bit since then.
I wrote this after being inspired by two different books: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov and Flatland [...]

Monday, April 7th, 2008

I’ve worked at the University of Waterloo for over four years now. Finally, as of April 1st, 2008 I am a permanent staff employee with full benefits. My new title is Information Systems Developer and I am responsible for the design and development of web projects for the department of Housing and Residences. Essentially I’ve [...]