http://averageadam.com The personal blog of a happily mediocre "adult" Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:15:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The disciplines of physical exercise, meditation and study aren't terribly esoteric. The means to attain a capability far beyond that of the so-called ordinary person are within reach of everyone, if their desire and their will are strong enough. I have studied science, art, religion and a hundred different philosophies. ... http://averageadam.com/2008/08/12/no-ordinary-person-indeed/ I'm not one who can say they have good penmanship. In fact, my standard speed scrawl is fairly illegible; often even to me. If I slow way down and draw my character forms deliberately things look pretty good but it takes me forever to write anything. This level of penmanship ... http://averageadam.com/2008/07/25/a-perfect-question-mark/ 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 ... http://averageadam.com/2008/04/28/stripes-and-such/ 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 ... http://averageadam.com/2008/04/20/awakenings/ 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 ... http://averageadam.com/2008/04/07/adding-some-interest-to-the-uw-logo/ The following is a letter that I am sending out via email to the local, provincial and federal governments. I was inspired by an article in the New York Times that discussed the success of Ireland taxing plastic bags. It is my belief that a future conscious city such as ours ... http://averageadam.com/2008/02/02/plastic-bag-tax/ Way to go boys! Awsome first period, strong second period, awful third period, and beauty in OT. Let's hope our ladies have the same outcome next week. http://averageadam.com/2008/01/05/yaaaa-canada/ Google maps has recently added public transit routes for select cities. Instead of driving directions you can switch to directions including walking and public transit! This news is very exciting to me for a couple of reasons. Firstly, Toronto is a nightmare to try and navigate if you need anything more ... http://averageadam.com/2007/12/08/public-transit-soon-to-be-made-easy/ I want to watch episodes of My Name is Earl, clips from Saturday Night Live, and other programming. I'm even willing to watch the advertisements! Just because I live in Canada doesn't mean your advertisers products aren't available to me, we have most of the same stuff! Are you seriously ... http://averageadam.com/2007/12/01/fck-you-nbc/ In the last two months I have become increasingly unhappy about the hot page contents of Reddit. Since I discovered Reddit after coming over from Digg I have enjoyed the variety of stories in a host of different areas about a ton of different events all over the world. I ... http://averageadam.com/2007/12/01/to-reddit-so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-pics/