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Archive for September, 2003

Hockey season is upon us!

Posted: Thursday, September 11th, 2003 @ 4:48 am in Personal | No Comments »

Well, keeping a positive spin on tomorrow, many NHL teams open training camp on the 11th. It’s hard to explain to people that don’t play or really get passionate about hockey just how much the game can mean. I never really played until well into university, and I’ve only ever really played rec leagues of [...]

Martin Fowler in Calgary

Posted: Friday, September 5th, 2003 @ 12:54 am in Tech | No Comments »

I had the opportunity to attend a talk by Martin Fowler. It was less themed and more ranging than one would expect from a highly-regarded author, and as such, I found it that much more interesting and valuable. He covered a lot on patterns and new books coming out, as well as some books that [...]

And now for something completely different…

Posted: Thursday, September 4th, 2003 @ 2:54 am in Commentary | No Comments »

At risk of being accused of publicity mongering, I’m going to wade in on the whole civil union issue. Laying some groundwork, I am a heterosexual, and married within a church, and have kids. Additionally, I know and have friends who are homosexual. None of them are currently in an official or contractual union of [...]